Formula 1 2025 - Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
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redfiona99Part of everyone's suspicion of how neatly everything came together for a finale at Abu Dhabi is they have paid for the final race, presumably in the hope of getting excitement.
And this year they still didn't get it.
They did get tension.
A horrible building tension, with a lot of "are the McLaren strategy team going to screw this up?"
Spoiler - they didn't.
Which makes me, if not happy, relieved.
Obviously, I wanted Ferrari to win, but that went out of the window early on.
After that, I don't really mind. None of the drivers I actively cheer for had any chance so I was neutral for the finale, which is a very odd sort of feeling.
If we're talking about which of the final three I think is the best driver - that's Verstappen. This title does not change that.
At the same time, I was relieved, because I feel there would have been actual and lasting psychic damage to the McLaren team if one of them hadn't won. As to which driver, I'm papaya-neutral.
L is very happy because Norris was his favourites of the wave of rookies Norris was in (mine is Russell. It remains the right choice.).
And this year they still didn't get it.
They did get tension.
A horrible building tension, with a lot of "are the McLaren strategy team going to screw this up?"
Spoiler - they didn't.
Which makes me, if not happy, relieved.
Obviously, I wanted Ferrari to win, but that went out of the window early on.
After that, I don't really mind. None of the drivers I actively cheer for had any chance so I was neutral for the finale, which is a very odd sort of feeling.
If we're talking about which of the final three I think is the best driver - that's Verstappen. This title does not change that.
At the same time, I was relieved, because I feel there would have been actual and lasting psychic damage to the McLaren team if one of them hadn't won. As to which driver, I'm papaya-neutral.
L is very happy because Norris was his favourites of the wave of rookies Norris was in (mine is Russell. It remains the right choice.).
