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Abu Dhabi & End Of Season Results

Elbando wins the final race of the year for not606.
Sco is seventh for sportsbabble   .

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Pos nickname       forum   zdkf1 points  forum points
1  elbando         not606       52           25
2  dreggsf1        f1onboard    43           18
3  andykarter      f1world      42           15
4  pdk             f1world      42           12
5  lyria           grandprix    41           10
6  sardaor         cliptheapex  41            8
7  sco             sportsbabble 41            6
8  greenlantern101 cliptheapex  39            4
9  tranquilchaos   ja606        36            2
10 lawrence        grandprix    36            1

scores for also rans from sportsbabble:

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35 stairs
34 pob

League Champions
It was a remarkably close season, with an amazing five forums still having a chance of winning going into the final round, but it is f1world who emerge victorious to take their first league title.

Sportsbabble finish their début season in a respectable sixth place   :
Pos_Forum__________Points
1___f1world_________313
2___cliptheapex_____310
3___not606__________307
4___grandprix_______288
5___ja606___________276
6___sportsbabble____147
7___f1technical_____124
8___garagistasf1_____72
9___f1onboard________65
10__v2_______________17



Individual championship
Not606's jb takes the Individual Championship for most points on zdkf1, having led since Spain, although it was very close with just a couple of points in it.

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pos nickname  forum      points
1  jb         not606      716
2  andykarter f1world     715
3  bls        not606      707

Six tenths award
Bls from not606 holds onto the Alonso Trophy for the six tenths award, which is given to the player who scores most league points.

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pos nickname  forum    points
1  bls        not606    118
2  andykarter f1world   112
3  lawrence   grandprix 110

Bernie medal
Not606's elbando clinches the Bernie Medal for most victories:

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nickname    forum      wins  2nds  3rds
elbando     not606      2     2     0
pob         various     2     1     0
andykarter  f1world     2     0     0

Quali trophy
Cliptheapex's sardaor successfully defends the Trulli Trophy for best pole time guesses.

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pos nickname       forum     points
1  sardaor         cliptheapex 15
2  bls             not606      14
3  greenlantern101 cliptheapex 14

And finally here is the traditional photo version of the league table with the best players pictured as drivers:



Season summary for all players from sportsbabble:

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nickname  points  pos (/44)  pos on zdkf1 (/300)  races  league points  pos in quali trophy (/44)
sco        622      17               121           18         61                 25
stairs     603      21               148           19         52                 24
amelia     383      28               216            8         34                 31

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Race recap:
Didn't watch this race closely as I was distracted with family stuff, but apparently it wasn't a great race anyway.
Rosberg took his third win in a row to give good momentum for a title challenge next year. Hamilton was second to complete yet another Mercedes 1-2.
The Ferraris were next, although Vettel had to come through the field to fourth place after a poor qualifying and the team looked like they were looking forward to the winter (a bit below par operationally).
The Force Indias were quick, with Perez in fifth and Hulkenburg seventh. Perez will be satisfied with his season, outshining the highly rated Hulkenburg who looks like he will never get a shot at a big team now.
Ricciardo was sixth for Red Bull, with his teammate Kvyat in tenth. Kvyat has managed to finish the season higher in the championship than Ricciardo, which not many people would have thought possible at the start of the year after Ricciardo upstaged Vettel last season.
The Williams had a poor race with Massa in eighth and Bottas thirteenth.
Grosjean was ninth in his last race for Lotus before he moves to lead the new American Haas team next year. Grosjean has easily outclassed Maldonado this season, although there are signs that Maldonado might be starting to mature. Maldonado was unfortunate to be taken out of this race on the opening lap by Alonso.
Alonso and Button will be hoping that McLaren and Honda produce a car worthy of their championship pedigree next year after a very frustrating season.
The Toro Rosso young guns of Verstappen and Sainz have impressed well in their rookie seasons; both look like they have the potential to move to the senior team in the future, although they will be given another learning year with the junior outfit next season.
The Sauber car started the season out well, although they gradually drifted down the grid as the year went on. Nasr has had a good rookie season and Ericsson is also showing signs of improving.
Manor/Marussia are in turmoil with senior staff resigning, but at least they have survived. They will hope to move up the grid next year when they switch to a Mercedes engine, but it remains to be seen how much the loss of critical team members will hurt them.