ABU DHABI -- Valtteri Bottas won in Formula One's dead-rubber finale, a race which signified not only the end of the season but the end of the series as we know it....
Not-so-shocking: A drab race at Abu Dhabi's Yas Marina circuit, which has everything an F1 venue could ask for except from a good circuit. Its facilities are some of the best (if not the best) on the calendar but it's remarkable that, effectively given a clean sheet of paper, circuit chiefs produced a track which rarely creates an entertaining spectacle. Let's hope next season's finale at Yas Marina has the sort of tense title showdown the venue and the sport deserves.