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The journey back was tortuous and I was only back around 9.45pm at the hotel after leaving at 6pm, the problem being that you can take a shuttle bus to a place on the Abu Dhabi to Dubai road but, as buses tend to leave Abu Dhabi for Dubai when full, there is little chance of
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SUNDAY 13 NOVEMBER
The bus to Abu Dhabi was almost an hour late today and some people gave up and went by shared taxi. I went into Abu Dhabi for a while before going by bus to the circuit and arriving an hour and a half before the race. |
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It was a strange but, as always, exhilarating start and the sight of double and current World Champion, Vettel, coming round last with a re-arranged rear wheel was, for this season, a major surprise. It allowed Hamilton a third victory of the season and he always seemed to have something to spare but, what you do see live, is how close those cars can get. I'm sure I went deaf fifteen years ago at a Grand Prix and this time I wore the biggest set of headphones I could find but afterwards I'm still not convinced they did that much good.
The usual epic journey back was nearly that much longer because I got the Dubai bus with seconds to spare having bought my ticket in the afternoon in anticipation of being rushed for time. Typically, the bus this time was on time...
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