F1: Verstappen Wins In Abu Dhabi As Mercedes Unable To Match Red Bull 

Hamilton who was coming back from a bout of COVID19 was not at 100 per cent and uncharacteristically did not have a solution for each his teammate and Verstappen, whereas the Red Bull driver went to assert his profession’s tenth win.

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Sahil Gupta
| Updated: 13-Dec-20 09:02 PM IST

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Verstappen placed on a dominant show in entrance of the Mercedes duo

For a race that is historically the final race of the season, the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi makes for a painfully boring race. And but once more it did not disappoint with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen successful from begin to end in a dominant show over the Mercedes duo of Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton, who completed P2 and P3 respectively. Hamilton who was coming back from a bout of COVID-19 was not 100 per cent and uncharacteristically did not have a solution for each his teammate and Verstappen. Verstappen’s teammate Alex Albon was in placing vary of Hamilton by the tip of the race inside 1.5 seconds in P4. 

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McLaren managed to safe its P3 place within the constructors’ championship with Lando Norris ending P5 and his outgoing teammate Carlos Sainz Jr managing P6. Daniel Ricciardo in his final race with Renault completed at P7 and in addition stole the quickest lap from Max Verstappen within the final lap of the race. Pierre Gasly topped up a really spectacular season for the AlphaTauri in P8 whereas fellow Frenchman and former buddy Esteban Ocon completed at P9 within the second Renault. 

Alex Albon completed in P4 which ought to improve his possibilities of retaining his seat 

After the excessive of Bahrain and Sergio Perez’s maiden win, Racing Point was in for a tricky race because it misplaced out on a chance to get P3 within the constructors; championship. Sergio Perez who was crippled due to an engine change made good strikes from P20, however attributable to a transmission downside, he needed to retire in his final race for the group. Lance Stroll additionally could not do significantly better as he simply managed P10 struggling by way of a lot of the race. 

Daniil Kvyat in what many contemplate to be his final race for AlphaTauri simply managed P1 regardless of qualifying forward of his teammate Gasly. Raikkonen stored the Ferraris at bay in P12 for the Alfa Romeo. Charles Leclerc but once more out completed forward of Vettel in P13, although Vettel for a big a part of the race was within the factors because the Scuderia determined to not pit the 2 vehicles throughout the security automobile triggered by the Perez retirement. It marks the tip of a depressing yr for the four-time world champion and the tip of his time period at Ferrari.

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George Russell discovered himself in acquainted territory ending P15 for the Williams forward of Antonio Giovinazzi within the different Alfa Romeo. Nicholas Latifi managed P17 within the different Williams, whereas Kevin Magnussen completed at P18 in his final race for Haas. Pietro Fittipaldi filling in for Romain Grosjean within the different Haas topped off the grid with P19. 

Leclerc completed forward of Vettel but once more 

Provisional Results

1    Max Verstappen    Red Bull    1:41.626    

2    Valtteri Bottas    Mercedes    +15.976s    

3    Lewis Hamilton    Mercedes    +18.415s    

4    Alex Albon    Red Bull    +19.987s    

5    Lando Norris    McLaren    +60.729s    

6    Carlos Sainz    McLaren    +65.662s    

7    Daniel Ricciardo    Renault    +73.748s    

8    Pierre Gasly    AlphaTauri    +89.718s    

9    Esteban Ocon    Renault    +101.069s    

10    Lance Stroll    Racing Point    +102.738s    

11    Daniil Kvyat    AlphaTauri    1 LAP    1

12    Kimi Raikkonen    Alfa Romeo Racing    1 LAP    1

13    Charles Leclerc    Ferrari    1 LAP    1

14    Sebastian Vettel    Ferrari    1 LAP    1

15    George Russell    Williams    1 LAP    1

16    Antonio Giovinazzi     Alfa Romeo Racing    1 LAP    1

17    Nicholas Latifi    Williams    1 LAP    2

18    Kevin Magnussen    Haas    1 LAP    2

19    Pietro Fittipaldi    Haas    2 LAPS    3

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Sergio Perez, Racing Point (transmission failure)

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