Abu Dhabi

Vettel wins Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in Style

Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel took a dominant victory at the 2009 season finale in Abu Dhabi this evening, beating team-mate Mark Webber home by 17 seconds to secure the team’s fourth 1-2 finish in impressive style. After a largely processional race, Webber and champion-elect Jenson Button brought the race to life in the closing laps with a nail-biting duel, with Webber somehow managing to hold off the faster Brawn.

At the start, Lewis Hamilton kept the lead from pole position, with the rest of the field slotting behind in grid order. Despite expectations of Hamilton cruising into the distance, the Briton was unable to shake off the challenge of Vettel in the opening stint, and duly lost the lead after the first round of pitstops, before retiring with brake problems soon after.

With Hamilton out of the running, Vettel was given the easy task of driving to the finish, while Webber looked equally comfortable until Button closed in for a final-laps dash. Rubens Barrichello took fourth place, just ahead of Nick Heidfeld and Kamui Kobayashi, with Jarno Trulli and Sébastien Buemi concluding the top eight finishers.

Here are the full results;

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts
1 15 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 55 1:34:03.414 2 10
2 14 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 55 +17.8 secs 3 8
3 22 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 55 +18.4 secs 5 6
4 23 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 55 +22.7 secs 4 5
5 6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 55 +26.2 secs 8 4
6 10 Kamui Kobayashi Toyota 55 +28.3 secs 12 3
7 9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 55 +34.3 secs 6 2
8 12 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 55 +41.2 secs 10 1
9 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 55 +45.9 secs 9
10 5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 55 +48.1 secs 7
11 2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 55 +52.7 secs 18
12 4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 55 +54.3 secs 11
13 17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 55 +59.8 secs 13
14 7 Fernando Alonso Renault 55 +69.6 secs 15
15 21 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 55 +94.4 secs 16
16 3 Giancarlo Fisichella Ferrari 54 +1 Lap 20
17 20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 54 +1 Lap 17
18 8 Romain Grosjean Renault 54 +1 Lap 19
Ret 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 19 +35 Laps 1
Ret 11 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 17 Gearbox 14
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