F1 2012: Abu Dhabi GP.

[Ferry_vO]

Qualifying results :

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:41.497	1:40.901	1:40.630	15
2	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:41.933	1:41.277	1:40.978	17
3	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:42.160	1:41.511	1:41.073	16
4	18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:41.981	1:41.907	1:41.226	22
5	9	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	1:42.222	1:41.532	1:41.260	20
6	3	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:42.342	1:41.873	1:41.290	20
7	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:41.939	1:41.514	1:41.582	17
8	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:41.926	1:41.698	1:41.603	17
9	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:41.974	1:41.846	1:41.723	17
10	10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:42.046	1:41.620	1:41.778	24
11	12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:42.579	1:42.019		16
12	15	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:42.624	1:42.084		17
13	11	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:42.572	1:42.218		16
14	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:42.735	1:42.289		14
15	19	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	1:43.298	1:42.330		18
16	14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1:43.582	1:42.606		17
17	16	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	1:43.280	1:42.765		14
18	17	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	1:44.058			9
19	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1:44.956			11
20	25	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	1:45.089			10
21	21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	1:45.151			11
22	24	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1:45.426			9
23	22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	1:45.766			8
24	23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1:46.382			9
		Q1 107% Time		1:48.601

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But: After Q3 Vettel parked his car with a 'problem', being there was not enough fuel in his car left for the stewards to check (Minimum is 1 liter.) so tomorrow he will have to start all the way from the back! With only three races left this will be an interesting end of the season!

 

[Ferry_vO]

What a race!! First win for Kimi since his return to F1, Alonso coming from 6th to take second, and Vettel finishing third after having to start from pitlane!

Lots of contact and crashes too, almost looked like a GP2 race! Vettel now ten points ahead of Alonso, with two races to go....

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	9	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	55	Winner	4	25
2	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	55	+0.8 secs	6	18
3	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	55	+4.1 secs	24	15
4	3	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	55	+7.7 secs	5	12
5	18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	55	+13.0 secs	3	10
6	14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	55	+20.0 secs	15	8
7	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	55	+22.8 secs	8	6
8	19	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	55	+23.5 secs	14	4
9	11	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	55	+24.1 secs	12	2
10	16	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	55	+27.4 secs	16	1
11	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	55	+28.0 secs	13
12	17	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	55	+34.9 secs	17
13	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	55	+47.7 secs	18
14	24	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	55	+56.4 secs	21
15	15	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	55	+56.7 secs	11
16	21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	55	+64.5 secs	20
17	22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	55	+71.7 secs	22
Ret	25	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	41	+14 Laps	19
Ret	10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	37	Accident	9
Ret	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	37	Accident	2
Ret	4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	19	+36 Laps	1
Ret	23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	7	Accident	23
Ret	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	7	Accident	7
Ret	12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	0	Accident	10

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[lefty]

Well, good win for Grumpy Raikkonen. Full of charm as ever. Mind you, Alonso's not much better. Vettel stormed through the field, but 'Shunt' Webber seemed to be all set for a day at the dodgems.....