Red Bull team managed to control the path of Abu Dhabi after the duo of drivers managed to finish 1-2. Bad luck just experienced McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton who had to get out of the race.
Hamilton led from pole and built a lead of 1.4s when he refuelled on the 17th lap. Vettel was able to run until the 20th, and emerged comfortably in the lead. Soon afterwards Hamilton’s challenge ended when McLaren had to withdraw his car after the telemetry revealed a problem with the right rear brake pads which were suffering from excessive wear.
Meanwhile, world champion this year, Jenson Button also managed to reach the podium after finishing in third. Meanwhile, team mate Button, Rubens Barrichello also had to settle for fourth place finish.
With the completion of the race in Abu Dhabi then f1 championship this season has been completed and gave birth to a new world champion and champion a new constructor in the history of F1.
RESULT F1 ABU DHABI
1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:34:03.414
2 Mark Webber Red Bull 17.857
3 Jenson Button Brawn 18.457
4 Rubens Barrichello Brawn 22.735
5 Nick Heidfeld BMW 26.253
6 Kamui Kobayashi Toyota 28.343
7 Jarno Trulli Toyota 34.366
8 Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso 41.294
9 Nico Rosberg Williams 45.941
10 Robert Kubica BMW 48.180
11 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren 52.798
12 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 54.317
13 Kazuki Nakajima Williams 59.839
14 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:09.687
15 Vitantanio Liuzzi Force India 1:34.450
16 Romain Grosjean Renault at 1 lap
17 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India at 1 lap
18 Adrian Sutil Force India at 1 lap
19 Lewis Hamilton McLaren out
20 Alguersuari Jaime Toro Rosso out