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Lap 25/55: It doesn’t make sense that Ricciardo is going to pit just yet, his pace is still strong in fifth.

Lap 24/55: Verstappen shows a hint of anxiety by radioing his team to ask “Is Lewis getting Valtteri?”

Lap 23/55: Sure enough, Leclerc enters the pits and exits from behind. Hamilton is starting to get closer to Bottas in the fight for position with his teammate, it’s about 1.5 seconds right now. But Verstappen is five seconds ahead and looks comfortable.

Lap 22/55: A bit of mid-race calm at the moment. Leclerc is sliding further back, now past Ocon to drop to twelfth. You will surely need a tire change soon. Although his teammate Vettel is well placed to sign with points

Lap 19/55: Going back and forth between Stroll, Leclerc and Gasly in ninth place is a good watch, but this is what it looks like: 1 Verstappen 2 Bottas 3 Hamilton 4 Albon 5 Ricciardo 6 Norris

Lap 18/55: Daniel Ricciardo has yet to pit, but has moved into a decent position in fifth place; If you can choose your break wisely, here you are in the mix. Verstappen now leads by more than three seconds: Mercedes has yet to adequately threaten.

Lap 17/55: Vettel shows he still has it with an expert holding Sainz around the corner, to maintain his eighth position. Meanwhile, Verstappen leads by around two and a half seconds.

Lap 16/55: Leclerc is overtaken again by Stroll, but is back within DRS range and quickly rearranges himself to hold ninth place.

Meanwhile, Sainz is under investigation for driving too slow in the pit lane, which would be a severe blow to McLaren and a five-second penalty.

Lap 15/55: A good overtaking by Sainz de Leclerc puts Sainz in eighth place, as night falls on Yas Marina.

Lap 14/55: The two Mercedes are closer to Verstappen than they were now as racing resume in earnest; this is a great nerve test for the leader now. His lead over Bottas is now just over a second as he rallies to record the fastest lap yet.

Lap 13/55: If Albon can take fourth place, he moves up to sixth place in the final championship standings. Hamilton, third, is still not happy with the performance of his car. The safety car is about to end …

Lap 12/55: Phew. Time for a recap: 1 Verstappen 2 Bottas 3 Hamilton 4 Albon 5 Ricciardo 6 Norris 7 Vettel 8 Leclerc 9 Sainz 10 Stroll. The Mercedes, unlike most, have yet to pit, nor has Ricciardo, but Vettel is having fun with the look.

Hamilton is also a bit restless. “The car just won’t turn,” he says over the radio.

Lap 11/55: In fact, the top four pitted there, just like halfway through the race, and now the full safety car is out because they haven’t been able to get Perez’s car off the track. There are also suspicions of oil on the track.

Verstappen and Bottas make an early pit stop, and Hamilton joins them, moving to medium compounds.

Lap 10/55: A mechanical annoyance for Pérez, the winner of the last race, who stops in his last race at Racing Point. He looks devastated, if his gestures are correct. Verstappen still leads.

Lap 9/55: A bold move by Gasly over Kvyatt on the backstretch is rewarded and puts Gasly in eighth place.

Lap 8/55: Hamilton has narrowed the gap with Bottas a bit, now it’s about four seconds. Walk goes up to the seventh.

Lap 7/55 A less bumpy lap, so here’s how they are: 1 Verstappen 2 Bottas 3 Hamilton 4 Albon 5 Norris 6 Sainz 7 Kvyatt 8 Stroll 9 Gasly 10 Ricciardo

Lap 6/55: Red Bull seems to have a power advantage here, although there is still a long way to go. In the back, Russell has been overtaken by Perez as Albon advances to fourth place in that intriguing battle with Norris.

Lap 5/55: Verstappen has not been wrong so far, he did well early on, established a healthy lead down the fastball and kept his pursuers at a decent distance. Lead for 2.5 seconds now

Lap 4/55: Norris and Albon is the closest battle at the top of the race so far, with the former holding a lead of around a second in fourth place.

Lap 3/55: Verstappen set a fast first lap in race two there, and he’s traveling well. He has just over two seconds over Bottas and Hamilton is still third.

Lap 2/55: Magnusson and Russell move up at the back, to 17 and 16 respectively, while Gasly outstrips Ocon in ninth. Pretty early overtaking action for this difficult track.

Round 1/55: Verstappen manages the starts well and achieves some distance in the straight back; Bottas struggled initially, but ranks second. Vettel overtakes Leclerc further behind.

Verstappen leads the first shift

The front three drivers everyone is starting with the medium tires; today we are looking at a one stop race for most.

Some pre-race talk from Verstappen: “We did a good lap yesterday and it’s nice to be on pole and now we need a very good race. I’m confident, I hope we can get off to a clean start and have a little fun. “

And then Hamilton: “I definitely feel better today than I have. It’s been an incredible year and season for us as a team, and I feel pretty relaxed right now. ” Of course it does

Kneeling and anti-racism gestures completed before anthem time in Abu Dhabi with the sun beginning to set.

Today also sees Sebastian Vettel Ferrari’s last trip, with which he won 14 GP. “It will be exciting,” said the four-time world champion. “Especially with the mechanics, the guys in the garage. Obviously, in terms of results, it’s not really high. So I’m looking forward to seeing the checkered flag. ”Ferrari’s troubles have continued this season and yesterday they lost a beat again, with Vettel back in 13th place at the start, one behind teammate Charles Leclerc.

How they line up on the grid:

1 Max Verstappen, Red Bull 2 Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes 3 Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes 4 Lando Norris, McLaren 5 Alexander Albon, Red Bull 6 Carlos Sainz, McLaren 7 Daniil Kvyat, AlphaTauri 8 Lance Stroll, Racing Point 9 Pierre Gasly, AlphaTauri 10 Esteban Ocon, Renault eleven Daniel Ricciardo, Renault 12 Charles Leclerc, Ferrari 13 Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari 14 Antonio Giovinazzi, Alfa Romeo fifteen Kimi Raikkonen, Alfa Romeo sixteen George Russell, Williams 17 Pietro Fittipaldi, Haas 18 Nicholas Latifi, Williams 19 Sergio Pérez, Racing Point twenty Kevin Magnussen, Haas

Late everyone. Only once in the last eight years has the final grand prix of the season had the drivers’ title at stake, when Nico Rosberg held off Lewis Hamilton to clinch the championship in 2016, all of which has tended to put the race in gear. Abu Dhabi an advantage. a slight vibration of Oval-Ashes-Test-in-the-90s, an almost perpetual dead rubber. Such is Hamilton’s supremacy, seeming to take hold more each year, that lately the fate of the world title has been comfortably determined at this point.

But that doesn’t mean we don’t have a race worth watching this afternoon. Max Verstappen, who took pole yesterday, gives us an attractive appearance at the front of the grid and raised Red Bull and Verstappen’s hopes of a second win of the season to build on their success at the 70th anniversary GP at Silverstone in August. And last week’s race, with his first win for Sergio Perez and his frustrated George Russell heroics, was a bit of fun too.

Meanwhile, Hamilton has ascended to new heights in this strangest year, and while he will have to deal with the post-Covid daze today, nothing can be ruled out of him after a year in which he has transcended his sport, in and out. . the track, to the point that even many non-oil fans wouldn’t envy him a Sports Personality of the Year award next week.

Lights off 1:10 pm!