F1, Verstappen dominates in Abu Dhabi. Bitter end for Vettel



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Max verstappen won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the last race of the Formula 1 World Championship 2020. A Yas Marina monologue by the Dutch conductor of the Red Bull, which closed in front of the two Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas me Lewis hamilton, longtime world champion. Fourth Alex Albon.

Bitter end for Sebastian Vettel at the Ferrari. The German, bent, ended in fourteenth place your experience in the red of Maranello. It didn’t shine either Charles Leclerc, thirteenth: For him Horse a season to forget as soon as possible.

THE RACE

At first Verstappen maintains leadership, followed by the two Mercedes by Bottas and Hamilton. Once again imprecise output by Leclerc, who goes long in an attempt to attack Ricciardo and is overtaken by his partner Vettel, twelfth.

The Red Bull driver tries to take advantage of the Mercedes, especially Hamilton seems unable to keep up with the Dutchman. A failure at Racing Point de Sergio Perez leads to the regime of ssafety car: all the drivers take advantage of it to return to the pits.

After reboot Verstappen always in command, In the back on great difficulty Leclerc which is also overtaken in quick succession by Sainz, Stroll and Gasly, slipping out of the top ten. Best Vettel, eighth in the middle of the race.

Verstappen after half the race still maintains a reassuring margin in Bottas, while Hamilton remains third: so far a career without high pitches for the world champion. Vettel is eighth but still has to brake, while at the rear Leclerc with the new tire looks for a difficult comeback from the last positions.

The Dutchman of the Red Bull With ten laps remaining, he is still 7 seconds ahead of the Finn, but the unknown tires remain for the final race. The doubts swept away in the last laps when Bottas drops to 12 seconds, allowing Verstappen fly to victory in the last GP of the year.

The Dutchman crossed the line with a wide gap 7 seconds over Bottas, third Hamilton. Bitter end for Ferraris: Leclerc closes in thirteenth position, Vettel in the last race is fourteenth.

Arrival order (top ten):

1 M. Verstappen (R) Red Bull

2 V. Bottas (D) Mercedes + 7 ″ 5

3 L. Hamilton (D) Mercedes + 11 ″ 5

4 A. Albon (D) Red Bull + 19 ″ 0

5 L. Norris (D) McLaren + 47 ″ 2

6 C. Sainz (D) McLaren + 53 ″ 0

7 D. Ricciardo (M) Renault + 67 ″ 5

8 P. Gasly (B) AlphaTauri + 68 ″ 9

9 L. Ride (D) Racing Point + 75 ″ 8

10 E. Ocon (D) Renault + 78 ″ 5

OMNISPORT | 12-13-2020 15:59

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