Abu Dhabi GP at Yas Marina Circuit had a wild start as everyone was trying to find spaces between them Kimi Raikkonen DNF because of broken right wheel after Giedo Van Der Garde clipped him in T1 of Lap 1 which brought the Yellow Flag till Lap 5, this could be THE FLYING FINNs last race for Lotus in this season as he is willing to skip rest of the races in USA and BRAZIL if Lotus is unable to pay his salary, he was about to skip this race too but changed his mind Sebastian Vettel gained P1 at the very begining of the race managing the tyres really well till the end of the race, this was his 7th consecutive race victory, standing beside Alberto Ascari and Michael Schumacher, so far its his 11th victory in this season, he did the same back in 2011, if he win in next 2 races then he will stand behind Michael Schumachers record of 13 race victory in a season and also 9 consecutive race victory Mark Webber finished P2 behind his team mate after 30 sec, starting the race he lost position to his team mate and Nico Rosberg for slow start but regained a position in Lap 20, Adrian Sutil took on Lewis Hamilton from outside at the DRS2 and Felipe Massa from inside made a spectacular double pass of the race in Lap 26, Felipe Massa had better pace today and was in front of his team mate until he went for his 2nd pit stop, he finished P8 at the end chasing Lewis Hamilton Nico Hulkenberg was doing good at P5 but due to an unsafe release in front of Sergio Perez in the pit lane earned him an unwanted Drive Thru Penalty in Lap 35 which threw him back and finished at P14, Lewis Hamilton suffered brake issues from begining of the race but later he came back in fight with Paul Di Resta and Fernando Alonso but managed to finish at P7, Romain Grosjean sqeezed pass Felipe Massa in Lap 38 after rejoining the race from pit stop at T3, he managed to finish P4 chasing Nico Rosberg Fernando Alonso failed to get on to Q3 and managed P11 but due to Kimi Raikkonens grid penalty he started at P10, had a decent start at the back of his team mate Felipe Massa, did a brilliant long stint with Prime tyres, he switched to Options at Lap 45, during rejoining he almost collided with Jean-Eric Vergne at T3, a post-race investigation is undergoing whether he was forced to go off the track or not, by these act Felipe Massa also went off during T5 chicane, The Samurai later overtook Lewis Hamilton in DRS1 of Lap 51 and Paul Di Resta in DRS2 of Lap 52, finished P5 at the end
Posted on: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 17:26:19 +0000
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