Hamilton celebrated in Abu Dhabi third win of the season

 

Red Bull on Sunday for the first time since 24 October 2010 on the podium of a Formula 1 race was missing. The man of the floodlit race in Abu Dhabi was Lewis Hamilton. The British McLaren driver won ahead of Spaniard Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) and his compatriot and team mate Jenson Button.

 

The season-dominators of Red Bull had to deal with the Australian Mark Webber fourth satisfied, which is already established as a world champion German Sebastian Vettel retired from the first time in more than a year. In the season final race on the 27th It's November in Brazil between Button (255 points), Alonso (245) and Webber (233) for second place in the championship standings.

"One of my best races"

"That was one of my best races," said the 26-year-old Hamilton, who dedicated the victory as a birthday gift from his mother, Carmen had traveled. "I am delighted with this victory and I see it as a step which I hope again enter," said the year crisis-ridden world champion in 2008, who a month ago, the separation from his longtime girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger of the Pussycat Dolls officially confirmed. Hamilton will conclude the first time in his Formula 1 career, one season after his team mate (Button).

Vettel went into the race from pole position and defended his lead at the start it successfully. Already in the second turn of the 24-year-old but slipped because of a ruptured right rear tire off the track. Vettel made it though with the heavily battered cars to the pits, but then there he was forced to retire.

Vettel mystery puncture

"The launch was perfect. Receipt of the second corner, I then lost the car, I could not do anything more, "Vettel described the departure. About the cause of tire failure prevailed at Red Bull big guessing game. "We do not know why it came so far. The tire is hard to watch, because that is distributed everywhere, "said Vettel.

The rest of the race followed by Vettel Red Bull-command post. "I would obviously much rather be sitting in the car. But it was also be interesting to see the race from a different perspective, "said Vettel. Through the first loss since 2010 South Korea Vettel's attack on Michael Schumacher's record of 13 wins this season burst in 2004. Vettel holds before the season finale at eleven first places in 2011.

In addition, the series of double world champion went seven podium places and 19 races in the points at the end. And at just that place where he has a year made his first World Cup triumph perfectly. As a consolation, Vettel was his 14th Season from pole position Saturday, with which he has set the season record of Britain's Nigel Mansell (1992).

Final

1.	Lewis Hamilton	GBR	McLaren	1:37:11,886
2.	Fernando Alonso	ESP	Ferrari	+ 8,457
3.	Jenson Button	GBR	McLaren	25,881
4.	Webber	OFF	Red Bull	35,784
5.	Felipe Massa	BRA	Ferrari	50,578
6.	Nico Rosberg	GER	Mercedes	52,317
7.	Michael Schumacher	GER	Mercedes	1:15,964
8.	Adrian Sutil	GER	Force India	1:17,122
9.	Paul di Resta	GBR	Force India	1:41,087
10.	Kamui Kobayashi	JPN	Clean	Round 1
11.	Sergio Perez	MEX	Clean	Round 1
12.	Rubens Barrichello	BRA	Williams	Round 1
13.	Vitaly Petrov	RUS	Lotus Renault	Round 1
14.	Pastor Maldonado	VEN	Williams	Round 1
15.	Jaime Alguersuari	ESP	Toro Rosso	Round 1
16.	Bruno Senna	BRA	Lotus Renault	Round 1
17.	Heikki Kovalainen	FIN	Team Lotus	Round 1
18.	Jarno Trulli	ITA	Team Lotus	2 rounds
19.	Timo Glock	GER	Virgin	2 rounds
20.	Tonio Liuzzi	ITA	Hispania	2 rounds

Out: Sebastian Vettel (GER / Red Bull), Sebastien Buemi (SUI / Toro Rosso), Jerome d'Ambrosio (BEL / Virgin), Daniel Ricciardo (AUS / Hispania)

Fastest lap: Webber (51 / 1:42,612)

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