Nico Rosberg defeated Mercedes team
mate Lewis Hamilton for the third race in succession on Sunday, with a
commanding drive in the 2015 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The
World Champion put in a late charge, but it wasn’t enough to stop Rosberg
prevailing by 8.2s to score his sixth win of the season.
Kimi Raikkonen was a distant third
for Ferrari – his third podium of the season – with team mate Sebastian Vettel
coming through from 15th on the grid to take fourth, ahead of Force
India Sergio Perez who held off Red Bull Daniel Ricciardo for fifth. Nico
Hulkenberg was seventh in the second Force India, ahead of Williams Felipe
Massa and Lotus Romain Grosjean with Red Bull Daniil Kvyat completing the top
ten.
Lotus Pastor Maldonado was the only
retirement of the afternoon after a first lap clash with Fernando Alonso
McLaren on the run into Turn 1. Alonso, who had brushed the Sauber of Felipe Nasr
before hitting Maldonado, continued after pitting for a new nose and tyres, but
was given a drive through penalty for causing the incident. The Spaniard
eventually came home 17th ahead of Marussias of Will Stevens and
Roberto Merhi.
Lewis Hamilton was handed the 2015
DHL Fastest Lap Award and Ferrari collected the 2015 DHL Fastest Pit Stop
Award. Valtteri Bottas was another driver to pick up a penalty after Williams
released him into the path of Jenson Button McLaren during pit stops. Bottas,
who finished 14th just 0.4s behind the Englishman, had to complete a
lap with a damaged front wing before returning for a new nose. This was the
last race of the 2015 Formula 1 Season. New Season will begin in Race from
Australia in January 2016.
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