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RAC E A NA LYS I S
Finals
“I could just go completely extreme, and then it would
have been a right mess. I didn’t know what to expect,
so that was also very, very tough.”
There was no hiding the fact that there were mixed
emotions on the pitwall afterwards as Lowe, Wolff and Niki
Lauda tried to come to terms with the fact that Hamilton
had done his own thing, and how it had put an unexpected
twist on what should have been an evening of celebration.
There may have been some extra stress at Mercedes,
but this was a great day for F1, with the title decided on
the last lap of the 21st race of the sport’s longest season.
“Pace was a problem all afternoon, but on the
positive side we got a fantastic four-way finish at the end,”
said Lowe.
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F1 is about producing
entertainment, producing
a spectacle. And you
couldn’t have wished
for any better spectacle
than that, to come home
so close, getting the onetwo, Nico getting the
championship. It was
a perfect result for us.”
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6. It was close, it was
tense, but Nico
Rosberg came away
from the Abu Dhabi
race as the World
Champion.
XPB Images
7. H
amilton’s best efforts
to slow down Rosberg
almost paid dividends.
XPB Images
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Final Results
CL
DRIVER
CHASSIS
ENGINE
TIME
GAP
1
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
Mercedes
2
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
Mercedes
0.439
12.504
3
Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari
Ferrari
0.843
0.461
4
Max Verstappen
Red Bull
TAG
1.685
5.990
5
Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull
TAG
5.315
22.063
6
Kimi Raikkonen
Ferrari
Ferrari
18.816
1.613
7
Nico Hulkenberg
Force India
Mercedes
50.114
1.885
8
Sergio Perez
Force India
Mercedes
58.776
1.895
9
Felipe Massa
Williams
Mercedes
59.436
1.969
10
Fernando Alonso
McLaren
Honda
59.896
1.998
11
Romain Grosjean
Haas
Ferrari
1'16.777
2.156
12
Esteban Gutierrez
Haas
Ferrari
1'35.113
2.407
13
Esteban Ocon
Manor
Mercedes
1 lap
2.560
14
Pascal Wehrlein
Manor
Mercedes
1 lap
3.009
15
Marcus Ericsson
Sauber
Ferrari
1 lap
3.139
16
Felipe Nasr
Sauber
Ferrari
1 lap
5.243
17
Jolyon Palmer
Renault
Renault
1 lap
4.241
DNF
Carlos Sainz Jr.
Toro Rosso
Ferrari
4.276
DNF
Daniil Kvyat
Toro Rosso
Ferrari
4.376
DNF
Jenson Button
McLaren
Honda
5.083
DNF
Valtteri Bottas
Williams
Mercedes
5.712
DNF
Kevin Magnussen
Renault
Renault
6.532
GP G AZET T E |
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