GPI 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | Page 98

RACE REPORT

The situation became even more critical when Vettel blasted past Verstappen and with four laps was inside half a second of Rosberg .
Hamilton was told by Mercedes engineering chief Paddy Lowe that he needed to up the pace . Hamilton responded that he was leading and quite comfortable . The final laps became ever more tense .
Vettel attacked on the penultimate lap , trying to overtake Rosberg into Turn 11 . The Mercedes driver resisted though and that was it as a little under two minutes later Hamilton took his 10th win of the year but the bigger prize – the