The current situation
Thanks to his victory in Brazil’s Nico Rosberg again runner-up. After he could no longer repress his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton before the start of first place in the championship standings, the German is now no longer reach for the third-placed Sebastian Vettel in the Ferrari. The initial position before the season finale in Abu Dhabi (Sunday, 14 clock, live ticker SPIEGEL ONLINE; TV: RTL and Sky): can not change anything at the top of the standings, place one to three is awarded. therefore
The greatest tension prevails in Finland: Williams driver Valtteri Bottas is in fourth place, only one point ahead of Vettel’s Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen. From a German perspective, it goes for Nico Hülkenberg still something. The Force India driver is tenth with 52 points. It can still be improved in ninth place at the Sergio Pérez is (68 points). Hulkenberg can but also of Romain Grosjean and / or Max Verstappen (both 49 points each) are outdated, which he would slip out of the top ten.
The Abu Dhabi GP 2014
A year ago, the World Cup seemed felt decided mathematically it was before the last race in Abu Dhabi but not yet. Rosberg was 17 points behind Hamilton. Because it was unique double points at the time, the winner got 50 meters, the second 36 and so on. Hamilton would therefore handed second place to Title
At the end of the English but could even drop out, because the race was a symbol of the season. Rosberg had to admit defeat already directly after the start Hamilton. And instead of a catch-up of the German launched a fight against his engine at the end even made sure that he was overtaken at No. 14 by his rival. The turn drove a strong race, won and then celebrated his second world title. Meanwhile, he has known three.
The route designed
Unlike many of his projects, the German architect Hermann Tilke the Yas Marina Circuit has anything but conservative – and immediately installed several spectacle. One of these is the pit lane exit, which leads beneath the outlet zone of turn one and through a tunnel on the other side back on track. A novelty in Formula 1, just like the underpass of Yas hotels. In addition, the course will be conducted by an artificial harbor basin, which is reminiscent of the marina in Monte Carlo.
From a technical perspective falls short start-and-finish straight on, it is not a good overtaking opportunity. Also, because the same the first corner after relatively steep bends away to the left. For this is the straight line between the curves seven and eight, the longer 1.2 kilometers even the longest on the calendar.
Many of straight lines and curves provide plenty of braking and acceleration maneuvers, which calls for the cars enormously. The must anyway be well tuned, because the race starts on the day and ends at night, which means a temperature difference of well over ten degrees Celsius.
The Special
The discharged since 2009 Grand Prix has already written sports history. Sebastian Vettel won the premiere and a year later the second edition. The victory in 2010 brought him his first world title, with 23 years and 134 days he became the youngest to date Formula 1 Champion. And even though he was then only gone as third overall behind Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber at the start.
In any case, there was in Abu Dhabi in six races until three different winners: Hamilton, Raikkonen and Vettel. And only the German was able to qualifying and the race to decide for themselves (2010). In the remaining five races of the eventual winner never started from square one.
The records
Three times has Vettel won a total of (2009, 2010, 2013), as likely as any other. The record for most pole positions he has to but share with Hamilton, launched twice each of the two square one. The fastest lap heard it again Vettel alone, driven in Abu Dhabi premiere in 2009.
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