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Abu Dhabi GP
2021 Formula 1 Abu Dhabi GP
Dec 10, 2021 to Dec 12, 2021
| Yas Marina Circuit-Abu Dhabi, AE
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Formula 1 Abu Dhabi GP
F1 Abu Dhabi GP Live Commentary and Updates - race day
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- Verstappen wins the Abu Dhabi GP and his maiden F1 title with a last-lap pass on Hamilton
- Safety car pits with one lap remaining after Latifi hits the barrier
- Verstappen pitted for fresh soft tyres under caution period, Hamilton stayed out on old hards
- Raikkonen retires from final F1 race with brake issue
- At the start Hamilton took the lead but went off-track as Verstappen tried to repass - no investigation deemed necessary
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Leaderboard
- Verstappen, Red Bull
- Hamilton, Mercedes
- Sainz, Ferrari
- Tsunoda, AlphaTauri
- Gasly, AlphaTauri
- Bottas, Mercedes
- Norris, McLaren
- Alonso, Alpine
- Ocon, Alpine
- Leclerc, Ferrari
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10:59:19 am
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To everyone who followed us this year - thank you so much for joining us, we really hope you've enjoyed our updates. Have a wonderful Christmas, if you celebrate, and we'll see you next year. Good afternoon, good evening and goodnight!
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10:57:13 am
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Verstappen wins title by beating Hamilton in controversial last-lap duel
And here's the report - and that's it for 2021! https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/f1-abu-dhabi-gp-verstappen-defeats-hamilton-to-win-title-in-controversial-last-lap-duel/6877931/
10:55:02 am
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Blimey O'Riley, I think I've got my breath back now - that was something else. I think we're in for a very busy evening tonight - report coming your way very shortly!
10:51:53 am
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This season finale will be one debated in years to come.
10:51:49 am
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10:48:10 am
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Hamilton: "Firstly, a big congratulations to Max and his team. I think we did an amazing job this year. It's been the most difficult of seasons. We gave it everything, and we never gave up."
10:46:33 am
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Sainz: "I was very strong today. With the safety car at the end, nerves were high, but I kept it together."
10:45:06 am
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10:44:50 am
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Verstappen "It's unbelievable. All race, I kept fighting and then I had that opportunity on the final lap. Finally, a bit of luck for me. I want to say thank you to Checo too, he's the best team-mate."
10:43:39 am
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Have you caught your breath yet? We haven't.
10:39:05 am
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10:38:26 am
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Carlos Sainz Jr finished third - we missed that among all the fun. Tsunoda and Gasly were fourth and fifth, with Bottas, Norris, Alonso, Ocon and Leclerc completing the top 10.
10:37:03 am
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10:36:22 am
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10:36:19 am
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Good. Lord.
Checkered flag
10:34:47 am
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Max Verstappen wins the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - AND the title!
10:34:23 am
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Hamilton comes back at him into Turn 9 - but Verstappen holds him! The title is his!
10:33:42 am
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Verstappen makes the lunge into Turn 5 - and he takes the lead!
10:32:35 am
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"Michael..." says Wolff, lost for words. That's it.
10:32:19 am
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Race control let the lapped runners through! This is it!
10:31:43 am
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Safety car in this lap! One racing lap!
10:30:18 am
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Lapped cars won't be allowed to overtake - so we should get a lap of racing - but Verstappen will have to fight through.
Mechanical problem
10:29:33 am
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Red Bull is retiring Perez. That's it for the second Red Bull driver - and all but cements the constructors' title for Mercedes.
10:29:25 am
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The call for a safety car simply had to come with Latifi's car facing nose first to the wall on the track and unable to move. A small brake fire briefly sparked up in Latifi's front-left to make matters worse but it is quickly under control.
10:28:20 am
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There's three laps left at this point. Will we get going again?
10:26:57 am
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Mercedes has decided not to pit Hamilton this time around - and it looked as though they were going to pit, but they won't. "We would have lost track position" says Hamilton's race engineer.
Crash
10:26:44 am
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Latifi was racing Schumacher, going wheel to wheel through Turn 9 and goes wide and off track. It looks like with dirty tyres the Williams driver loses grip through Turn 14 and spins into the wall.
10:24:44 am
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This race and this season is providing drama right to the finish!
Pit stop
10:23:33 am
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Verstappen pits for soft tyres now!
Safety car
10:22:18 am
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Latifi has crashed - safety car deployed!
10:20:51 am
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Norris, with his fresh tyres, gets ahead of Alonso to take eighth place. Small comfort having been running in fifth and he now has a 11.5s gap to bridge to catch Gasly.
10:20:04 am
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And on lap 51, Hamilton's now opened the gap by a tenth as Verstappen hits the traffic - bolstered by an extra car after Norris' stop.
10:19:10 am
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Like for like on lap 50, Hamilton and Verstappen both logging 1m26.7s laps.
10:19:03 am
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That pitstop has put Norris slap bang in the middle of the Alonso-Ocon-Ricciardo-Leclerc battle. Norris gets by Ocon to take ninth place on the exit of Turn 5.
Pit stop
10:17:24 am
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Norris pits while defending in fifth from Bottas and it sounds like it was a slow puncture for the McLaren driver. Cruel luck for the Brit.
10:16:05 am
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Verstappen took a second out of Hamilton on lap 47, but there was the traffic ahead. Alonso moves over, freeing up Hamilton.
10:15:11 am
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"It says I have seven laps?" Hamilton asks. "Ignore the dash," comes the reply - there's more than that remaining.
10:13:56 am
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10 laps to go - how are your nerves?
10:11:58 am
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Verstappen's managing to take 0.2s out of Hamilton per lap at this point, which may be more as Hamilton comes up to deal with traffic.
10:11:03 am
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Traffic coming up for Hamilton - the quartet of Leclerc, Ricciardo, Ocon and Alonso are battling ahead.
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By: Autosport Staff
Published: Dec 12, 2021, 2:59 PM
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