Live Bar December 1 The 2019 F1 Abu Dhabi Station race ended at Yas Pier Track. Hamilton led the way and finally won the championship. The six-champion successfully achieved PTW and the season ended with 11 championships. Verstappen and Leclerc ranked second and third respectively, and the team was crazy overtaking in the Botas race at the end of the team to win P4.
Pre-race information:
1. Before this site competition, Williams announced that Latifie would replace Kubica , and would partner with George Russell next season. The driver lineup will be determined next year. Hockenberg ushered in the last stop of F1.
2. According to Italian media reports, Hamilton met with Ferrari chairman Elkan twice this year, and the contract between the British and Mercedes Benz will expire next year.
3. Today, F1 revealed a major news, that is, part of the development of the engine will be frozen after 2021.
4. In yesterday's qualifying match, Hamilton ended the pole position drought in 9 races; although Botas won second place, he was punished to the last place to start due to changing the power unit.
5. In the past five years, the championships of this site have been won by Mercedes-Benz drivers, and Hamilton, Rosberg and Bottas have all been involved. On this track, Hamilton has won 5 pole positions and 4 championships, both of which are the first in history.
6. This is the 312th start of Raikkonen , surpassing Alonso to rise to second place in history, second only to Barrichello (322).
7. Weather conditions: Abu Dhabi is sunny today, the track temperature is 33 degrees Celsius, the atmospheric temperature is 27.6 degrees Celsius, the air humidity is 54.8%, and the wind speed is 5.0.
Specific situation:
Starting: Hamilton leads the competition. DRS once suspended the use of
warm beads, everything was normal, five lights went out, and the competition officially began.
On the first lap, Hamilton held the position and started leading the race. Leclerc took advantage of the situation to pass Verstappen and came to second place.
Gasley and Perez collided. The former was pushed out of the track by two racing points. His racing car 's front wing was damaged and fell to the end of the team. He ran for a lap and entered the station. The collision between the two was investigated, but there was no punishment afterwards.
lap 3, Hamilton refreshed the fastest lap.
4th circle, the official said that DRS was temporarily suspended due to technical problems.
In the 6th lap, Botas passed Giovinaz and had already reached 12th place.
In the next lap, Hamilton was already ahead of the second place for more than 4 seconds.
On the 10th lap, Botas came to 10th place and entered the points zone.
Leclerc told the team that the rear wheel of the car was vibrating, and Ferrari said it was already checking the data. On the 11th lap of
, Ferrari told Vitel that DRS will not be used in the short term. After
, Ricardo entered the station to change the tire, and then fell to 14th place after coming out. In this round of
, Bottas took action from the outside and directly surpassed Perez to reach 8th.
lap 13, two Ferrari drivers entered the station in the same lap, Leclerc 2.6 seconds, Vettel 6.9 seconds.
lap 15, Leclerc refreshed the fastest lap. Hamilton has been driving the
round for more than 10 seconds.
match: DRS is restored to use Verstappen for Leclerc
on the 18th lap, DSR begins to resume use! Then, Bottas immediately passed Hockenberg with DRS and rose to fourth place. After being overtaken, the Germans chose to enter the station.
On the 20th lap, Hamilton asked the engineers about the competition strategy.
lap 22, Kviat went outside and surpassed Raikkonen and rose to 8th place. On the 23rd lap of
, Giovinaz and Kubica collided, and a large number of fragments appeared on the track.
On the 26th lap, Verstappen entered the station to change tires, the time was 2.4 seconds, and it fell to third place after it came out.
tournament announced that it will investigate the collision between Giovinaz and Kubica. On the 27th lap of
, Hamilton entered the station and replaced her white tire, and was still ranked first after the stop.
tournament announced that there is no need to investigate the collision between Giovinaz and Kubica.
lap 32, although Verstappen had problems with racing, he still went through the inner line and surpassed Leclerc and rose to second place. Although Leclerc tried to fight back, it still failed.
sprint: Hamilton successfully won the championship, Bottas finished the 4th
lap 39, Ferrari entered the station again in the same lap, this time the tire changer made no mistakes. In this round of
, Bottas took action to surpass Albourne and rose to fifth place.
On the 40th lap, Verstappen asked the team if Ferrari stopped second because he heard the sound of their pneumatic guns in his headphones.
On the 42nd lap, Koviat entered the station to change tires. On the 44th lap of
, Ricardo entered the station to change the tire and completed the second stop.
On the 46th lap, Perez surpassed Hockenberg to 8th place.
Then, Kviat went inside and surpassed Hockenberg, and the German lost his position to 10th.
lap 48, Stroel entered the station and chose to withdraw.
lap 50, McLaren told Norris that he could defend Perez's attack behind him with all his might.
On the 54th lap, Vettel successfully passed Alben and rose to 5th place.
Finally, Hamilton successfully crossed the line, winning the championship on this site for the fifth time, winning the 84th victory in his career, and continuing to chase the record of Schumacher (91). Verstappen won second, Leclerc withstood Bottas' impact and finished third, and the Finns, who started at the end of the team, finished in P4. No. 5-10 are Vettel, Alben, Perez, Norris, Coviat and Sainz.
Race report card:
Best driver in this site: Hockenberg
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