Lewis trage cortina

Pornit din al 11-lea pole-position obținut în 2018, Hamilton a condus și a câștigat etapa din Abu Dhabi, fără emoții sau adversari. Cel care conducea clasamentul la jumătatea sezonului, Sebastian Vettel, a trecut al doilea linia de sosire, însă doar datorită greșelilor care l-au aruncat pe Bottas pe locul 5. Germanul a fost urmat de Verstappen și de Ricciardo, piloții echipei motorizate Renault, colegi pentru ultima dată. Cursa câștigată la pas de Lewis Hamilton a fost marcată mai degrabă de accidentul spectaculos al lui Hulkenberg, care a decolat în barierele de protecție încercând o manevră neinspirată asupra lui Grosjean și de duelul dintre Ocon și Verstappen, câștigat în cele din urmă de olandez. Un abandon tehnic i-a rupt înainte de vreme firul ultimei sale povești la Ferrari lui Kimi Raikkonen, care din 2019 va face schimb de echipe cu Charles Leclerc de la Alfa Romeo Sauber. Alonso a terminat pe 11 ultima sa cursă din Formula 1, care măcar nu s-a înecat într-un abandon.

Clasament cursă

POS NO DRIVER CAR LAPS TIME/RETIRED PTS
1 44 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES 55 1:39:40.382 25
2 5 Sebastian Vettel FERRARI 55 +2.581s 18
3 33 Max Verstappen RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER 55 +12.706s 15
4 3 Daniel Ricciardo RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER 55 +15.379s 12
5 77 Valtteri Bottas MERCEDES 55 +47.957s 10
6 55 Carlos Sainz RENAULT 55 +72.548s 8
7 16 Charles Leclerc SAUBER FERRARI 55 +90.789s 6
8 11 Sergio Perez FORCE INDIA MERCEDES 55 +91.275s 4
9 8 Romain Grosjean HAAS FERRARI 54 +1 lap 2
10 20 Kevin Magnussen HAAS FERRARI 54 +1 lap 1
11 14 Fernando Alonso MCLAREN RENAULT 54 +1 lap 0
12 28 Brendon Hartley SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA 54 +1 lap 0
13 18 Lance Stroll WILLIAMS MERCEDES 54 +1 lap 0
14 2 Stoffel Vandoorne MCLAREN RENAULT 54 +1 lap 0
15 35 Sergey Sirotkin WILLIAMS MERCEDES 54 +1 lap 0
NC 10 Pierre Gasly SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA 46 DNF 0
NC 31 Esteban Ocon FORCE INDIA MERCEDES 44 DNF 0
NC 9 Marcus Ericsson SAUBER FERRARI 24 DNF 0
NC 7 Kimi Räikkönen FERRARI 6 DNF 0
NC 27 Nico Hulkenberg RENAULT 0 DNF 0

Clasament final piloti

POS DRIVER NATIONALITY CAR PTS
1 Lewis Hamilton GBR MERCEDES 408
2 Sebastian Vettel GER FERRARI 320
3 Kimi Räikkönen FIN FERRARI 251
4 Max Verstappen NED RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER 249
5 Valtteri Bottas FIN MERCEDES 247
6 Daniel Ricciardo AUS RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER 170
7 Nico Hulkenberg GER RENAULT 69
8 Sergio Perez MEX FORCE INDIA MERCEDES 62
9 Kevin Magnussen DEN HAAS FERRARI 56
10 Carlos Sainz ESP RENAULT 53
11 Fernando Alonso ESP MCLAREN RENAULT 50
12 Esteban Ocon FRA FORCE INDIA MERCEDES 49
13 Charles Leclerc MON SAUBER FERRARI 39
14 Romain Grosjean FRA HAAS FERRARI 37
15 Pierre Gasly FRA SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA 29
16 Stoffel Vandoorne BEL MCLAREN RENAULT 12
17 Marcus Ericsson SWE SAUBER FERRARI 9
18 Lance Stroll CAN WILLIAMS MERCEDES 6
19 Brendon Hartley NZL SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA 4
20 Sergey Sirotkin RUS WILLIAMS MERCEDES 1

Clasament final constructori

POS TEAM PTS
1 MERCEDES 655
2 FERRARI 571
3 RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER 419
4 RENAULT 122
5 HAAS FERRARI 93
6 MCLAREN RENAULT 62
7 FORCE INDIA MERCEDES 52
8 SAUBER FERRARI 48
9 SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA 33
10 WILLIAMS MERCEDES 7
EX FORCE INDIA SAHARA 0

Quote of the season…? 🐮#AbuDhabiGP pic.twitter.com/dPcp7QtL6s

— Formula 1 (@F1) November 26, 2018

Not long after lights out, these two were straight back at it in Abu Dhabi

Take it away, @Max33Verstappen and @OconEsteban 👀#AbuDhabiGP 🇦🇪 #F1 pic.twitter.com/7wSo96eFri

— Formula 1 (@F1) November 25, 2018

It's goodbye (for now) from Fernando Alonso 👋#GraciasFernando pic.twitter.com/7V7Fm9kW0J

— Formula 1 (@F1) November 25, 2018