The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2009 was the 17th round of the 2009 F1 season, and took place at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on November 1st.
Sebastian Vettel won the race after starting in the 2nd position, followed by Mark Webber, and Jenson Button completing the podium.
Lewis Hamilton started from the pole position, but didn't manage to cross the finish line, as he saw the breaks of the car give up, and had to retire on lap 20th.
Final results
Race evolution
Pit Stops
Unfortunately we do not have pit stops information for this race.
Strategy
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Incidents
There race went on mostly with no incidents. Only 2 divers were involved in circumstances that were severe enough to prevented them from finishing the race.
These included, Lewis Hamilton, who saw the breaks of the car give up on lap 20, and Jaime Alguersuari, who experienced issues with the gearbox on lap 18.
Brakes
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Lewis HamiltonLap 20
Gearbox
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Jaime AlguersuariLap 18
Qualifying
Lewis Hamilton dominated all the qualifying sessions and took the pole by 0.667 seconds, with a final lap time of 1:40.948. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Sebastian Vettel.
Track evolution
As the qualifying session went on, with the track rubbering in, and the drivers testing the limits of the grip of their cars, the times per lap dropped, and 10 out of the 15 drivers that took place in Q2 were able to improve their times.
The Q3 is the time were all the remaining drivers put all their cards on the table, even those with a superior car who might have been managing their times in Q1 and Q2 push their cars to the limit in Q3. However, the conditions of the track worsened from Q2 to Q3, and none of the drivers were able to improve their Q2 times.