Nikita Mazepin will not race in the Abu Dhabi GP after reporting COVID-19 symptoms, and Haas will field just one car for the race. For the last time in 2021, we're nearing lights out. Lights out soon.ħ:55 a.m.: Good morning, F1 fans. Hamilton gets off wonderfully and he takes the start pretty easily off Verstappen, and he leads.Ĩ:00 a.m.: Formation lap underway. No investigation necessary between Hamilton and Verstappen #F1 #AbuDhabiGPĨ:03 a.m.: It's lights out and away we go. Verstappen falling behind, with Hamilton building a 1 1/2 second lead early.Ĩ:04 a.m.: Verstappen and Hamilton touch, Hamilton heads off but Verstappen has to give it back. Very 50/50 there.Ĩ:10 a.m.: Absolutely no advantage for Red Bull on the soft tires early on, with Hamilton setting fastest last and easily opening up a lead over Verstappen in second.Ĩ:06 a.m.: Bottas already down to eighth place after starting sixth, with Verstappen and Perez Nos. Hard to tell who was right or wrong, but no investigation necessary. Still some debate to the Lap 1 incident between Verstappen and Hamilton: Verstappen stayed on track, while Hamilton ran wide. He's now four seconds behind Hamilton for the lead and stretching.Ĩ:15 a.m.: Hamilton setting fastest laps at the top. Hamilton will be pitting on the next lap.Ĩ:21 a.m.: Verstappen sounds like he may be coming in for tires soon, as the circuit is in Lap 13.Ĩ:18 a.m.: Looks like Verstappen's tires are totally shot now. Perez now in second, and Verstappen exits the pit and takes fourth. Race might be over early.Ĩ:23 a.m.: Verstappen pits: He exits with hard tires with 34 laps to go. Verstappen has a 12-second gap to Hamilton.Ĩ:26 a.m.: Verstappen's only hope here is that Perez can try and slow Hamilton down so Verstappen can gain. "Checo is a legend" says Max over team radio #AbuDhabiGP ?? #F1 /Thc5IPQV09Ĩ:30 a.m.: Verstappen back into third and Hamilton still in second behind Perez. Hamilton eventually gets past to take P1, but his lead over Verstappen is cut to two seconds Unfortunate.Įpic stuff at the front as race leader Sergio Perez battles hard to keep Lewis Hamilton frustrated Gutsy call, but Red Bull has to gamble if they want any shot of winning this.Ĩ:43 a.m.: Kimi Raikkonen's career comes to a premature end: A brake issue has forced the Finn into a DNF.
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17 drivers remain.Ĩ:47 a.m.: Verstappen and Red Bull thinking about a second pit stop as the gap widens to 4.2 seconds. (Or maybe just bait.)Ĩ:48 a.m.: George Russell's Williams career also comes to a premature end, as he reports a brake issue and now is out of the race. We'll see if it works out (probably not).Ĩ:55 a.m.: Looks like Alfa Romeo's day is officially done: Antonio Giovinazzi's car is dead on the side of a track, and we see a virtual safety car.Ĩ:50 a.m.: Lap 32 and Hamilton says he's unsure the tires will last the race, and then continues to set fastest lap after fastest lap. We'll see if Hamilton's hold up.Ĩ:57 a.m.: Verstappen pits under the VSC, and he picks up a new set of hard tires. Seven laps left, and Verstappen is just under 11 seconds to Hamilton.ĩ:08 a.m.: 15 laps to go, and the Lewis-Verstappen gap is under 14 seconds and closing, slowly.ĩ:02 a.m.: Verstappen is flying on the new tires. One or two racing laps to close out the championship.ĩ:22 a.m.: SAFETY CAR! Nicholas Latifi hits the wall, and Verstappen pits for soft tires.ĩ:18 a.m.: Christian Horner sounds like he's just about given up on the race, banking on a miracle from the racing gods to win this. The championship hangs in the balance.ĩ:27 a.m.: Tense, tense, tense laps to end here. Absolutely insane ending.ĩ:32 a.m.: The safety car ends, and lapped cars were allowed to pass - one lap of racing remains. FINISH: The 2021 World Championship goes to Max Verstappen.
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