2016 - Final Round - Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Yas Marina Circuit - Yas Island
The Track:
- Laps - 55
- Length - 5.554 km
- Race Distance - 305.355 km
- Lap Record - 1:40.279 (Sebastian Vettel, 2009)
- 2015 Podium - 1. Rosberg, 2. Hamilton, 3. Raikkonen
- 2015 Pole - Nico Rosberg, 1:40.237
Championship Standings
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[B]Drivers[/B]
1. DE Nico Rosberg Mercedes 367
2. GB Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 355
3. AU Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing 246
4. DE Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 197
5. NL Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 192
[B]Constructors[/B]
1. DE Mercedes 722 [B](2016 Champions)[/B]
2. AT Red Bull Racing 446
3. IT Ferrari 375
4. IN Force India 163
5. GB Williams 136Rosberg vs. Hamilton head-to-head
Rosberg will win the championship if:
- He finishes on the podium
- He finishes sixth or higher, and Lewis Hamilton does not win the race
- He finishes 8th or higher and Lewis finishes 3rd or lower
- Hamilton finishes fourth or lower
- He wins the race and Rosberg finishes fourth or lower
- He finishes second, and Rosberg finishes seventh or lower
- He finishes Eight, and Rosberg finishes ninth or lower
Since Daniel Ricciardo has already gathered enough points to secure third in the championship, the other notable fight is for the 4th position in the standings, between Vettel, Verstappen and Raikkonen. A fierce fight has been going on between the Ferrari duo and Verstappen, so this one should be fun. Raikkonen has only an outside chance (but that payed off for him in 2007, so who knows) as he's in sixth: 14 points behind Max and 19 behind his teammate. Unless he wins the race, Vettel scores less than 6 points, and Max less than 11, he won't get 4th.
Vettel currently leads Max with 5 points. Verstappen has a win, so when they equal in points, he will take the lead ahead of Vettel, who has no wins this year.
Max Verstappen will beat Vettel for fourth in the championship if:
- He wins the race
- He finishes second and Vettel finishes fourth or lower
- He finishes third and Vettel finishes fifth (equal points) or lower
- He finishes fourth and Vettel finishes seventh or lower
- He finishes fifth and Vettel finishes eight or lower
- He finishes sixth and Vettel finishes ninth or lower
- He finishes seventh and Vettel finishes tenth or lower.
We say goodbye to these two drivers after this race
Jenson Button
- 2009 World Champion (Brawn GP)
- 304 Race Starts before Abu Dhabi (307 entries)
- 15 Race Wins
- 50 Podium Finishes
- 1235 Career Points
- 8 Pole Positions
- 8 Fastest Laps
- Has various degrees of success growing a beard once in a while
Felipe Massa
- 2008 Runner-up, 1 point removed from Lewis Hamilton, with one more race win
- 249 Race Starts before Abu Dhabi (251 entries)
- 11 Race Wins
- 41 Podium Finishes
- 1122 Career Points
- 16 Pole Positions
- 15 Fastest Laps
- Tried to headbutt a suspension spring once, wasn't very successful
Notable news since last race
- Ron Dennis is removed from his position as McLaren chairman after being team principal, CEO and chairman respectively since 1981. He remains a 25% shareholder in the company.
- Zak Brown appointed Executive Director of McLaren
- Marcus Ericsson stays on at Sauber for 2017.
- Canadian GP confirmed to remain on the 2017 calendar by Montreal mayor.
Weekend Schedule
Free Practice 1:
Free Practice 2:
Free Practice 3 (November 26th):
Qualifying (November 26th):
Race (November 27th):
