2010 ABY DHABI GP: GLORIOUS VETTEL EXPLAIN HIS FEELINGS

Deserved Champagne Bath!!!

Sebastian Vettel, 2010 WORLD CHAMPION:
"I'm speechless. I don't know what you are supposed to say in these moments, it has been an incredibly tough season for myself and all of us, physically and mentally. We always kept believing in ourselves - no matter what people said - in the team and in our car. I kept believing in myself and today was a special day all round. I got up this morning and tried not to think about anything; I tried to avoid contact with people and just tried to do my own thing. I knew all I could try to do was win this race and do my best.

We only led this Championship once this season, but it was when it mattered. The car was phenomenal today; the start was very tight with Lewis (Hamilton), and I had some graining in the first stint, but then the car stabilised and was a dream. To be honest, I didn't know anything until I passed the chequered flag. I was wondering, because my race engineer Rocky was trying to give me advice every lap to help me carry the car home and I was thinking 'Why's this guy so nervous, we must be in a bloody good position!' Then crossing the line he came on the radio and very silently said 'it's looking good, we have to wait until all the cars finish'. I was thinking 'what does he mean,' as I hadn't seen the screens - I just wanted to make sure I didn't get any distractions during the race and focused on myself. Then Christian came on the radio and screamed at me that we had won the World Championship.

I have to say thanks to so many people. To start with, the team: that's all the people here at the track and all the people in Milton Keynes - they are pushing like hell and I think they will be enjoying this moment as much as last week. Also everyone back in Austria, who has supported me from the beginning - it's been an incredible journey with Red Bull and, after all the ups and downs this season, to come here now and win the Championship is unbelievable. Thanks to everyone I have known from the early days in karting and those in my home town of Heppenheim to now, thank you so much."

2010 ABY DHABI GP: VETTEL BECOME YOUNGEST F1 CHAMION!!!

Sebastian Vettel, won the race, won Title World Champion!!!

Vettel Sebastian became the youngest F1 champion by winning today's race in Abu Dhabi. His main rivals Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber just the seventh and eighth place. So experienced drivers, cracked under pressure today, the youngest among them, showed them how it's done!!!

ABY DHABI GP
Yas Marina, United Arab Emirates;
55 laps; 305.355km;

CLASSIFICATION:
P.  DRIVER           ТEAM                        Time Gap
1.  Vettel        Red Bull-Renault
2.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes           +     10.1s
3.  Button        McLaren-Mercedes           +     11.0s
4.  Rosberg       Mercedes                   +     30.7s
5.  Kubica        Renault                    +     39.0s
6.  Petrov        Renault                    +     43.5s
7.  Alonso        Ferrari                    +     43.7s
8.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault           +     44.2s
9.  Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +     50.2s
10. Massa         Ferrari                    +     50.8s
11. Heidfeld      Sauber-Ferrari             +     51.5s
12. Barrichello   Williams-Cosworth          +     57.6s
13. Sutil         Force India-Mercedes       +     58.3s
14. Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari             +     59.5s
15. Buemi         Toro Rosso-Ferrari         +   1m03.1s
16. Hulkenberg    Williams-Cosworth          +   1m04.7s
17. Kovalainen    Lotus-Cosworth             +    1 LAP
18. Di Grassi     Virgin-Cosworth            +    2 LAPS
19. Senna         HRT-Cosworth               +    2 LAPS
20. Klien         HRT-Cosworth               +    2 LAPS
21. Trulli        Lotus-Cosworth             +    4 LAPS

FASTEST LAP: Lewis Hamilton, 1m41.274s

NOT CLASSIFIED:
DRIVER           TEAM                    On Lap
Glock         Virgin-Cosworth              44
Schumacher    Mercedes                     1
Liuzzi        Force India-Mercedes         1

FINAL CLASSIFICATION:
Drivers:                    Constructors:
1.  Vettel       256        1.  Red Bull-Renault     498
2.  Alonso       252        2.  McLaren-Mercedes     454
3.  Webber       242        3.  Ferrari              396
4.  Hamilton     240        4.  Mercedes             214
5.  Button       214        5.  Renault              163
6.  Massa        144        6.  Williams-Cosworth     69
7.  Rosberg      142        7.  Force India           68
8.  Kubica       136        8.  Sauber-Ferrari        44
9.  Schumacher    72        9.  Toro Rosso-Ferrari    13
10. Barrichello   47
11. Sutil         47
12. Kobayashi     32
13. Petrov        27
14. Hulkenberg    22
15. Liuzzi        21
16. Buemi          8
17. De la Rosa     6
18. Heidfeld       6
19. Alguersuari    5

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2010 ABY DHABI GP: VETTEL WINNER OF MOST IMPORTANT QUALIFICATIONS THIS SEASON

Will Vettel finnaly take World Champion Title!!!

Sebastian Vetel will start from pole in tomorrow's Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi, with most important rival Fernando Alonso on third and Mark Webber on fifth starting position. Germany won the 10-th pole of the season, but his team-mate Mark Webber will have difficult job to do on Sunday if he wants to win his first title. Lewis Hamilton great, will start with Vetel in the front row, but his incident with Massa at the end of Q2 is beeing considered and may be characterized as blocking Massa in a quick lap and could face penalty as a result of his actions.

Felipe Massa will start alongside Webber from the third row and the Brazilian is in an excellent position to try to pass Webber and thus help his teammate. Michael Schumacher enjoying a rare moment when he was in qualifying before team-mate Nico Rosberg. The duo of Mercedes Grand Prix will start from eighth and ninth position.

Everything is ready for a brilliant race tomorrow, with Alonso now in the best position to secure the title, if the race finished in that order of qualification.

P.  DRIVER           ТEAM                Q1         Q2         Q3
1.  Vettel       Red Bull-Renault     1m40.318s  1m39.874s  1m39.394s
2.  Hamilton     McLaren-Mercedes     1m40.335s  1m40.119s  1m39.425s
3.  Alonso       Ferrari              1m40.170s  1m40.311s  1m39.792s
4.  Button       McLaren-Mercedes     1m40.877s  1m40.014s  1m39.823s
5.  Webber       Red Bull-Renault     1m40.690s  1m40.074s  1m39.925s
6.  Massa        Ferrari              1m40.942s  1m40.323s  1m40.202s
7.  Barrichello  Williams-Cosworth    1m40.904s  1m40.476s  1m40.203s
8.  Schumacher   Mercedes             1m41.222s  1m40.452s  1m40.516s
9.  Rosberg      Mercedes             1m40.231s  1m40.060s  1m40.589s
10. Petrov       Renault              1m41.018s  1m40.658s  1m40.901s
11. Kubica       Renault              1m41.336s  1m40.780s
12. Kobayashi    Sauber-Ferrari       1m41.045s  1m40.783s
13. Sutil        Force India-Ferrari  1m41.473s  1m40.914s
14. Heidfeld     Sauber-Ferrari       1m41.409s  1m41.113s
15. Hulkenberg   Williams-Cosworth    1m41.015s  1m41.418s
16. Liuzzi       Force India-Ferrari  1m41.681s  1m41.642s
17. Alguersuari  Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m41.707s  1m41.738s
18. Buemi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m41.824s
19. Trulli       Lotus-Cosworth       1m43.516s
20. Kovalainen   Lotus-Cosworth       1m43.712s
21. Glock        Virgin-Cosworth      1m44.095s
22. di Grassi    Virgin-Cosworth      1m44.510s
23. Senna        Hispania-Cosworth    1m45.085s
24. Klien        Hispania-Cosworth    1m45.296s

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2010 ABY DHABI GP: RESULTS FROM FRIDAY TRAININGS

If this was race results, Vettel would be smiling to World Champion Title

Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time of Friday's first practice session in Abu Dhabi. The Yas Marina track was damp at the beginning, following a surprise downpour this morning. The Red Bull driver set quickest time of 1:42.760 to top the timesheets from Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button and team-mate Mark Webber. Championship leader Fernando Alonso finished the session sixth fastest ahead of Michael Schumacher's Mercedes, but not too much should be read into his lap times as he was likely running a heavy fuel load, with engine save mode turned on.

P.     DRIVER              TEAM                TIME         GAP   LAPS
1.  Sebastian Vettel    Red Bull-Renault      1m42.760s            18
2.  Lewis Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      1m43.369s  + 0.609s  16
3.  Jenson Button       McLaren-Mercedes      1m43.785s  + 1.025s  19
4.  Mark Webber         Red Bull-Renault      1m43.840s  + 1.080s  19
5.  Robert Kubica       Renault               1m44.080s  + 1.320s  19
6.  Fernando Alonso     Ferrari               1m44.121s  + 1.361s  17
7.  Michael Schumacher  Mercedes              1m44.199s  + 1.439s  19
8.  Kamui Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari        1m44.604s  + 1.844s  18
9.  Nico Rosberg        Mercedes              1m44.718s  + 1.958s  19
10. Nick Heidfeld       Sauber-Ferrari        1m44.737s  + 1.977s  19
11. Felipe Massa        Ferrari               1m45.160s  + 2.400s  18
12. Vitaly Petrov       Renault               1m45.445s  + 2.685s  21
13. Rubens Barrichello  Williams-Cosworth     1m45.474s  + 2.714s  15
14. Adrian Sutil        Force India-Mercedes  1m45.552s  + 2.792s  20
15. Tonio Liuzzi        Force India-Mercedes  1m45.585s  + 2.825s  14
16. Jaime Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m46.003s  + 3.243s  20
17. Nico Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth     1m46.644s  + 3.884s  19
18. Sebastien Buemi     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m47.105s  + 4.345s  22
19. Timo Glock          Virgin-Cosworth       1m48.450s  + 5.690s  19
20. Jarno Trulli        Lotus-Cosworth        1m48.472s  + 5.712s  17
21. Lucas di Grassi     Virgin-Cosworth       1m49.375s  + 6.615s  13
22. Bruno Senna         Hispania-Cosworth     1m49.590s  + 6.830s  18
23. Christian Klien     Hispania-Cosworth     1m50.274s  + 7.514s  17
24. Fairuz Fauzy        Lotus-Cosworth        1m51.705s  + 8.945s  18

SECOND FREE TRAINING

Lewis Hamilton made it more dramatic

Lewis Hamilton set the quickest time of the second free practice in Abu Dhabi. The McLaren driver raised hopes that he might be able to compete for victory on Sunday by outpacing both Red Bulls and Fernando Alonso's Ferrari. Despite the sudden drop in temperature, the lap times from the first practice session improved as the track rubbered in, Hamilton set fastest time before his time was bettered by Alonso and Vettel. With soft tyres the order of the day, Hamilton then jumped to the top of the timesheets once again with a 1:40.888. It proved to be enough and it will be interesting to see if the McLaren man can throw a spanner in the works of the title favourites on Saturday.

However, the times at the top were slightly skewed by a yellow flag during the top drivers' hot laps and Webber and Vettel making mistakes on one of their runs. Alonso complained of oversteer on his fast laps, adding, "I don't know what we can do" over the team radio. If the opening practice session was something of a dull affair, the evening proved more eventful, Lewis Hamilton nearly colliding with Bruno Senna's HRT at the end of a flying lap. The incident is being investigated by the stewards but would most likely result in a monetary fine rather than a sporting penalty.

Adding to the drama, Jaime Alguersuari spun his Toro Rosso at turn 19, causing the yellow flag at a crucial time for his rivals and leaving his car stranded on the circuit. A few laps later Felipe Massa ground to a halt, his Ferrari running out of fuel possibly due to a pick-up problem.

P.     DRIVER                TEAM               TIME        GAP
1.  Lewis Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes      1m40.888s
2.  Sebastian Vettel    Red Bull-Renault      1m41.145s  + 0.257s
3.  Fernando Alonso     Ferrari               1m41.314s  + 0.426s
4.  Mark Webber         Red Bull-Renault      1m41.315s  + 0.427s
5.  Robert Kubica       Renault               1m41.576s  + 0.688s
6.  Felipe Massa        Ferrari               1m41.583s  + 0.695s
7.  Vitaly Petrov       Renault               1m42.096s  + 1.208s
8.  Jenson Button       McLaren-Mercedes      1m42.132s  + 1.244s
9.  Tonio Liuzzi        Force India-Mercedes  1m42.203s  + 1.315s
10. Nico Rosberg        Mercedes              1m42.222s  + 1.334s
11. Michael Schumacher  Mercedes              1m42.246s  + 1.358s
12. Nico Hulkenberg     Williams-Cosworth     1m42.449s  + 1.561s
13. Adrian Sutil        Force India-Mercedes  1m42.535s  + 1.647s
14. Kamui Kobayashi     Sauber-Ferrari        1m42.768s  + 1.880s
15. Rubens Barrichello  Williams-Cosworth     1m42.914s  + 2.026s
16. Nick Heidfeld       Sauber-Ferrari        1m42.950s  + 2.062s
17. Jaime Alguersuari   Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m43.128s  + 2.240s
18. Sebastien Buemi     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m43.584s  + 2.696s
19. Heikki Kovalainen   Lotus-Cosworth        1m45.180s  + 4.292s
20. Тimo Glock          Virgin-Cosworth       1m45.259s  + 4.371s
21. Jarno Trulli        Lotus-Cosworth        1m45.612s  + 4.724s
22. Lucas di Grassi     Virgin-Cosworth       1m46.053s  + 5.165s
23. Christian Klien     Hispania-Cosworth     1m47.210s  + 6.322s
24. Bruno Senna         Hispania-Cosworth     1m47.434s  + 6.546s

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