WAY TO GO KIMI!!! WAY TO GO KIMI!!!Very good pit strategy from RB for Vettel (with a heavy dose of luck from crashing cars and two Safety Cars!). Still, he drove the beejeezus out of his car to finish third from dead last.
On to Texas (I wish I was going to be back home in time for that race, but it is not meant to be).
2012 FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX
Provisional Results
Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts
1 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault 55 Winner 4 25
2 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 55 +0.8 secs 6 18
3 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 55 +4.1 secs 24 15
4 3 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 55 +7.7 secs 5 12
5 18 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 55 +13.0 secs 3 10
6 14 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 55 +20.0 secs 15 8
7 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 55 +22.8 secs 8 6
8 19 Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 55 +23.5 secs 14 4
9 11 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 55 +24.1 secs 12 2
10 16 Daniel Ricciardo STR-Ferrari 55 +27.4 secs 16 1
11 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 55 +28.0 secs 13
12 17 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Ferrari 55 +34.9 secs 17
13 20 Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 55 +47.7 secs 18
14 24 Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 55 +56.4 secs 21
15 15 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 55 +56.7 secs 11
16 21 Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 55 +64.5 secs 20
17 22 Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 55 +71.7 secs 22
Ret 25 Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 41 +14 Laps 19
Ret 10 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 37 Accident 9
Ret 2 Mark Webber Red Bull Racing-Renault 37 Accident 2
Ret 4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 19 +36 Laps 1
Ret 23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 7 Accident 23
Ret 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 7 Accident 7
Ret 12 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 0 Accident 10