[caveden]

2014 ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX – SUNDAY 23/11/2014 Jean-Eric Vergne (STR9-01)RacePosition: 12th“Today I have absolutely given my maximum to catch the ones in front of me but the pace was just not good mehr >>

[paperfree]

2014 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Race As the 2014 season came to a close in Abu Dhabi, Sahara Force India ended the season in style with a strong double points finish at Yas Marina. With double points on offer, the team scored 28 points as Nico Hulkenberg raced to sixth place just ahead of Sergio Perez in seventh. mehr >>

[cre8r]

photo caption: Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) claims pole position for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.- Nico Rosberg claims pole for Championship decider on P Zero Red Supersoft tyres- Two stop strategy most likely; three-stop sprint st mehr >>

[wikarus]

Lewis, who was racing on a different level, was driving the wheels off the F1 WO5 hybrid, in the process, establishing a lead of 1.2 seconds as early as the second lap. Hamilton was in the zone. This was his race. He just needed to maintain his lead and keep away from trouble, and the championship was his. more

[appamatto]

Team engineers on the Mercedes pit wall frantically tried to assist the stricken Mercedes, but at this point, all was lost. There was no magic button to re-boot the system. Rosberg had to make do with what he had. [links]

[Pippin]

The Abu Dhabi air was ripe with anticipation, will Nico get off the line cleanly? Will Lewis challenge for the lead immediately or will he bide his time? Will a lunge for turn 1 cause a pile up that could take out one or two of the championship contenders?

[silverman]

The 2014 Formula One season has come to this: the last two hours of grand prix racing for the year. The constructors champion, Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 team, has the two best drivers on the grid battling it out for the chance to have their names inscribed in the annals of Formula One as 2014 World Drivers Champion.

[insert]

On the other hand, Marussia had folded during the Brazilian Grand Prix, and despite no longer existing, they still attempted to attend to the race, only failing due to a lack of funds.

[sizeddenim]

British driver Will Stevens made his début at this race for the Caterham team.

[nandu661]

Rosberg, however was attempting to persevere to which he reported "a strange lack of engine power out of turn 14. Anything I can do to keep it going? Anything I can do differenty?". [1] His engineer, however simply stated "We're trying to solve it Nico, at the moment just keep pushing." [1] [links]

[byronbb]

This is also the final race for the decade long partnership between McLaren and Mercedes. here

[AstroBloom18x]

F1 TIMETABLE (Abu Dhabi Local Time)
Fri 21 November 2014
Practice 1 13:00 - 14:30
Practice 2 17:00 - 18:30
Sat 22 November 2014
Practice 3 14:00 - 15:00
Qualifying 17:00
Sun 23 November 2014
Race 17:00 [links]

[bijenu]

F1 TIMETABLE (Pacific Time)
Fri 21 November 2014
Practice 1 01:00 - 02:30
Practice 2 05:00 - 06:30
Sat 22 November 2014
Practice 3 02:00 - 03:00
Qualifying 05:00
Sun 23 November 2014
Race 05:00

[FreedomFirst]

We shall see. Happy Thanksgiving.
The race could end in a snore-fest. [links]

[bitanarchy]

But as far as points concern, all Hamilton needs to do is to follow Nico to finish P2 and comfortably win the championship. Personally I'd doubt he likes it that way. here