![]() Was about as quick as a fireball spurting out of a surface to air missile. Of the sizzling and dashing V8s, it was Red Bull at it again! Vettel in his RB9 Then, in 2013, a year that marked the end Lotus-Renault, on the back of Kimi Raikkonen’s icy-cool brilliance in the 2012 edition of the race kept Ferrari and Red Bull’s charge at bay. ![]() ![]() Then in 2012, Abu Dhabi hailed the triumph of the underdog. Although Hamilton’s win, according to many, was considered as a an inheritance, with pole-sitter Vettel retiring to a tyre puncture inside the opening lap. While McLaren-Mercedes offered a respite to what was becoming one-way traffic for Red Bull as Hamilton conquered the race in 2011, the results changed drastically a year later. Vettel the next year as Red Bull ensured their undefeated record at the track Vettel’s supreme charge, followed by teammate Webber’s second ensured an out and out triumph for Red Bull in the 2009 edition of the event, the inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. It doesn’t mean that no other team apart from Mercedes has managed to rise to the top of the beautiful but exasperating track, often given more weight for being a piece of art than for hosting nerve-wracking thrillers. Or headlines could point to the triumph of any of Mercedes two rivals from Red Bull or Ferrari at a track where both have failed on five consecutive occasions. In a few hours from now, sporting headlines around the world concerning motorsports could read out like this – Mercedes win another race to exhibit complete dominance at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. ![]() Prior to the new dawn in the life of Formula 1- as brought about by the turbo-powered era that began in 2014, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix didn’t always produce results that could be likened to the prevalence of one-up-manship.ĭecember 1, the last run for 10 teams and 20 cars in a season that has MercedesĪnd Lewis Hamilton written all over it, again? ![]()
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