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Abu Dhabi GP
2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Race day at Yas Marina
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Lap 2: There is heavy damage to the Mercedes and the Force India as the safety crews begin to clear away the two cars.
Lap 2: Vettel leads the cars back around as they form up behind the safety car.
Lap 1: Schumacher and Rosberg were side by side. Schumacher spun and was then rammed head-on by Tonio Liuzzi.
Lap 1: Button is the big winner off the start, demoting Alonso to fourth.
Lap 1: The safety car has been deployed.
Lap 1: Onto the back straight it is Vettel from Hamilton, Button, Alonso and Webber.
Lap 1: Vettel reacts poorly but just manages to keep the lead ahead of the two McLarens and then Alonso.
Lap 1: The five red lights go out and we are racing at Yas Marina!
The front few rows are in position. The field is forming up nicely. We await the lights ...
Vettel slows it down to bunch up the field as he makes his way to the pole position slot.
The fans in the main grandstand rise as the leading cars come round the final two corners.
Down the long back straight and Vettel weaves from side to side as he brings the rest round towards the second half of the lap.
All 24 drivers leave the grid without problem and now Vettel begins to set his own pace at the front.
The leading runners are on the super-soft tyres used in qualifying, with Kubica leading the medium tyre challenge from 11th on the grid.
The formation lap begins and Vettel leads the field away from the dummy grid.
Nico Rosberg receives a last good luck handshake as he prepares to move away from ninth on the grid.
The engines fire with a minute to the formation lap.
Mark Webber looks determined and ready as he waits for the call to arms.
Vettel stares straight ahead with his visor up,as he focuses on the job he has to do.
Alonso is told by his team to stay straight for the first 100m off the line as the "grip is very good"
There are five minutes to go until the formation lap gets underway at Yas Island.
Christian Horner is now sharing a brief word with his opposite number at McLaren, Martin Whitmarsh.
Mark Webber puts on his balaclava and now begins to move towards his RB6 in fifth position.
Sebastian Vettel is back in the car and getting comfortable, as he begins to focus on the intense battle that lies ahead.
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"It's just another race with a bit more at stake. We've got two drivers that can win this world championship with various outcomes. They've just got to go for it."
Christian Horner, Red Bull team boss, speaking to BBC TV
Christian Horner, Red Bull team boss, speaking to BBC TV
The track temperature is 33 Celsius as the sun slowly sets over Yas Marina.
An F1-liveried Etihad Airways Airbus A340 makes a low flypast over the circuit.
The stands are packed at Yas Island and the fans rise in unison to respect the UAE national anthem as it plays out over the public address system.
The pitlane is now closed. Any car not on the grid by now will be required to start the 55-lap race from the pits, after the rest of the field has taken the start.
FIA president Jean Todt is on the grid, in conversation with Williams CEO Adam Parr.
Spain's King Juan Carlos is down on the grid and will no doubt offer a good luck wish to Fernando Alonso before the start.
Sunset this evening will be at 17:35 local time. The opening laps will take place in the last of the natural light, before the Musco lighting system takes over as we move into the night.
Virgin boss Richard Branson is on the grid, chatting with drivers Glock and di Grassi.
The grid is absolutely packed and there is hardly room to move with team personnel, media and VIPs everywhere.
Lewis Hamilton is pushed into his front row slot. The Briton will be aiming to get the jump on Vettel at the start.
Massa pits his Ferrari to give himself another lap around to the grid.
Vettel rolls round to the grid and is pushed towards pole position by his mechanics.
The weather radar shows no threat of rain during the race, as the showers to the south-west of Abu Dhabi disperse.
Fernando Alonso rolls out of the Ferrari garage to check over the condition of the F10 prior to the race start.
Both Force India drivers exit the pitlane tunnel and join the racetrack. They are followed out by Heikki Kovalainen in the Lotus.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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