Live text
Formula 1
Abu Dhabi GP
2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Live AppleTV Race Audio
Live Standings
presented by
Stopped
Summary
Live Text
Sort by
Lap 5: Hamilton continues to build his lead with a 1m48.552s fastest lap to move 2.3 seconds clear.
Lap 5: Vettel now has some clear space to work with. He is 3.7s behind 13th placed Kovalainen.
Lap 5: Vettel has passed Petrov and Glock. He is up to 14th place now.
Lap 5: Webber was slow off the line, allowing Raikkonen through as Button was compromised by the Australian.
Lap 5: Replays of the start show that the two Force India drivers and Senna tangled into the first corner. Di Resta escaped with slight damage but Hulkenberg was out on the spot after a secondary impact with the Brazilian.
Lap 5: Replays of the start show Hamilton will be very pleased with his launch, leading clear into Turn 1 as Raikkonen also got away brilliantly.
Lap 4: Hamilton seems to be getting heat in his Pirellis now as he pulls 1.9 seconds clear with the fastest lap.
Lap 4: Glock is 14th in the Marussia with Petrov 15th and under attack from Vettel.
Lap 4: Perez is ninth with Schumacher 10th, Ricciardo a great start up to 11th, Vergne 12th and Kovalainen 13th.
Lap 4: It's Hamilton from Raikkonen, Maldonado, Alonso, Webber, Button, Massa and a great early few laps for Kobaysahi to run eighth.
Lap 3: Vettel passes Pic and is up to 16th position. He race engineer confirms there is slight damage to the front wing.
Lap 3: Vettel is up to 18th place ahead of Karthikeyan, but it seems like he will brave the damage for now, as the Red Bull mechanics go back into the garage.
Lap 3: Alonso is right with Maldonado as the DRS becomes available.
Lap 3: Hamilton shakes off Raikkonen by 0.8 seconds as the Lotus man sets the fastest lap, before Alonso takes over the best early time.
Lap 3: Vettel reports he has a damaged front wing over the team radio.
Lap 3: A frenetic start to this race. Rosberg has rejoined after his pit visit in 21st position.
Lap 2: Hamilton holds off the Finn for now but complains of cold tyres over these early laps.
Lap 2: Mistake for Hamilton there and this is a chance for Raikkonen...
Lap 2: Vettel is quickly moving through the field. He has passed Senna and is up to 19th spot.
Lap 2: Hulkenberg did not get moving again after his part in the collision at Turn 1. He is out of the race.
Lap 2: Hamilton leads them into lap two with a 1.4 second margin over Raikkonen.
Lap 2: Grosjean is touring back to the pits with a right front puncture. Rosberg is also into the pits at the end of the first lap.
Lap 2: Not a great first lap for Webber as Alonso demotes him to fifth, with the Red Bull slow as predicted down the straights.
Lap 1: Disaster for Force India with Hulkenberg and di Resta way down the field. Vettel is up to 22nd position.
Lap 1: Heading in to the twisty section it is Hamilton from Raikkonen, Maldonado and Alonso as he pulls off a great move on Webber.
Lap 1: Yellow flags out and Vettel is catching the pack quickly, having been released by Charlie Whiting.
Lap 1: Hamilton is cleanly away down the straight with Raikkonen launching brilliantly up to second with Maldonado third.
Lap 1: Hamilton gets a good start and Raikkonen is through into second ahead of Maldonado and Webber, but there is contact behind in Turn 1.
Lap 1: The five red lights go out and we are racing at Yas Marina!
The front few rows are in position, Vettel in the pitlane and de la Rosa behind him. We await the lights...
Hamilton makes the turn for home and leads the pack into the start-finish straight.
De la Rosa has been pushed into the pitlane and HRT will try and resolve the Spaniard's issue.
Hamilton leads the pack down the long straight and begins the run back towards the end of the lap.
Problems for de la Rosa. He did not get away and the HRT mechanics are trying to push him.
Pirelli data also suggests Vettel is also going for the harder rubber for his early adventures.
The formation lap begins at Yas Marina. Hamilton answers the call and leads the 23 cars away, with Vettel sat at the pitlane exit.
Schumacher and Senna have opted for the harder rubber.
The engines fire with a minute to the formation lap.
Webber lines up second in his Red Bull and could be vulnerable to DRS attack, with the unmodified RB8 slowest in the speed traps here.
Webber is leaving his gloves off and keep as cool as possible with a couple of minutes to go. He starts alongside Hamilton.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
Published:
Lap:
