Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel dominated the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to seal his seventh consecutive victory. Vettel, already world champion, led every lap as he beat his Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber, Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg and Lotus’s Romain Grosjean.
Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso enlivened the closing laps with a late chargeto take fifth from Force India’s Paul Di Resta and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton. The Spaniard is under investigation for passing by going off the track.
Di Resta held off Hamilton to take sixth, with Ferrari’s Felipe Massa eighth from McLaren’s Sergio Perez, who overtook Sutil in the closing stages.
Lotus’s Kimi Raikkonen, who started from the back after his car failed a post-qualifying check, retired on the first lap after breaking his front suspension in a collision with a Caterham at the first corner.
Pos Driver Team Time 1. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1h38m06.106s 2. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault +30.8s 3. Nico Rosberg Mercedes +33.6s 4. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault +34.8s 5. Fernando Alonso Ferrari +1m07.1s 6. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes +1m18.1s 7. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +1m19.2s 8. Felipe Massa Ferrari +1m22.8s 9. Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes +1m31.1s 10. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes +1m33.2s 11. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault +1m35.9s 12. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes +1m43.6s 13. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari +1m44.1s 14. Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari +1 lap 15. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault +1 lap 16. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari +1 lap 17. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari +1 lap 18. Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault +1 lap 19. Charles Pic Caterham-Renault +1 lap 20. Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth +2 laps 21. Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth +2 laps