Max Verstappen Dominates 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Max Verstappen wins the 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand PrixMax Verstappen won the 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, his 15th victory of the season.
Verstappen led comfortably from lights to flag, then used a one-stop strategy to beat Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, who in turn fended off Sergio Pérez, who made two pit stops, ultimately securing the title of Drivers’ Championship runner-up for Leclerc, but losing to reigning champion Verstappen, who won the title in Japan. Carlos Sainz, George Russell, Lando Norris, Esteban Ocon and Lance were walking in the first eight after having managed to perform strategies with two stops.Daniel Ricciardo, on a single blow, rejected Sebastian Vettel while the leaving duo finished the top-dix in ninth and tenth respectively.
Meanwhile, Red Bull won the American constructors’ title, but Ferrari ultimately held off a late-season Mercedes onslaught to finish second ahead of the German constructors, and Alpine finished fourth ahead of McLaren.(Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images) The top 15 drivers on the grid, along with Mick Schumacher, Alex Albon and Nicholas Latifi, started on the new medium tyres, while Kevin Magnussen and Valtteri Bottas opted for the hard tyre, while Pierre Gasly took the stakes in the final race for AlphaTauri, taking the win after his first stint on the soft tyre.
At lights out, Verstappen made a clean start to lead from Perez and Leclerc as Hamilton leapfrogged Sainz into fourth, only for the Spaniard to fight back into Turn 6 and nudge Hamilton wide over the kerbs.
Stewards though ruled that Sainz hadn’t deliberately forced Hamilton wide and instead ordered Hamilton to concede fourth back to Sainz which he did on Lap 4 at Turn 12 before regaining the position a lap later as Russell cleared Norris for sixth.
However, Sainz focused on Hamilton, eventually exceeded four champions in eight turn 8, and Russell continued the round after the round. battery.
However, the deterioration of the tires was proved to be higher than many people who caused Alex Albon de Williams to the first stop on the 13th stand. LECLERC stayed until the end of the 21st after Victappenne was stuck in his head. Verstappen, however, calmly regained the lead after Leclerc’s pit stop, ahead of Perez and Leclerc, although Leclerc had to fend off Ferrari team-mate Sainz for third place as he exited the pits.
Perez, however, found himself stuck behind Verstappen in turbulent air, causing a second round of pit stops when he stopped on lap 34 and returned to sixth, although several drivers, including Verstappen and Leclerc, remained on track, following a risky pit-stop strategy.
The Mexicans gained the breasts, and Russell united in the 40th circle. He gave him the fourth, but Perez received a small karma in 2021 to win Hamilton in this race. In the fourth round in the fourth round, the Perez was transplanted in the ninth movement to return to third place.
Perez finally revealed Hamilton in a circle later, but found 9 seconds in the remaining 12 circles, decreasing to 4.391 for 5 yen until the end. Up front, Verstappen confidently took his 15th Grand Prix win of the season, while Leclerc took second place ahead of Pérez, giving the Monegasque, who finished second in the championship, the runner-up title.
Meanwhile, Hamilton retired with three laps to go due to hydraulic problems, but Sainz, Russell, Ocon and Stroll completed the top eight, while Ricciardo and Vettel, who also retired, finished ninth and tenth respectively after a late-race skirmish. Checkerboard.
Dye. From a sporting perspective, F1 is now closed for 2022, but the teams will remain in Abu Dhabi for post-season testing on 22-23 November, during which each team will field a young driver on one of the two days of testing.
