Sebastian Vettel has won Formula One's 2009 Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi in spectacular style.Courtesy of Red Bull/Clive Mason/ Getty ImagesBy Mike Sulka
Red Bull F1 driver Sebastian Vettel has put his mark on history with a spectacular victory at the inaugural Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix held at the Yas Marina circuit. For Vettel, it was his fourth win of the 2009 Formula One season - his last win coming at the Japanese Grand Prix - and fifth win and ninth podium - of his 42-race F1 career. Teammate Mark Webber brought home second, and locked up the one-two sweep for the Red Bull team.
In addition for Red Bull, it is their sixth win and their 16th podium - 8 by Vettel, 8 by Webber) of the 2009 Formula One season. Coming into the year, the team had a total of 3 podiums since their debut in 2005. It is also the teams fourth one-two finish of the 2009 season. The previous one-two finish was at the German Grand Prix with Webber leading the way. Vettel led three of the one-two finishes. Red Bull also have the most wins since the British Grand Prix with five wins in the last ten races of the season.
Vettel was able to get past Lewis Hamilton during the first set of pit stops by staying within one second of the McLaren but carrying two laps extra of fuel. Though Hamilton would ultimately DNF due to a right rear brake issue, Vettel beat Hamilton on the race track, let no one take that away from him.
"It was a fantastic race as we had a very good start, " said the Red Bull driver. "I was able to stay close to Hamilton, and the car was a dream today. That was the secret." Read more... (6665 bytes more)
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