2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 19 of 19 in the 2010 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 14 November 2010 | ||
| Official name | II Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | ||
| Location | Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | ||
| Course | Yas Marina Circuit | ||
| Course length | 5.554 km (3.451 mi) | ||
| Distance | 55 laps, 305.470 km (189.805 mi) | ||
| Weather |
Dry Air Temp 28 °C (82 °F) Track Temp 33 °C (91 °F) dropping to 29 °C (84 °F) |
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| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Time | 1:39.394 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Lewis Hamilton
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McLaren-Mercedes | |
| Time | 1:41.274 on lap 47 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Second | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Third | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
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Dry Air Temp 28 °C (82 °F)
The 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (formally the Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 14 November 2010 at the Yas Marina Circuit on Yas Island, an island on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. It was the 19th and last round of the 2010 Formula One season. The 55-lap race was won by Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel after starting from pole position. Lewis Hamilton finished second in a McLaren, and team-mate Jenson Button completed the podium, in third place.
A second race win in succession – as well as a second consecutive Abu Dhabi Grand Prix win – for Vettel, coupled with other championship contenders Hamilton, Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber finishing second, seventh and eighth respectively, allowed him to become the youngest World Drivers' Champion, at the age of 23 years, 134 days. Button's third place allowed him to finish fifth in the championship standings, having been eliminated from championship contention at the previous race in Brazil.
Due to injuries sustained in a rally crash prior to the 2011 Formula One season, this was the last Formula One race to date for Robert Kubica.
Heading into the final race of the season, Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso was leading the Drivers' Championship with 246 points; Red Bull drivers Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel were second and third on 238 points and 231 points respectively.McLaren's Lewis Hamilton was also in mathematical contention on 222 points, 24 behind Alonso with a maximum of 25 points available for the final race. As a result, this was the first occasion that four drivers still had a chance of winning the Drivers' Championship at the final event of the season. In the Constructors' Championship, Red Bull Racing had already secured their first championship title with a total of 469 points, 48 clear of second-placed McLaren with a maximum of 43 points available. McLaren were themselves not confirmed in second place in the championship, with a 32-point advantage over Ferrari.
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