Meanwhile, at the front of the field, Verstappen was comfortable in the lead, 2.6s clear of Bottas with Hamilton a further 3.5s further back. Albon held fourth ahead of McLaren’s Norris and Carlos Sainz Јр..
The race was reset on lap 10. Sergio Pérez pulled over at the side of the track between Turns 18 and 19 with a power unit issue. An initial VSC became a full Safety Car as marshals struggled to recover Pérez’s car and during the caution the leading drivers all pitted to take on hard tyres.
Verstappen rejoined in the lead ahead of Bottas, Hamilton and Albon but the pit stops vaulted hard-tyre starter Daniel Ricciardo to fifth ahead of Norris, though the Australian would need to pit later in the race.
As the race went edged past one-third distance the order began to settle as Verstappen started to buld a significant gap. By lap 20 he was 3.4s ahead of Bottas, with Hamilton two seconds further back.
Albon was now 4.2s behind the seven-time champion but though he was losing ground to the Mercedes AMG he was steadily pulling away from Ricciardo who was six seconds behind the Thai driver.
At the end of lap 39 Ricciardo was the last to shed his starting hard tyres and after taking on medium tyres he rejoined in P7, behind the McLarens of Norris and Sainz.
Verstappen was now totally dominant at the head of the field. On lap 48 he was 12 seconds clear of Bottas and telling his team on the radio that they could turn his engine down if required. And seven laps later Verstappen eased across the line to take his and red Bull’s second win of the year after early-season victory at the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix.
Bottas settled for second place a little under 10 seconds behind Verstappen as the race winner throttled back in the closing stages. Hamilton claimed the final podium place ahead of Albon.
Fifth place for McLaren’s Lando Norris and sixth for team-mate Carlos Sainz handed the Renault-powered team third place in the Constructors’ Championship ahead of Racing Point, for whom Lance Stroll was tenth on the night. Ricciardo took seventh ahead of Gasly and the second Renault of Estaban Ocon.
| Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Yas Marina 55 laps, 305.470km., Weather: Dry/Nigh race. |
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| CLASSIFICATION: | |||
| P. | DRIVER | TEAM | TIME/GAP |
| 1. | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1h36:28.645 |
| 2. | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes AMG | + 15.976 |
| 3. | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes AMG | + 18.415 |
| 4. | Alexander Albon | Red Bull | + 19.987 |
| 5. | Lando Norris | McLaren | + 1:00.729 |
| 6. | Carlos Sainz Jr. | McLaren | + 1:05.662 |
| 7. | Daniel Ricciardo | Renault | + 1:13.748 |
| 8. | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | + 1:29.718 |
| 9. | Esteban Ocon | Renault | + 1:41.069 |
| 10. | Lance Stroll | Racing Point | + 1:42.738 |
| 11. | Daniil Kvyat | AlphaTauri | + 1 lap |
| 12. | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | + 1 lap |
| 13. | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | + 1 lap |
| 14. | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | + 1 lap |
| 15. | George Russell | Williams | + 1 lap |
| 16. | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | + 1 lap |
| 17. | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | + 1 lap |
| 18. | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | + 1 lap |
| 19. | Pietro Fittipaldi | Haas | + 2 laps |
| FASTEST LAP: DANIEL RICCIARDO - 1:40.926 | |||
| NOT CLASSIFIED: | |||
| 20. | Sergio Pérez | Racing Point | technical |
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HYBRID ERA - YAS MARINA CIRCUIT 2014 Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes AMG - 1h30:02.555 2015 Nico Rosberg - Mercedes AMG - 1h38:30.175 2016 Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes AMG - 1h38:04.015 2017 Valtteri Bottas - Mercedes AMG - 1h34:14.062 2018 Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes AMG - 1h39:40.382 2019 Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes AMG - 1h34:05.715 2020 Max Verstappen - Red Bull - 1h36:28.645 @MkFormula1 - REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA |
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| FINAL 2020 CLASSIFICATION | |||
| DRIVERS: | |||
| 1. | Lewis Hamilton | 347 | |
| 2. | Valtteri Bottas | 223 | |
| 3. | Max Verstappen | 214 | |
| 4. | Sergio Pérez | 125 | |
| 5. | Daniel Ricciardo | 119 | |
| 6. | Carlos Sainz Jr. | 105 | |
| 7. | Alexander Albon | 105 | |
| 8. | Charles Leclerc | 98 | |
| 9. | Lando Norris | 97 | |
| 10. | Pierre Gasly | 75 | |
| 11. | Lance Stroll | 75 | |
| 12. | Esteban Ocon | 62 | |
| 13. | Sebastian Vettel | 33 | |
| 14. | Daniil Kvyat | 32 | |
| 15. | Nico Hulkenberg |
10 | |
| 16. | Kimi Räikkönen | 4 | |
| 17. | Antonio Giovinazzi | 4 | |
| 18. | George Russell | 3 | |
| 19. | Romain Grosjean |
2 | |
| 20. | Kevin Magnussen | 1 | |
| 18. | Nicholas Latifi | 0 | |
| 19. | Jack Aitken |
0 | |
| 20. | Pietro Fittipaldi | 0 | |
| CONSTRUCTORS: | |||
| 1. | Mercedes AMG | 573 | |
| 2. | Red Bull | 319 | |
| 3. | McLaren | 202 | |
| 4. | Racing Point(-15) | 195 | |
| 5. | Renault | 181 | |
| 6. | Ferrari | 131 | |
| 7. | AlphaTauri | 107 | |
| 8. | Alfa Romeo | 8 | |
| 9. | Haas | 3 | |
| 10. | Williams | 0 | |
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