Dutch "Red Bull" driver Max Verstappen takes off first in Etihad Airways Prize

Graphic .. Yas Marina Circuit hosts the final season of Formula 1 racing celebrations in the 70th season.

Today, the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi is hosting the Etihad Airways Grand Prix in the final round of the Formula 1 World Championship for the 2020 season, in a farewell station for the championship’s celebration of its 70th season on the founding of the tournament, and the competing teams are looking forward to an exceptional public farewell with all Standards, especially since the race is the last in the longest season in the history of the championship, after its start was postponed for several times due to the effects of the Corona virus on the global sports arena.

Despite the difficulties that historically faced the 70th season in Formula 1, many records were broken during his rounds, especially for the British driver, Lewis Hamilton, who in 2020 succeeded in snatching the world drivers ’championship title for the seventh time, equaling the number of legend Michael Schumacher, as well. The "Mercedes" team led by Hamilton achieved the achievement of the "most successful" team in the history of the tournament, which dates back to the year 1950, the harvest of consecutive titles, by snatching Mercedes in the current season for the seventh consecutive title in the constructors' championship, thus shattering the prestige of the "Ferrari team" »The Italian who has won six consecutive titles.

Yesterday, the "Yas Circuit" witnessed the qualifying trials, during which the driver of the "Red Bull" team, Max Verstappen, learned how to record the fastest time in circling the circuit, and to ensure first place in the start of the "Etihad Airways Grand Prix" race, which begins At 5:10 pm this afternoon, after Verstappen achieved a time of 1 minute 35 seconds and 245 fractions of a second, beating the "Mercedes" duo, the Finnish Valtteri Bottas who settled for second place by a difference of 25 in the 1000th of a second, and the British world champion Lewis Hamilton. , Who came third with a time of 1 minute 35 seconds and 352 milliseconds.

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