Verstappen sweeps at Yas Marina in an unbeatable close for Sainz

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Max Verstappen

gave Yas Marina the taste of a victory after leading all 55 laps of the Abu Dhabi GP.

Nothing less.

Such was his dominance that he even allowed himself a joke not suitable for superstitious people: "If you want, you can turn off the engine," he threw his engineers seven laps from the end, thinking that only with inertia would he reach the flag in first position. picture.

He finally did it ahead of

and

, unable to keep up with Red Bull.

A most anomalous closing, at the height of this World Championship, where

repeats sixth place as a farewell to McLaren, third in the constructors' championship.

One more year, the last round of the World Cup was desperately boring.

In fact, only two strange facts brought fans out of the boredom.

First of all,

fastest lap

, who frustrated Verstappen's Grand Chelem.

Minutes later, the Mercedes gave us their traditional end-of-season pirouettes, which were joined by

, in his farewell to F1.

"It was very hard on a physical level. I don't feel good at all," admitted an exhausted Hamilton, demanded in the last meters by

.

"We couldn't get more out of the car, although at least I was able to beat my partner," admitted Bottas, after confirming his runner-up against Verstappen.

Much more should be expected from the Finn.

For example, that he resisted adversity like this year Sainz, sixth at the finish, just behind

, his partner at McLaren.

Eight seconds in 10 laps

It was a Sunday without a fight in the short distances and with a single obsession: managing the tires as best as possible to reduce the strategy to a single stop.

Even Mercedes did not measure up to a circuit where it had always won in the hybrid era.

Perhaps its engineers limited the car's power to Bottas and Hamilton, fearful of a breakdown.

The fact is that at no time did they put Verstappen in trouble.

"I will just keep doing the same thing," explained the Dutchman, shortly after the halfway point of the race.

From the start, everything turned out to be conducive to

, because the Mercedes could not even peek into the DRS zone.

After 10 laps, the leader's lead was eight seconds over Hamilton, powerless even in the wake of Bottas.

His low finesse behind the wheel, a consequence or not of his positive for Covid-19, was hidden by the only incident on Sunday.

Sad goodbye to Pérez

A failure in the gearbox ended the aspirations of

, who was coming from an engine change the day before.

Racing Point had to be removed from turn 17 and turned to the

.

All the favorites, except Ricciardo and the Ferraris, decided to use the hard tire, the compound that had offered the best performance and with which it was intended to reach the checkered flag.

The McLarens had nothing to fear, spurred on by Pérez's sudden goodbye.

With this arithmetic in the distribution of points they certified third place in the Constructors' World Cup.

Also the sixth of Sainz, in close conflict with Albon and

.

So they didn't take a single risk too much.

His only scare was a slowdown by the Madrid native on pit road, which the stewards decided to investigate at the end of the race.

Before, Sainz left a precious overtaking on the Monegasque, penalized once again, by the strategic errors of Ferrari.

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