Dutch world champion Verstappen confirms his superiority and wins the "Abu Dhabi" award
Verstappen during the title celebration.
Photography: Patrick Castillo
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Dutch double world champion Max Verstappen, aboard his Red Bull car, embraced his third consecutive title today in the "Etihad Airways Grand Prix", the final round of the "Formula 1" season, after his success in covering the race distance that took place at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. And it extended over 55 laps, in first place, achieving a total time of one hour, 27 minutes, 45 seconds, and 914 parts of a second, ahead of 8.7 seconds from Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc, while Mexican Red Bull driver Sergio Perez came third. .
Vettel bids farewell to the "Formula 1" crowd The
German quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel, the driver of the "Aston Martin" team, was keen to bid farewell to the "Formula 1" fans with spectacular movements or "Donuts" after the end of the "Etihad Airways Grand Prix" at the Yas Marina Circuit.
Vettel was associated with the fans of the Yas Marina Circuit after he rose to the summit of glory in its 2010 race when he won the "Etihad Airways Grand Prix" race for that year, his first title in the World Championship for Drivers, before repeating the same thing in the 2013 edition when he gifted him victory in Abu Dhabi. Fourth world title.
Vettel’s career in the world of “Formula 1” spanned 299 races, since his first race in 2007 with the “BMW” team, and later he moved to the “Toro Rosso” team when he snatched his first victory in the races in 2008, and followed him starting from 2010 by moving To the “Red Bull” team, with which he achieved his four titles in the World Drivers’ Championship, and then to the “Ferrari” team between 2015 and 2020, and the most recent of which was the move to “Aston Martin” last season.
Over the course of his career, Vettel succeeded in achieving 53 victories, ascending to the podium on 122 occasions, and winning a total of 3098 points in the races, in addition to recording the fastest lap time in the race in 38 times.
The second row excelled
The 2022 season witnessed three second row drivers outperforming their teammates, after they succeeded in achieving better results and higher points throughout the rounds of the current championship season than the first row drivers in the same team, most notably the quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel, the second driver in the team. Aston Martin finished the season 12th in the World Drivers' Championship standings with 37 points, ahead of the Canadian team's main driver Lance Stroll, who finished 15th with 18 points.
British George Russell in the “Mercedes” team followed in the same footsteps, by finishing the season in third place with a score of 275 points, outperforming his teammate, British seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton, who settled in sixth place in the 2022 season with a score of 240 points.
The French driver, Esteban Ocon, in the “Alpine” team, did not differ from the same approach, after a remarkable season for the French driver, who managed to finish in eighth place with 92 points, 11 points behind his colleague and Spanish double world champion Fernando Alonso, who came in ninth place.
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