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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%82_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B2%D8%A9_%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88_%D8%B8%D8%A8%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%89_2021" title="سباق جائزة أبو ظبي الكبرى 2021 – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="سباق جائزة أبو ظبي الكبرى 2021" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Premi_d%27Abu_Dhabi_del_2021" title="Gran Premi d'Abu Dhabi del 2021 – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Gran Premi d'Abu Dhabi del 2021" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Prix_Ab%C3%BA_Zab%C3%AD_2021" title="Grand Prix Abú Zabí 2021 – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Grand Prix Abú Zabí 2021" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gro%C3%9Fer_Preis_von_Abu_Dhabi_2021" title="Großer Preis von Abu Dhabi 2021 – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Großer Preis von Abu Dhabi 2021" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BD_%CE%A0%CF%81%CE%B9_%CE%86%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%9D%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B9_2021_(%CE%A6%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%B1_1)" title="Γκραν Πρι Άμπου Ντάμπι 2021 (Φόρμουλα 1) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Γκραν Πρι Άμπου Ντάμπι 2021 (Φόρμουλα 1)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Premio_de_Abu_Dabi_de_2021" title="Gran Premio de Abu Dabi de 2021 – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Gran Premio de Abu Dabi de 2021" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B2%D9%87_%D8%A8%D8%B2%D8%B1%DA%AF_%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B8%D8%A8%DB%8C_%DB%B2%DB%B0%DB%B2%DB%B1" title="جایزه بزرگ ابوظبی ۲۰۲۱ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جایزه بزرگ ابوظبی ۲۰۲۱" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Prix_automobile_d%27Abou_Dabi_2021" title="Grand Prix automobile d'Abou Dabi 2021 – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Grand Prix automobile d'Abou Dabi 2021" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grutte_Priis_Formule_1_fan_Ab%C3%BB_Dabi_2021" title="Grutte Priis Formule 1 fan Abû Dabi 2021 – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Grutte Priis Formule 1 fan Abû Dabi 2021" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Frysk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Premio_de_Abu_Zabi_de_2021" title="Gran Premio de Abu Zabi de 2021 – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Gran Premio de Abu Zabi de 2021" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021%EB%85%84_%EC%95%84%EB%B6%80%EB%8B%A4%EB%B9%84_%EA%B7%B8%EB%9E%91%ED%94%84%EB%A6%AC" title="2021년 아부다비 그랑프리 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="2021년 아부다비 그랑프리" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Prix_F1_Abu_Dhabi_2021" title="Grand Prix F1 Abu Dhabi 2021 – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Grand Prix F1 Abu Dhabi 2021" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Premio_di_Abu_Dhabi_2021" title="Gran Premio di Abu Dhabi 2021 – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Gran Premio di Abu Dhabi 2021" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%93_%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%90%D7%91%D7%95_%D7%93%D7%90%D7%91%D7%99_%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%AA_2021" title="גרנד פרי אבו דאבי עונת 2021 – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="גרנד פרי אבו דאבי עונת 2021" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021-es_Formula%E2%80%931_abu-dzabi_nagyd%C3%ADj" title="2021-es Formula–1 abu-dzabi nagydíj – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="2021-es Formula–1 abu-dzabi nagydíj" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Prix_Formule_1_van_Abu_Dhabi_2021" title="Grand Prix Formule 1 van Abu Dhabi 2021 – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Grand Prix Formule 1 van Abu Dhabi 2021" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021%E5%B9%B4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%96%E3%83%80%E3%83%93%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%97%E3%83%AA" title="2021年アブダビグランプリ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="2021年アブダビグランプリ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Dhabis_Grand_Prix_2021" title="Abu Dhabis Grand Prix 2021 – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Abu Dhabis Grand Prix 2021" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Prix_Abu_Zabi_2021" title="Grand Prix Abu Zabi 2021 – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Grand Prix Abu Zabi 2021" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_Pr%C3%AAmio_de_Abu_Dhabi_de_2021" title="Grande Prêmio de Abu Dhabi de 2021 – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Grande Prêmio de Abu Dhabi de 2021" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marele_Premiu_de_la_Abu_Dhabi_din_2021" title="Marele Premiu de la Abu Dhabi din 2021 – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Marele Premiu de la Abu Dhabi din 2021" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%90%D0%B1%D1%83-%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B8_2021_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0" title="Гран-при Абу-Даби 2021 года – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Гран-при Абу-Даби 2021 года" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ve%C4%BEk%C3%A1_cena_Ab%C3%BA_Zab%C3%AD_2021" title="Veľká cena Abú Zabí 2021 – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Veľká cena Abú Zabí 2021" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target">Slovenčina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%90%D0%B1%D1%83_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0_2021." title="Велика награда Абу Дабија 2021. – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Велика награда Абу Дабија 2021." data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Српски / srpski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Dhabin_Grand_Prix_2021" title="Abu Dhabin Grand Prix 2021 – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" 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Championship">2021 Formula One World Championship</a><table style="width: 100%; background: transparent;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:left;">← <a href="/wiki/2021_Saudi_Arabian_Grand_Prix" title="2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix">Previous race</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-image"> <a href="/wiki/File:Yas_Marina_Circuit.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Yas_Marina_Circuit.png/220px-Yas_Marina_Circuit.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Yas_Marina_Circuit.png/330px-Yas_Marina_Circuit.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Yas_Marina_Circuit.png/440px-Yas_Marina_Circuit.png 2x" data-file-width="13348" data-file-height="7367" /></a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef;">Race details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Date</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 12 December 2021</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Official name</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> Formula 1 Etihad Airways <a href="/wiki/Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix" title="Abu Dhabi Grand Prix">Abu Dhabi Grand Prix</a> 2021</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Location</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data location"> <a href="/wiki/Yas_Marina_Circuit" title="Yas Marina Circuit">Yas Marina Circuit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abu_Dhabi" title="Abu Dhabi">Abu Dhabi</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Course</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> Permanent racing facility</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width:20%;">Course length</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 5.281 km 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alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Sainz_Jr." title="Carlos Sainz Jr.">Carlos Sainz Jr.</a></li></ul></div></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b"> <a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-below" style="background-color:#efefef"> <div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; text-align:center;background-color:#efefef;"><div style="margin: 0 4em">Lap leaders</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0; text-align: center;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_9r9ohiwuom1d8aacrurgfwjk91kytj3"></map><img usemap="#timeline_9r9ohiwuom1d8aacrurgfwjk91kytj3" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/9r9ohiwuom1d8aacrurgfwjk91kytj3.png" /></div></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Motor car race</div> The 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2021) was a <a href="/wiki/Formula_One" title="Formula One">Formula One</a> motor race held on 12 December 2021 at the <a href="/wiki/Yas_Marina_Circuit" title="Yas Marina Circuit">Yas Marina Circuit</a> in <a href="/wiki/Abu_Dhabi" title="Abu Dhabi">Abu Dhabi</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a>. Contested over a distance of 58 laps, the race was the twenty-second and final round of the <a href="/wiki/2021_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2021 Formula One World Championship">2021 Formula One World Championship</a>. The race decided both the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Formula_One_World_Drivers%27_Champions" title="List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions">Drivers'</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_Formula_One_World_Constructors%27_Champions" title="List of Formula One World Constructors' Champions">Constructors'</a> championships; <a href="/wiki/Max_Verstappen" title="Max Verstappen">Max Verstappen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a> both had 369.5 points coming into the race. Hamilton led most of the race and appeared on course to win. However, Verstappen eventually overtook Hamilton on the final lap after a controversial <a href="/wiki/Safety_car" title="Safety car">safety car</a> restart in the last moments of the race. The <a href="/wiki/FIA" class="mw-redirect" title="FIA">FIA</a> conducted an inquiry into the race which confirmed Verstappen as the winner, and that the 2021 Formula One World Championship results remained valid.<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> The report concluded that race director Michael Masi had acted in good faith and that there could be different interpretations of the rules, which "likely contributed to some of the confusion surrounding the safety car unlapping procedure".<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> The report also made various recommendations to clarify the safety car regulations and to clamp down on radio communications between the teams and race control.<a href="#cite_note-:2-5">[5]</a> Mercedes made a protest to the stewards after the race, which was dismissed, and Mercedes then had an opportunity to appeal that decision to the FIA International Court of Appeal, but did not do so. Verstappen's win secured his first Formula One World Drivers' Championship of his career by eight points from Hamilton, and <a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bull Racing</a>'s first since <a href="/wiki/2013_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2013 Formula One World Championship">2013</a>. <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a> won their eighth consecutive Formula One World Constructors' Championship, setting a new record. The Grand Prix was also the final race for <a href="/wiki/2007_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2007 Formula One World Championship">2007</a> World Champion <a href="/wiki/Kimi_R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen" title="Kimi Räikkönen">Kimi Räikkönen</a>; the 42-year-old Finn retired from Formula One after a two-decade career spanning (a then record setting) 349 Grand Prix starts. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/2021_Formula_One_World_Championship#Calendar_changes_due_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="2021 Formula One World Championship">2021 Formula One World Championship § Calendar changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic</a></div> The race was originally scheduled to take place on 5 December, but it was rescheduled after the postponement of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Grand_Prix" title="Australian Grand Prix">Australian Grand Prix</a> due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> Its original date was filled with the <a href="/wiki/2021_Saudi_Arabian_Grand_Prix" title="2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix">Saudi Arabian Grand Prix</a> and the Australian race was eventually cancelled and replaced by the <a href="/wiki/2021_Qatar_Grand_Prix" title="2021 Qatar Grand Prix">Qatar Grand Prix</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Circuit_redevelopment">Circuit redevelopment</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Circuit redevelopment">edit</a>]</div> Yas Marina underwent redevelopment that shortened the track and the expected lap time in order to increase top speeds and overtaking opportunities.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> The chicane after turn 4 was removed, and the turn 5 hairpin (which was turn 7 before redevelopment) was widened. The four corner sequence of turns which was turns 11–14 became one banked turn 9. The radius of turns 12–15 (previously 17–20) were increased to allow cars to carry more speed, with the changes to turn 15 allowing cars to be able to travel flat out through the corner.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Entrants">Entrants</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Entrants">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/2021_Formula_One_World_Championship#Entries" title="2021 Formula One World Championship">2021 Formula One World Championship § Entries</a></div> The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race.<a href="#cite_note-Entry_list-9">[9]</a> <a href="/wiki/Jack_Aitken" title="Jack Aitken">Jack Aitken</a> drove for <a href="/wiki/Williams_Grand_Prix_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams Grand Prix Engineering">Williams</a> in the first practice session, in place of <a href="/wiki/George_Russell_(racing_driver)" title="George Russell (racing driver)">George Russell</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Entry_list-9">[9]</a> <a href="/wiki/Nikita_Mazepin" title="Nikita Mazepin">Nikita Mazepin</a> tested positive for <a href="/wiki/Coronavirus" title="Coronavirus">coronavirus</a> after qualifying, forcing his withdrawal from the race; he was not replaced. The Grand Prix marked the last Formula One race for the <a href="/wiki/2007_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2007 Formula One World Championship">2007</a> World Champion <a href="/wiki/Kimi_R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen" title="Kimi Räikkönen">Kimi Räikkönen</a>, who had announced his intention of retiring at the end of the championship, ending his Formula One career after 19 seasons and moved to <a href="/wiki/2022_NASCAR_Cup_Series" title="2022 NASCAR Cup Series">NASCAR Cup Series</a>.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> As of 2022<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2021_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix&action=edit">[update]</a>, it also marked the last race for <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Giovinazzi" title="Antonio Giovinazzi">Antonio Giovinazzi</a>, who moved to <a href="/wiki/Formula_E" title="Formula E">Formula E</a>, and Mazepin, whose contract was terminated following the <a href="/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" title="Russian invasion of Ukraine">2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine</a> and the cancellation of <a href="/wiki/Uralkali" title="Uralkali">Uralkali</a>'s title sponsorship. It was also the final races for Russell and <a href="/wiki/Valtteri_Bottas" title="Valtteri Bottas">Valtteri Bottas</a> at Williams and <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a>, respectively, as they moved to Mercedes and <a href="/wiki/Alfa_Romeo_in_Formula_One" title="Alfa Romeo in Formula One">Alfa Romeo Racing</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Beer_2021-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> Bottas raced with a special helmet for the occasion, featuring photos of all the moments he spent at Mercedes, and he sported a special set of blue racing overalls. <a href="/wiki/Alpine_F1_Team" title="Alpine F1 Team">Alpine</a> featured the words "El Plan" in both their cars referencing a popular <a href="/wiki/Internet_meme" title="Internet meme">Internet meme</a>.<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> This race also marked the last race for <a href="/wiki/Honda_in_Formula_One" title="Honda in Formula One">Honda</a>, as the Japanese company ceased their engine supply to the <a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bull Racing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scuderia_AlphaTauri" title="Scuderia AlphaTauri">AlphaTauri</a> teams.<a href="#cite_note-Beer_2021-11">[11]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Championship_standings_before_the_race_and_title_permutations">Championship standings before the race and title permutations</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Championship standings before the race and title permutations">edit</a>]</div> Title rivals <a href="/wiki/Max_Verstappen" title="Max Verstappen">Max Verstappen</a> (Red Bull Racing) and <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a> (Mercedes) both entered the round with 369.5 points, leaving the championship contenders level on points for the final round for the first time since <a href="/wiki/1974_Formula_One_season" title="1974 Formula One season">1974</a> and for the second time in the sport's history. The Drivers' Championship was decided in the final round for the 30th time, and the first time since <a href="/wiki/2016_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2016 Formula One World Championship">2016</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Galloway_2021-14">[14]</a> The driver who scored the most points would win the championship; if the drivers had scored an equal amount of points, Verstappen would have won the championship due to having won more races (nine to Hamilton's eight) prior to this race.<a href="#cite_note-Galloway_2021-14">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> In the Constructors' Championship, Mercedes led with 587.5 points, 28 ahead of Red Bull on 559.5, with 44 still available; this was the first time since <a href="/wiki/2008_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2008 Formula One World Championship">2008</a> that the final round of the season decided the Constructors' Championship. In the midfield, <a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Scuderia Ferrari</a> led <a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a> in the battle for third place in the constructors by a margin of 38.5 points.<a href="#cite_note-Galloway_2021-14">[14]</a> Acrimonious on-track battles throughout the season led to concerns that one of the drivers might cause a deliberate in-race collision in an attempt to win the championship: the <a href="/wiki/1989_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="1989 Formula One World Championship">1989</a> championship battle between McLaren teammates <a href="/wiki/Ayrton_Senna" title="Ayrton Senna">Ayrton Senna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alain_Prost" title="Alain Prost">Alain Prost</a> was decided by such an incident at the <a href="/wiki/1989_Japanese_Grand_Prix" title="1989 Japanese Grand Prix">Japanese Grand Prix</a>; the <a href="/wiki/1990_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="1990 Formula One World Championship">1990</a> championship rematch, with Prost now at Ferrari, ended in Senna's favour with another collision at the <a href="/wiki/1990_Japanese_Grand_Prix" title="1990 Japanese Grand Prix">Suzuka race</a>; <a href="/wiki/Michael_Schumacher" title="Michael Schumacher">Michael Schumacher</a>'s collision with <a href="/wiki/Damon_Hill" title="Damon Hill">Damon Hill</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1994_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="1994 Australian Grand Prix">1994 Australian Grand Prix</a> took the Briton out of title contention in the <a href="/wiki/1994_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="1994 Formula One World Championship">1994</a> season; and an unsuccessful collision caused by Schumacher against <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Villeneuve" title="Jacques Villeneuve">Jacques Villeneuve</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1997_European_Grand_Prix" title="1997 European Grand Prix">1997 European Grand Prix</a> led to the German driver's disqualification from the <a href="/wiki/1997_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="1997 Formula One World Championship">1997</a> season.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> In response to the concerns, race director <a href="/wiki/Michael_Masi" title="Michael Masi">Michael Masi</a> warned that Verstappen or Hamilton could be subject to further sanctions from the FIA if one of them decided to manufacture a deliberate race-ending collision in an attempt to engineer a favourable championship result, up to and including championship disqualification or future race bans.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tyres_choices">Tyres choices</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Tyres choices">edit</a>]</div> Sole tyre supplier Pirelli provided the <a href="/wiki/Formula_One_tyres" title="Formula One tyres">C3, C4, and C5</a> tyre compounds—the softest selections available—for use in dry conditions.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Practice">Practice</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Practice">edit</a>]</div> Three practice sessions were scheduled over the course of the weekend. The first session took place at 13:30 local time (<a href="/wiki/UTC%2B04:00" title="UTC+04:00">UTC+04:00</a>) on Friday 10 December. The second session took place at 17:00. The third session took place at 14:00 on Saturday 11 December.<a href="#cite_note-Timetable-20">[20]</a> The first practice session passed without incident and ended with Verstappen setting the fastest time, followed by Bottas and Hamilton.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> The second practice session ended with Hamilton fastest by 0.3 seconds to second-placed <a href="/wiki/Esteban_Ocon" title="Esteban Ocon">Esteban Ocon</a>, while Bottas was third fastest ahead of Verstappen, 0.6 seconds behind Hamilton. Räikkönen crashed at turn 14 just as the session was concluding, but was unhurt.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Qualifying">Qualifying</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Qualifying">edit</a>]</div> Qualifying started at 17:00 local time on Saturday 11 December.<a href="#cite_note-Timetable-20">[20]</a> The first qualifying session was briefly suspended after <a href="/wiki/Mick_Schumacher" title="Mick Schumacher">Mick Schumacher</a> collided with a bollard but was resumed without further incident, with the Mercedes drivers Hamilton and Bottas recording the fastest times of the session.<a href="#cite_note-Qualifying-23">[23]</a> In the second qualifying session, initial flying laps on medium-compound tyres gave Hamilton a four-millisecond advantage over Red Bull Racing driver Verstappen. A lock-up on his second flying lap led to Verstappen's return to the pits to change to soft tyres. At the end of the session, Verstappen improved to take first place on the timesheets, setting the time on the faster soft-compound tyres locked him into starting the race on Sunday, and Hamilton was likewise locked into using the more durable medium-compound tyres.<a href="#cite_note-Qualifying-23">[23]</a> In the third and final qualifying session, Verstappen was able to use the slipstream of his teammate <a href="/wiki/Sergio_P%C3%A9rez" title="Sergio Pérez">Sergio Pérez</a> to secure <a href="/wiki/Pole_position" title="Pole position">pole position</a> for the race, with Hamilton only able to take the second spot on the grid.<a href="#cite_note-Qualifying-23">[23]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Qualifying_classification">Qualifying classification</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Qualifying classification">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style>Pos. </th> <th rowspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">No. </th> <th rowspan="2">Driver </th> <th rowspan="2">Constructor </th> <th colspan="3" style="background:#eaecf0; text-align:center;">Qualifying times </th> <th rowspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">Final grid </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">Q1 </th> <th scope="col"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">Q2 </th> <th scope="col"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">Q3 </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">1 </th> <td align="center">33 </td> <td data-sort-value="bot"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Max_Verstappen" title="Max Verstappen">Max Verstappen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bull Racing</a>-<a href="/wiki/Honda_in_Formula_One" title="Honda in Formula One">Honda</a> </td> <td>1:23.322 </td> <td>1:22.800 </td> <td>1:22.109 </td> <td align="center">1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">2 </th> <td align="center">44 </td> <td data-sort-value="ver"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>1:22.845 </td> <td>1:23.145 </td> <td>1:22.480 </td> <td align="center">2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">3 </th> <td align="center">4 </td> <td data-sort-value="nor"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Lando_Norris" title="Lando Norris">Lando Norris</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>1:23.553 </td> <td>1:23.256 </td> <td>1:22.931 </td> <td align="center">3 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">4 </th> <td align="center">11 </td> <td data-sort-value="gas"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Sergio_P%C3%A9rez" title="Sergio Pérez">Sergio Pérez</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bull Racing</a>-<a href="/wiki/Honda_in_Formula_One" title="Honda in Formula One">Honda</a> </td> <td>1:23.350 </td> <td>1:23.135 </td> <td>1:22.947 </td> <td align="center">4 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">5 </th> <td align="center">55 </td> <td data-sort-value="rus"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Valtteri_Bottas" title="Valtteri Bottas">Valtteri Bottas</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>1:23.117 </td> <td>1:23.246 </td> <td>1:23.036 </td> <td align="center">6 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">7 </th> <td align="center">16 </td> <td data-sort-value="lec"><a href="/wiki/Monaco" title="Monaco"><img alt="Monaco" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg/19px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg/29px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg/38px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="800" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Charles_Leclerc" title="Charles Leclerc">Charles Leclerc</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>1:23.467 </td> <td>1:23.202 </td> <td>1:23.122 </td> <td align="center">7 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">8 </th> <td align="center">22 </td> <td data-sort-value="sai"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Yuki_Tsunoda" title="Yuki Tsunoda">Yuki Tsunoda</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_AlphaTauri" title="Scuderia AlphaTauri">AlphaTauri</a>-<a href="/wiki/Honda_in_Formula_One" title="Honda in Formula One">Honda</a> </td> <td>1:23.428 </td> <td>1:23.404 </td> <td>1:23.220 </td> <td align="center">8 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">9 </th> <td align="center">31 </td> <td data-sort-value="alo"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Esteban_Ocon" title="Esteban Ocon">Esteban Ocon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alpine_F1_Team" title="Alpine F1 Team">Alpine</a>-<a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td>1:23.764 </td> <td>1:23.420 </td> 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Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>1:23.829 </td> <td>1:23.448 </td> <td>1:23.409 </td> <td align="center">10 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">11 </th> <td align="center">14 </td> <td data-sort-value="tsu"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Alonso" title="Fernando Alonso">Fernando Alonso</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alpine_F1_Team" title="Alpine F1 Team">Alpine</a>-<a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td>1:23.846 </td> <td>1:23.460 </td> <td align="center" data-sort-value="13" style="background: silver">N/A </td> <td align="center">11 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">12 </th> <td align="center">10 </td> <td data-sort-value="ric"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Gasly" title="Pierre Gasly">Pierre Gasly</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_AlphaTauri" title="Scuderia AlphaTauri">AlphaTauri</a>-<a href="/wiki/Honda_in_Formula_One" title="Honda in Formula One">Honda</a> </td> <td>1:23.489 </td> <td>1:24.043 </td> <td align="center" data-sort-value="13" style="background: silver">N/A </td> <td align="center">12 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">13 </th> <td align="center">18 </td> <td data-sort-value="vet"><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Lance_Stroll" title="Lance Stroll">Lance Stroll</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aston_Martin_in_Formula_One" title="Aston Martin in Formula One">Aston Martin</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>1:24.061 </td> <td>1:24.066 </td> <td align="center" data-sort-value="18" style="background: silver">N/A </td> <td align="center">13 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">14 </th> <td align="center">99 </td> <td data-sort-value="str"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Giovinazzi" title="Antonio Giovinazzi">Antonio Giovinazzi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alfa_Romeo_in_Formula_One" title="Alfa Romeo in Formula One">Alfa Romeo Racing</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>1:24.118 </td> <td>1:24.251 </td> <td align="center" data-sort-value="13" style="background: silver">N/A </td> <td align="center">14 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">15 </th> <td align="center">5 </td> <td data-sort-value="lat"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Vettel" title="Sebastian Vettel">Sebastian Vettel</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aston_Martin_in_Formula_One" title="Aston Martin in Formula One">Aston Martin</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>1:24.225 </td> <td>1:24.305 </td> <td align="center" data-sort-value="17" style="background: silver">N/A </td> <td align="center">15 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">16 </th> <td align="center">6 </td> <td data-sort-value="oco"><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Latifi" title="Nicholas Latifi">Nicholas Latifi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Williams_Grand_Prix_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams Grand Prix Engineering">Williams</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>1:24.338 </td> <td align="center" data-sort-value="16" style="background: silver">N/A </td> <td align="center" data-sort-value="16" style="background: silver">N/A </td> <td align="center">16 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">17 </th> <td align="center">63 </td> <td data-sort-value="rai"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/George_Russell_(racing_driver)" title="George Russell (racing driver)">George Russell</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Williams_Grand_Prix_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams Grand Prix Engineering">Williams</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>1:24.423 </td> <td align="center" data-sort-value="14" style="background: silver">N/A </td> <td align="center" data-sort-value="14" style="background: silver">N/A </td> <td align="center">17 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">18 </th> <td align="center">7 </td> <td data-sort-value="gio"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Kimi_R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen" title="Kimi Räikkönen">Kimi Räikkönen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alfa_Romeo_in_Formula_One" title="Alfa Romeo in Formula One">Alfa Romeo Racing</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>1:24.779 </td> <td align="center" data-sort-value="12" style="background: silver">N/A </td> <td align="center" data-sort-value="12" style="background: silver">N/A </td> <td align="center">18 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">19 </th> <td align="center">47 </td> <td data-sort-value="sch"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Mick_Schumacher" title="Mick Schumacher">Mick Schumacher</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haas_F1_Team" title="Haas F1 Team">Haas</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>1:24.906 </td> <td align="center" data-sort-value="19" style="background: silver">N/A </td> <td align="center" data-sort-value="19" style="background: silver">N/A </td> <td align="center">19 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">20 </th> <td align="center">9 </td> <td data-sort-value="maz"><a href="/wiki/Russian_Automobile_Federation" title="Russian Automobile Federation"><img alt="Russian Automobile Federation" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Russian_Automobile_Federation_flag.svg/23px-Russian_Automobile_Federation_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Russian_Automobile_Federation_flag.svg/35px-Russian_Automobile_Federation_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Russian_Automobile_Federation_flag.svg/46px-Russian_Automobile_Federation_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="685" data-file-height="411" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Nikita_Mazepin" title="Nikita Mazepin">Nikita Mazepin</a><a href="#cite_note-RAF-25">[a]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haas_F1_Team" title="Haas F1 Team">Haas</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>1:25.685 </td> <td align="center" data-sort-value="20" style="background: silver">N/A </td> <td align="center" data-sort-value="20" style="background: silver">N/A </td> <td align="center">—<a href="#endnote_1">1</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8"><a href="/wiki/107%25_rule" title="107% rule">107% time</a>: 1:28.644 </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8">Source:<a href="#cite_note-26">[25]</a><a href="#cite_note-Starting_grid-27">[26]</a> </th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Notes</dt></dl> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><a href="#ref_1">^1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nikita_Mazepin" title="Nikita Mazepin">Nikita Mazepin</a> qualified 20th, but he withdrew before the race as he tested positive for <a href="/wiki/Severe_acute_respiratory_syndrome_coronavirus_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2">coronavirus</a>. His place on the grid was left vacant.<a href="#cite_note-Mazepin-28">[27]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Race">Race</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Race">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Race_report">Race report</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Race report">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Start_and_opening_laps">Start and opening laps</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Start and opening laps">edit</a>]</div> The race started at 17:00 local time on Sunday 12 December.<a href="#cite_note-Timetable-20">[20]</a> Hamilton immediately took the lead from Verstappen on the race start, prompting Verstappen to attempt to regain his position at the turn 6-7 chicane.<a href="#cite_note-Wilde_2021-29">[28]</a> Verstappen's trajectory and later braking took him from the inside to the outside of the track to overtake Hamilton, who cut turn 7 rather than concede the corner, arguing Verstappen forced him off, and Hamilton re-joined considerably further ahead of Verstappen than he was before the corner. Arguing that he should have ceded the position to Verstappen, Red Bull Racing protested the racing line taken by Hamilton, and were told by radio that Hamilton had ultimately given back any advantage gained.<a href="#cite_note-Wilde_2021-29">[28]</a> The incident was referred to the stewards, which concluded that no further investigation was necessary.<a href="#cite_note-Wilde_2021-29">[28]</a> Hamilton then utilised the durability of his medium-compound tyres to extend his lead over Verstappen, whose soft-compound tyres were suffering from greater degradation.<a href="#cite_note-Wilde_2021-29">[28]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pit-stops_and_virtual_safety_car">Pit-stops and virtual safety car</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Pit-stops and virtual safety car">edit</a>]</div> Verstappen made his stop at the end of lap 13 with Hamilton following suit one lap later, both opting for a set of the hardest tyres. The lead drivers pitting elevated Pérez to first, with the Mexican driver being informed his strategy was to hold up Hamilton to allow his teammate Verstappen to catch up.<a href="#cite_note-Wilde_2021-29">[28]</a> Hamilton caught up with Pérez on lap 20; a spirited defence from the Red Bull second driver allowed Verstappen to significantly close the gap from about 11 seconds after the pits to 1.3 seconds.<a href="#cite_note-30">[29]</a><a href="#cite_note-31">[30]</a> Verstappen was unable to take advantage of it, with Hamilton's superior pace extending the gap to four seconds by the midpoint of the race.<a href="#cite_note-Wilde_2021-29">[28]</a> On lap 26, Alfa Romeo's Räikkönen collided with the barriers at turn 6, prompting his retirement due to brake issues in his 349th and final Formula One race. On the same lap, Russell retired in his final race for Williams due to gearbox issues. On lap 35, Giovinazzi retired his car alongside the track due to gearbox issues, which triggered a brief <a href="/wiki/Virtual_safety_car" class="mw-redirect" title="Virtual safety car">virtual safety car</a> period. Red Bull used this opportunity to bring Verstappen in for a fresh set of the hard-compound tyres without losing track position; Mercedes, not wishing to give up track position, directed Hamilton to stay out. Using the advantage of fresher tyres, Verstappen gradually reduced the post-stop deficit from seventeen seconds to eleven, but not at a rate which would have been sufficient to catch Hamilton before the end of the race.<a href="#cite_note-Wilde_2021-29">[28]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Final_laps">Final laps</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Final laps">edit</a>]</div> On lap 53, a crash at turn 14 for <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Latifi" title="Nicholas Latifi">Nicholas Latifi</a>, who was fighting for position with <a href="/wiki/Haas_F1_Team" title="Haas F1 Team">Haas</a>' <a href="/wiki/Mick_Schumacher" title="Mick Schumacher">Mick Schumacher</a> and had dirty tyres after going off circuit at turn 9,<a href="#cite_note-32">[31]</a> brought out the <a href="/wiki/Safety_car" title="Safety car">safety car</a>. Hamilton again stayed out without pitting because he would have lost track position had the safety car period not ended, while Verstappen pitted for soft tyres. Pérez retired under the safety car due to oil pressure. After Verstappen's pit stop, he retained second, but with five lapped cars (those of <a href="/wiki/Lando_Norris" title="Lando Norris">Lando Norris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Alonso" title="Fernando Alonso">Fernando Alonso</a>, Ocon, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Leclerc" title="Charles Leclerc">Charles Leclerc</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Vettel" title="Sebastian Vettel">Sebastian Vettel</a>) between himself and Hamilton (in first). As the debris from Latifi's crash was being cleared by the race marshals, the lapped drivers were initially informed that they would not be permitted to overtake. On lap 57, Masi gave the direction that only the five cars between Hamilton and Verstappen were to unlap themselves.<a href="#cite_note-Slater_2021-33">[32]</a> Immediately after Vettel passed the safety car to join the lead lap, race control announced the safety car would enter the pits at the end of the lap to allow for a final lap of green-flag racing, leading to angry remonstrations from Mercedes team principal <a href="/wiki/Toto_Wolff" title="Toto Wolff">Toto Wolff</a>. On the final lap, Verstappen passed Hamilton into turn 5 to take the lead of the race. He held off counter-attacks from Hamilton to win the race and his first World Drivers' Championship, with Hamilton in second and Ferrari driver <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Sainz_Jr." title="Carlos Sainz Jr.">Carlos Sainz Jr.</a> in third. AlphaTauri driver <a href="/wiki/Yuki_Tsunoda" title="Yuki Tsunoda">Yuki Tsunoda</a> finished in a career-best fourth place, after overtaking Bottas. Mercedes gained enough points to win their eighth consecutive Constructors' title, extending their own record.<a href="#cite_note-34">[33]</a><a href="#cite_note-35">[34]</a> Over the radio, Wolff appealed to Masi to reinstate the order of the penultimate lap, to which Masi gave the reply: "Toto, it's called a motor race, ok? We went car racing."<a href="#cite_note-Slater_2021-33">[32]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Race_classification">Race classification</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Race classification">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">Pos. </th> <th scope="col"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">No. </th> <th scope="col">Driver </th> <th scope="col">Constructor </th> <th class="unsortable" scope="col">Laps </th> <th class="unsortable" scope="col">Time/Retired </th> <th scope="col"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">Grid </th> <th scope="col">Points </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td style="text-align:center">33 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Max_Verstappen" title="Max Verstappen">Max Verstappen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bull Racing</a>-<a href="/wiki/Honda_in_Formula_One" title="Honda in Formula One">Honda</a> </td> <td>58 </td> <td>1:30:17.345 </td> <td style="text-align:center">1 </td> <td style="text-align:center">26<a href="#endnote_2">1</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td style="text-align:center">44 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>58 </td> <td>+2.256 </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td> <td style="text-align:center">18 </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td style="text-align:center">55 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Yuki_Tsunoda" title="Yuki Tsunoda">Yuki Tsunoda</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_AlphaTauri" title="Scuderia AlphaTauri">AlphaTauri</a>-<a href="/wiki/Honda_in_Formula_One" title="Honda in Formula One">Honda</a> </td> <td>58 </td> <td>+5.692 </td> <td style="text-align:center">8 </td> <td style="text-align:center">12 </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td style="text-align:center">10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Gasly" title="Pierre Gasly">Pierre Gasly</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scuderia_AlphaTauri" title="Scuderia AlphaTauri">AlphaTauri</a>-<a href="/wiki/Honda_in_Formula_One" title="Honda in Formula One">Honda</a> </td> <td>58 </td> <td>+6.531 </td> <td style="text-align:center">12 </td> <td style="text-align:center">10 </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td style="text-align:center">77 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Lando_Norris" title="Lando Norris">Lando Norris</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>58 </td> <td>+59.200 </td> <td style="text-align:center">3 </td> <td style="text-align:center">6 </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td style="text-align:center">14 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Alonso" title="Fernando Alonso">Fernando Alonso</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alpine_F1_Team" title="Alpine F1 Team">Alpine</a>-<a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td>58 </td> <td>+1:01.708 </td> <td style="text-align:center">11 </td> <td style="text-align:center">4 </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td style="text-align:center">31 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Esteban_Ocon" title="Esteban Ocon">Esteban Ocon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alpine_F1_Team" title="Alpine F1 Team">Alpine</a>-<a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td>58 </td> <td>+1:04.026 </td> <td style="text-align:center">9 </td> <td style="text-align:center">2 </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td style="text-align:center">16 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Monaco" title="Monaco"><img alt="Monaco" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg/19px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg/29px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg/38px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="800" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Charles_Leclerc" title="Charles 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href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>58 </td> <td>+1:07.527 </td> <td style="text-align:center">15 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td style="text-align:center">3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Ricciardo" title="Daniel Ricciardo">Daniel Ricciardo</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>57 </td> <td>+1 lap </td> <td style="text-align:center">10 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td style="text-align:center">18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Lance_Stroll" title="Lance Stroll">Lance Stroll</a> </td> <td><a 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Team">Haas</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>57 </td> <td>+1 lap </td> <td style="text-align:center">19 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>15<a href="#endnote_3">2</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center">11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Sergio_P%C3%A9rez" title="Sergio Pérez">Sergio Pérez</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bull Racing</a>-<a href="/wiki/Honda_in_Formula_One" title="Honda in Formula One">Honda</a> </td> <td>55 </td> <td>Oil pressure </td> <td style="text-align:center">4 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="995"><abbr title="Retired">Ret</abbr> </th> <td style="text-align:center">6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Latifi" title="Nicholas Latifi">Nicholas Latifi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Williams_Grand_Prix_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams Grand Prix Engineering">Williams</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>50 </td> <td>Accident </td> <td style="text-align:center">16 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="996"><abbr title="Retired">Ret</abbr> </th> <td style="text-align:center">99 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Giovinazzi" title="Antonio Giovinazzi">Antonio Giovinazzi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alfa_Romeo_in_Formula_One" title="Alfa Romeo in Formula One">Alfa Romeo Racing</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>33 </td> <td>Hydraulics </td> <td style="text-align:center">14 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="997"><abbr title="Retired">Ret</abbr> </th> <td style="text-align:center">63 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/George_Russell_(racing_driver)" title="George Russell (racing driver)">George Russell</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Williams_Grand_Prix_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Williams Grand Prix Engineering">Williams</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td>26 </td> <td>Gearbox </td> <td style="text-align:center">17 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="998"><abbr title="Retired">Ret</abbr> </th> <td style="text-align:center">7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Kimi_R%C3%A4ikk%C3%B6nen" title="Kimi Räikkönen">Kimi Räikkönen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alfa_Romeo_in_Formula_One" title="Alfa Romeo in Formula One">Alfa Romeo Racing</a>-<a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td>25 </td> <td>Brakes </td> <td style="text-align:center">18 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="8" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Fastest_lap" title="Fastest lap">Fastest lap</a>: <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Max_Verstappen" title="Max Verstappen">Max Verstappen</a> (<a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bull Racing</a>-<a href="/wiki/Honda_in_Formula_One" title="Honda in Formula One">Honda</a>) – 1:26.103 (lap 39) </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="8" style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center">Source:<a href="#cite_note-Starting_grid-27">[26]</a><a href="#cite_note-Race_result-36">[35]</a><a href="#cite_note-37">[36]</a><a href="#cite_note-38">[37]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> Notes <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><a href="#ref_2">^1</a> – Includes one point for fastest lap.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><a href="#ref_3">^2</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sergio_P%C3%A9rez" title="Sergio Pérez">Sergio Pérez</a> was classified, as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.<a href="#cite_note-Race_result-36">[35]</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><a href="#ref_4">^3</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nikita_Mazepin" title="Nikita Mazepin">Nikita Mazepin</a> withdrew before the race as he tested positive for <a href="/wiki/Severe_acute_respiratory_syndrome_coronavirus_2" class="mw-redirect" title="Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2">coronavirus</a>. His place on the grid was left vacant.<a href="#cite_note-Mazepin-28">[27]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Safety_car_controversy">Safety car controversy</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Safety car controversy">edit</a>]</div> Race director <a href="/wiki/Michael_Masi" title="Michael Masi">Michael Masi</a> was involved in a safety car procedure controversy during the last laps of the race.<a href="#cite_note-39">[38]</a><a href="#cite_note-40">[39]</a><a href="#cite_note-41">[40]</a> On lap 57 of the race, during which Hamilton was leading, Masi allowed only the five cars directly in between championship contenders Hamilton and Verstappen to unlap themselves before the restart. The race restarted the same lap, and the safety car failed to do the mandatory extra lap after. Once the safety car pulled off on this lap and the cars in position one and two were allowed to race, Verstappen overtook Hamilton at turn 5 and won the 2021 World Drivers' Championship.<a href="#cite_note-42">[41]</a><a href="#cite_note-:3-43">[42]</a><a href="#cite_note-44">[43]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mercedes'_post-race_protests">Mercedes' post-race protests</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Mercedes' post-race protests">edit</a>]</div> Mercedes protested the race result,<a href="#cite_note-45">[44]</a><a href="#cite_note-46">[45]</a> alleging that Verstappen had overtaken Hamilton during the safety car<a href="#cite_note-47">[46]</a> and that Masi violated safety car procedure by allowing the cars directly in front of Verstappen to unlap themselves, and no others, and that according to regulations the restart should have occurred the following lap, which would have resulted in Hamilton's victory.<a href="#cite_note-48">[47]</a><a href="#cite_note-49">[48]</a><a href="#cite_note-50">[49]</a> While the first issue was dismissed because Verstappen was not ahead at the end of the safety car period,<a href="#cite_note-51">[50]</a> the second issue was more contentious, with Mercedes retaining legal counsel for the protest.<a href="#cite_note-52">[51]</a><a href="#cite_note-Collantine-53">[52]</a> Mercedes argued that if a message for lapped cars to overtake is issued under Article 48.12, then all lapped cars are required to unlap, and that the safety car was required to wait until the end of the following lap to return to the pit lane; if this process was complied with, Mercedes submitted that Hamilton would have won the race and therefore the championship, and requested that the classification be amended as such. Red Bull argued that a) the regulation stated "any cars", not "all cars", were required to overtake under Articles 48.12; b) 48.13, which governs the withdrawal of the safety car, overrides Article 48.12; c) Article 15.3 gives the race director overriding authority over the use of the safety car; and d) the race result would not have changed if all eight lapped cars were permitted to unlap. Masi argued that the principle behind Article 48.12 was to remove cars which "interfered" with drivers racing on the lead lap and that all teams had agreed in principle that all races should end under racing conditions.<a href="#cite_note-Verdict-54">[53]</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote">The clerk of the course shall work in permanent consultation with the Race Director. The Race Director shall have overriding authority in the following matters and the clerk of the course may give orders in respect of them only with his express agreement: ... e) The use of the safety car. ... If the clerk of the course considers it safe to do so, and the message "LAPPED CARS MAY NOW OVERTAKE" has been sent to all Competitors via the official messaging system, any cars that have been lapped by the leader will be required to pass the cars on the lead lap and the safety car. ... Having overtaken the cars on the lead lap and the safety car these cars should then proceed around the track at an appropriate speed, without overtaking, and make every effort to take up position at the back of the line of cars behind the safety car. ... Unless the clerk of the course considers the presence of the safety car is still necessary, once the last lapped car has passed the leader the safety car will return to the pits at the end of the following lap. ... When the clerk of the course decides it is safe to call in the safety car the message "SAFETY CAR IN THIS LAP" will be sent to all Competitors via the official messaging system and the car's orange lights will be extinguished. This will be the signal to the Competitors and drivers that it will be entering the pit lane at the end of that lap. At this point the first car in line behind the safety car may dictate the pace and, if necessary, fall more than ten car lengths behind it. ... As the safety car is approaching the pit entry the SC boards will be withdrawn and, other than on the last lap of the sprint qualifying session or the race, as the leader approaches the Line the yellow flags will be withdrawn and a green flag and/or green light panel will be displayed at the Line.<div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Articles 15.13, 48.12, and 48.13, 2021 Formula One Sporting Regulations<a href="#cite_note-55">[54]</a></cite></div></blockquote> The stewards dismissed the protest<a href="#cite_note-56">[55]</a> on the grounds that, according to article 48.13 and 15.3 in the Formula One sporting regulations, the race director has the "overriding authority" to amend any rule regarding safety car procedure as deemed necessary, and to declare Hamilton the winner for leading at lap 57 would retrospectively shorten the race.<a href="#cite_note-57">[56]</a><a href="#cite_note-58">[57]</a> With the protests dismissed, Verstappen was provisionally confirmed as the world champion, pending any appeal. Mercedes lodged their intention to appeal to the FIA's International Court of Appeal citing potential breaches of Article 15 of the International Sporting Code and Article 10 of the FIA's Judicial and Disciplinary Code, with the team given 96 hours after the race had concluded to decide whether they wished to take the matter further.<a href="#cite_note-59">[58]</a><a href="#cite_note-60">[59]</a> Mercedes lodged<a href="#cite_note-61">[60]</a> their intentions to appeal the ruling.<a href="#cite_note-62">[61]</a> Following the FIA's announcement that it would conduct a "detailed analysis and clarification exercise" of the incident and its admission that the controversy was "tarnishing the image" of the sport, Mercedes decided not to pursue their appeal,<a href="#cite_note-63">[62]</a> and announced the discontinuation of their protest on 16 December, several hours before the submission deadline.<a href="#cite_note-65">[b]</a><a href="#cite_note-66">[64]</a> Amongst the reasons to discontinue, Wolff said that neither he nor Hamilton wished to be awarded the drivers' championship in court, and instead would focus their efforts in to ensuring an equitable result from the FIA's investigation into the sporting code. Wolff remained heavily critical of Masi's direction of the race—in particular, Wolff criticised Masi's decision in Abu Dhabi as being inconsistent with a decision at the <a href="/wiki/2020_Eifel_Grand_Prix" title="2020 Eifel Grand Prix">2020 Eifel Grand Prix</a>, where Masi cited the need to let all cars unlap to extend a safety car period—and both he and Hamilton boycotted the <a href="/wiki/FIA_Prize_Giving_Ceremony" title="FIA Prize Giving Ceremony">FIA Prize Giving Ceremony</a> that evening.<a href="#cite_note-Horton_2021-67">[65]</a> Hamilton was later fined for not attending; he asked the FIA to donate the fine as contribution towards the work the body carries out with underprivileged children.<a href="#cite_note-:1-68">[66]</a> The statement also fuelled speculation that Hamilton could announce a snap retirement after being disillusioned by the race's events, although Wolff indicated both he and his driver would continue in the sport after a period of reflection in the off-season.<a href="#cite_note-Horton_2021-67">[65]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Race_reactions_and_commentary">Race reactions and commentary</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Race reactions and commentary">edit</a>]</div> In the immediate post-race interview, Hamilton and his father Anthony congratulated Verstappen and his family on his first World Drivers' Championship.<a href="#cite_note-69">[67]</a> Several drivers criticised Masi's decision which was seen as a divergence from standard safety car procedure. In a last-lap radio message to his race engineer <a href="/wiki/Peter_Bonnington" title="Peter Bonnington">Peter Bonnington</a>, that was not played on the television feed, Hamilton said the race result had been "manipulated".<a href="#cite_note-70">[68]</a> Russell, who was signed to be Hamilton's teammate at Mercedes in 2022, called the race finishing decision of race director Michael Masi "unacceptable".<a href="#cite_note-71">[69]</a> Norris, who was situated at the front of the five cars permitted to unlap, said the decision to go racing again on the last lap was made "for TV", and Alonso, Ocon, Leclerc, and Vettel, the drivers of the other four cars in the pack, also expressed confusion at the sudden instruction to unlap.<a href="#cite_note-72">[70]</a> <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Ricciardo" title="Daniel Ricciardo">Daniel Ricciardo</a>, who was situated immediately behind Verstappen during the safety car period and was not permitted to unlap himself, said he was "speechless" at the instruction, especially as it did not allow him to also race the five-car pack on newer soft-compound tyres, and Sainz Jr., who was positioned behind Ricciardo and <a href="/wiki/Lance_Stroll" title="Lance Stroll">Lance Stroll</a>'s cars upon the restart and was under pressure from Tsunoda, <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Gasly" title="Pierre Gasly">Pierre Gasly</a>, and Bottas, opined that the decision to resume racing under the circumstances "nearly cost [him his] podium".<a href="#cite_note-73">[71]</a> Speaking at Aston Martin's 2022 car launch in February 2022, Stroll described the Abu Dhabi situation as "ridiculous" and that rules should be set in stone before a season starts.<a href="#cite_note-74">[72]</a> Masi's decisions were criticised on social media and by racing drivers as unusual and to contrive excitement.<a href="#cite_note-Wood_2021-75">[73]</a> <a href="/wiki/1996_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="1996 Formula One World Championship">1996</a> world champion <a href="/wiki/Damon_Hill" title="Damon Hill">Damon Hill</a> commented that the decision appeared without precedent, stating that it was "a new way of running the sport, where the Race Director can make these ad hoc decisions".<a href="#cite_note-76">[74]</a> Former world champion <a href="/wiki/Nico_Rosberg" title="Nico Rosberg">Nico Rosberg</a> felt that Masi "did not follow the rules", and said that <a href="/wiki/Christian_Horner" title="Christian Horner">Christian Horner</a> demanding "one more lap of racing" to Masi via radio was inappropriate,<a href="#cite_note-77">[75]</a><a href="#cite_note-78">[76]</a> but sympathised with Masi, commenting: "He's got the whole world watching and he has to decide in the next 15 seconds what he's doing."<a href="#cite_note-79">[77]</a> Writing for <a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports" title="Fox Sports">Fox Sports</a>, Jack Austin stated that Formula One "engineered" the finish to increase viewer excitement.<a href="#cite_note-:3-43">[42]</a><a href="#cite_note-Wood_2021-75">[73]</a> Jordan Bianchi of <a href="/wiki/The_Athletic" title="The Athletic">The Athletic</a> echoed a similar sentiment, suggesting that Masi's decision was to ensure that "<a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a> gets another juicy storyline for the next season of <a href="/wiki/Formula_1:_Drive_to_Survive" title="Formula 1: Drive to Survive">Drive to Survive</a>", and also questioned his capability in effectively officiating a race.<a href="#cite_note-80">[78]</a> The fairness of Masi's decision in changing safety car procedure was also disputed. <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Swedish</a> former racing driver, <a href="/wiki/Stefan_Johansson" title="Stefan Johansson">Stefan Johansson</a>, commented: "Whether it's intentional or not, the entertainment value of this controversy has gone through the roof. But I think there has to be a balance somewhere because the decisions Masi made ... completely ignored any level of common sense as to what would have been a fair way to handle the situation".<a href="#cite_note-81">[79]</a> India's first Formula One driver, <a href="/wiki/Narain_Karthikeyan" title="Narain Karthikeyan">Narain Karthikeyan</a>, also questioned the concept of fairness: "It was a great battle for the championship but what happened yesterday it wasn't sport. You need close battles in Formula One but it has to be fair at the same time ... What happened was not fair".<a href="#cite_note-:0-82">[80]</a> German former <a href="/wiki/Rallying" title="Rallying">rally</a> champion <a href="/wiki/Walter_R%C3%B6hrl" title="Walter Röhrl">Walter Röhrl</a> called for races to be decided on the track or in a "fair, clear process that is not influenced by any opaque external decisions".<a href="#cite_note-83">[81]</a> Dutch former Formula One driver <a href="/wiki/Christijan_Albers" title="Christijan Albers">Christijan Albers</a> also raised the issue of fairness: "Michael Masi seemed a bit unsure at a few races last year. He made some ambiguous decisions. But he certainly played a decisive role in the final leg of the season, which left many in bewilderment. Everyone wanted the season finale to be fair".<a href="#cite_note-84">[82]</a> Writing in <a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a>, <a href="/wiki/Matt_Dickinson_(journalist)" title="Matt Dickinson (journalist)">Matt Dickinson</a> agreed the officiating process should be thoroughly reviewed, he rejected complaints that the decision could have been made for entertainment on the grounds that "rules in sport are contrived – and frequently tweaked to make a sport more entertaining – and we should not pretend that there is only one perspective of justice, or that sport is an endless pursuit of fairness."<a href="#cite_note-85">[83]</a> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> peer and vice-chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Formula One, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Hain" title="Peter Hain">Peter Hain</a>, commented that the events at the finale was not good for the sport. Hain said: "It may be exciting and it may be dramatic, it may gain the audiences that Formula One craves, but you have to think of the credibility and the integrity of the sport in the longer term ... the FIA can't afford to have Formula One tarnished in this way".<a href="#cite_note-86">[84]</a> <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> chief Formula One writer Andrew Benson commented that Masi had changed his mind about the procedure, going back to the <a href="/wiki/2020_Eifel_Grand_Prix" title="2020 Eifel Grand Prix">2020 Eifel Grand Prix</a>, when both Hamilton and Verstappen complained that the safety car procedure was unnecessarily long.<a href="#cite_note-87">[85]</a> Several analysts stated that Masi's decision had direct bearings on the championship results. Andrew Benson, writing for the BBC, opined in March 2022 that if Masi had allowed all lapped cars to un-lap themselves, the race would not have restarted at all, and Hamilton would have won both the race and championship.<a href="#cite_note-88">[86]</a> <a href="/wiki/David_Croft_(broadcaster)" title="David Croft (broadcaster)">David Croft</a> stated that Hamilton would have won the race and the championship had "the rules been adhered to as they are written".<a href="#cite_note-89">[87]</a> Formula One driver <a href="/wiki/Karun_Chandhok" title="Karun Chandhok">Karun Chandhok</a> stated that Verstappen would have won the championship, even if the normal procedure had been followed, "had the lapped cars gone past before the end of lap 56".<a href="#cite_note-90">[88]</a> Dutch newspaper <a href="/wiki/NRC_Handelsblad" class="mw-redirect" title="NRC Handelsblad">NRC Handelsblad</a> noted the role that luck had played throughout the season, and that it was not Verstappen's fault that his win had "become tainted with controversy".<a href="#cite_note-91">[89]</a> Others drew attention to the pressure placed on Masi in ending the safety car. Dutch newspaper <a href="/wiki/De_Volkskrant" title="De Volkskrant">De Volkskrant</a> made note of the immense pressure on a Formula One race director to make snap decisions, and expressed sympathy with Masi on that basis.<a href="#cite_note-92">[90]</a> Ferrari team principal <a href="/wiki/Mattia_Binotto" title="Mattia Binotto">Mattia Binotto</a> defended Masi, saying that "his job was the most difficult job on the planet at that time."<a href="#cite_note-93">[91]</a> Four-time world champion Vettel defended Masi and the stewards, commenting: "Everyone has an opinion, I think leave the stewards alone, it's tough enough as it is. Ideally we'd like more consistency but there's also a human side, so it's probably difficult to get it 100 percent right, but it has to be our target, so we need to see what we can improve."<a href="#cite_note-94">[92]</a> McLaren team principal <a href="/wiki/Andreas_Seidl" title="Andreas Seidl">Andreas Seidl</a> said that Masi's role needs to be understood in the context of an intense title battle and appreciated.<a href="#cite_note-95">[93]</a> Horner defended Masi's decision making, saying Mercedes lost the race due to strategic errors rather than from the restart.<a href="#cite_note-96">[94]</a> Formula One driver <a href="/wiki/Narain_Karthikeyan" title="Narain Karthikeyan">Narain Karthikeyan</a> stated Mercedes had made the right strategic decisions and questioned Masi's ability to handle pressure.<a href="#cite_note-:0-82">[80]</a> Former Formula One driver <a href="/wiki/Romain_Grosjean" title="Romain Grosjean">Romain Grosjean</a> defended Masi's decision and commented: "There's a few ways of seeing it. It would have been very strange to not unlap those cars and have Lewis first and then Max four cars behind over one lap for the world championship. And, on the other hand, for Lewis it was definitely not a great call. But as a TV fan, as a spectator, as for the sport, I think Michael Masi made the right decision."<a href="#cite_note-97">[95]</a> Latifi apologised for causing the crash which led to the controversial safety car period. Latifi stated that he received abuse and death threats from some fans on social media.<a href="#cite_note-98">[96]</a> Latifi subsequently issued a statement condemning the online abuse he received.<a href="#cite_note-99">[97]</a> Latifi stated that he had received messages of support from Hamilton and that he had to be accompanied by additional personal security when attending events ahead of the 2022 season. He also confirmed personal plans to highlight the effect on mental health that online abuse can have on people, following his own personal research into the subject.<a href="#cite_note-100">[98]</a> Masi has also been subject to social media abuse and death threats as a result of the race controversy.<a href="#cite_note-101">[99]</a> On 11 January 2022, the BBC reported that Hamilton was considering his future in the sport pending the outcome of FIA's upcoming report into the events of the race with the Formula One paddock expecting the FIA to take significant action as a result of the race, including the replacement of Masi as FIA race director, with Hamilton ultimately staying in the sport.<a href="#cite_note-102">[100]</a> According to BBC journalist Benson, Masi had "failed to apply the rules correctly in two different ways" and that Mercedes denied claims that they dropped their post race appeal after being assured that Masi would step down or be removed from his role.<a href="#cite_note-Benson_2022-103">[101]</a> Formula One journalist <a href="/wiki/Mark_Hughes_(journalist)" title="Mark Hughes (journalist)">Mark Hughes</a> said Hamilton's silence since the race had echoes of <a href="/wiki/Ayrton_Senna" title="Ayrton Senna">Ayrton Senna</a>'s past feud with the governing body after the championship deciders in <a href="/wiki/1989_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="1989 Formula One World Championship">1989</a> and <a href="/wiki/1990_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="1990 Formula One World Championship">1990</a>.<a href="#cite_note-104">[102]</a> Mitchell commented that the Abu Dhabi situation was just one part of wider dissatisfaction from teams with how the FIA had begun to apply regulations in the seasons following Masi's appointment in 2019.<a href="#cite_note-Mitchell_2022-105">[103]</a> Meanwhile, on the subject of Hamilton potentially announcing a snap retirement, <a href="/wiki/1978_Formula_One_season" title="1978 Formula One season">1978</a> World Champion <a href="/wiki/Mario_Andretti" title="Mario Andretti">Mario Andretti</a> believed the desire to try an win an eighth title would prove too hard to resist regardless of the outcome of the inquiry and that Hamilton would drive in the 2022 season and that Hamilton would be doing a "disservice" to himself if he did not race for another season.<a href="#cite_note-106">[104]</a> McLaren CEO <a href="/wiki/Zak_Brown" title="Zak Brown">Zak Brown</a> said the sport should not just automatically assume that Hamilton was going to stay on in the sport for 2022, though Brown personally expected him to contest it.<a href="#cite_note-107">[105]</a> Brown also cited the Abu Dhabi controversy along with the last minute cancellation of the <a href="/wiki/2020_Australian_Grand_Prix" title="2020 Australian Grand Prix">2020 Australian Grand Prix</a> and the handling of the running of the rain affected <a href="/wiki/2021_Belgian_Grand_Prix" title="2021 Belgian Grand Prix">2021 Belgian Grand Prix</a> as signs or symptoms of the fact the FIA had shown itself to be suffering from organisational and rule-making problems for a significant period of time and urgently needed to be resolved. The <a href="/wiki/1997_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="1997 Formula One World Championship">1997</a> World Champion <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Villeneuve" title="Jacques Villeneuve">Jacques Villeneuve</a> opined that Hamilton was staying silent because he was trying to distance himself from Mercedes boss <a href="/wiki/Toto_Wolff" title="Toto Wolff">Toto Wolff</a> and perhaps considering a career in the film industry.<a href="#cite_note-108">[106]</a> Hamilton subsequently broke his silence, continuing to race for the <a href="/wiki/2022_Formula_One_World_Championship" title="2022 Formula One World Championship">2022 season</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="FIA_inquiry_and_regulation_changes">FIA inquiry and regulation changes</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: FIA inquiry and regulation changes">edit</a>]</div> On 15 December 2021, the FIA announced that it would be investigating the running of the race with the goal of learning what happened and to determine if adjustments are needed for the safety car procedure. The FIA review started in January 2022.<a href="#cite_note-Mitchell_2022-105">[103]</a> In the same statement, the FIA stated that misunderstandings from teams, drivers, and fans had "tarnished the image" of the World Drivers' Championship.<a href="#cite_note-109">[107]</a><a href="#cite_note-110">[108]</a><a href="#cite_note-111">[109]</a> Formula One journalist Scott Mitchell criticised the FIA's initial statement in response to the controversy for its suggestion that fans had misunderstood events that occurred at the end of the Grand Prix.<a href="#cite_note-112">[110]</a> Speaking on 17 December 2021, FIA president Mohamed bin Sulayem hinted he was considering making changes to avoid such controversy in future, and did not rule out the possibility of removing Masi from his role of Formula One race director.<a href="#cite_note-113">[111]</a> On 13 January 2022, the FIA hinted that it was considering making changes to the safety car procedures as well as its own internal operational structure within Formula One after the FIA launched a consultation with all ten Formula One teams on "various issues", including a review of the events in Abu Dhabi. The <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> reported that Mercedes had dropped their appeal against the results after reaching a <a href="/wiki/Quid_pro_quo" title="Quid pro quo">quid pro quo</a> agreement with the FIA, in which Masi and Formula One's technical director <a href="/wiki/Nikolas_Tombazis" title="Nikolas Tombazis">Nikolas Tombazis</a> would not be in the same position for the 2022 season, in exchange for dropping their appeal. It was also reported that Wolff would have a personal meeting with Sulayem to discuss the way forward from the incident, including the future of race director Masi. Drivers were expected to cite what they perceived to be a lenient attitude by Masi and race stewards towards Verstappen's driving during the 2021 season, with Andrew Benson of <a href="/wiki/BBC_Sport" title="BBC Sport">BBC Sport</a> saying this could result in the FIA being forced to take a harder line on driving standards in future,<a href="#cite_note-114">[112]</a> and the FIA subsequently published these new guidelines ahead of the 2022 season which included stricter rules on wheel to wheel combat and stricter and better defined imposing of track limits.<a href="#cite_note-115">[113]</a> Former Formula One driver-turned commentator <a href="/wiki/Martin_Brundle" title="Martin Brundle">Martin Brundle</a> also commented on the controversy, stating that "removing Masi won't solve F1's credibility concerns" caused by the incident,<a href="#cite_note-116">[114]</a> and three-time Grand Prix winner <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Herbert" title="Johnny Herbert">Johnny Herbert</a> felt Masi had done "too much damage" to the sport's reputation with his action and should be replaced.<a href="#cite_note-117">[115]</a> On 28 January 2022, the BBC reported that Masi would be replaced as part of a restructure to the FIA's Formula One race weekend officiating system with race officials expected to be given more flexibility through rule tweaks over matters, such as deployment of the safety car and that teams will likely be prohibited from talking to the race director on stewards decisions as part of such reforms.<a href="#cite_note-118">[116]</a> The Race and Sky Sports also ran similar stories on Masi being replaced.<a href="#cite_note-119">[117]</a> The Race's article further stated that some of the responsibilities of the race director could be reassigned to different personnel. FIA secretary General Peter Bayer stated that the race director had "too much" to cope with. Bayer also stated that Masi could stay with the organisation in another capacity, even if he was to be replaced in role of race director.<a href="#cite_note-120">[118]</a> On 9 February 2022 it emerged the FIA had added previously unheard radio messages between Masi and Red Bull team manager <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Wheatley" title="Jonathan Wheatley">Jonathan Wheatley</a> to their lines of inquiry. This exchange seems to suggest that Masi seemed to be taking instructions from Wheatley with the Red Bull team manager appearing to tell Masi he did not need to let all the lapped cars unlap themselves and to withdraw the safety car quickly.<a href="#cite_note-121">[119]</a><a href="#cite_note-122">[120]</a> Following its investigation and a meeting of the F1 Commission on 14 February 2022 the FIA said it would reveal an 'action plan' for structural changes within its organisation later that same week.<a href="#cite_note-123">[121]</a> On 17 February 2022, race control was restructured, with Masi removed from the position of race director and with <a href="/wiki/Eduardo_Freitas" title="Eduardo Freitas">Eduardo Freitas</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Niels_Wittich&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Niels Wittich (page does not exist)">Niels Wittich</a> alternating in the role with former deputy race director <a href="/wiki/Herbie_Blash" title="Herbie Blash">Herbie Blash</a> as a permanent advisor and a new virtual race control with the parameters of acceptable communication between teams and race director being restricted to reduce lobbying.<a href="#cite_note-124">[122]</a> Radio transmissions between teams and the FIA will no longer be broadcast on television coverage to ease pressure on race officials.<a href="#cite_note-125">[123]</a> The FIA subsequently revealed regulation changes regarding safety car procedures to be used from the 2022 season onwards. Under these changes rather than waiting until the lap after the last car has unlapped itself from the leader, the safety car will now be withdrawn one lap after the instruction that lapped cars may unlap themselves has been given.<a href="#cite_note-126">[124]</a> In a Sky Sports F1 documentary (released after Masi's removal as race director reviewing the title battle between Hamilton and Verstappen), Mercedes boss Toto Wolff stated he had "never spoken with Masi since the race" and "did not wish to ever speak to him again", and claimed that Masi had "bromance" with Red Bull team manager Jonathan Wheatley suggesting that Masi may have been unduly influenced by Red Bull relating to decisions over restart positions in Saudi Arabia and the Abu Dhabi final lap restart which Wolff likened to the abolished <a href="/wiki/Golden_goal" title="Golden goal">golden goal</a> rule formerly used in <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a>.<a href="#cite_note-127">[125]</a> Furthermore, in remarks published on 11 April 2022 Wolff referred to former race director Masi as having been a "liability" to the sport and hinted that Masi did not take well to receiving feedback or criticism from anybody as well as suggesting that Masi had acted disrespectfully at times towards some drivers in driver briefings on occasions.<a href="#cite_note-128">[126]</a> Following the removal of Masi as race director, Verstappen stated that he does not care for the opinion of fans who say his title win might have been tarnished by Masi's actions.<a href="#cite_note-129">[127]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="FIA_official_report_into_the_Abu_Dhabi_controversy">FIA official report into the Abu Dhabi controversy</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: FIA official report into the Abu Dhabi controversy">edit</a>]</div> In March 2022, the FIA published their official report. The conclusions were as follows:<a href="#cite_note-130">[128]</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote">30. The safety car unlapping procedure was a central topic of discussion during the detailed analysis and clarification exercise, stemming from the misunderstanding regarding the application of this procedure at the 2021 Abu Dhabi GP, pursuant to Articles 48.12 and 48.13 of the F1 Sporting Regulations. 31. It was apparent from the analysis that there could be different interpretations of Article 48.12 and/or Article 48.13, and that this likely contributed to some of the confusion surrounding the safety car unlapping procedure. It was therefore considered that these provisions of the F1 Sporting Regulations would benefit from clarification. 32. It was also considered that the decisions regarding the safety car at the end of the 2021 Abu Dhabi GP likely took into account previous discussions (including at meetings of the F1 SAC, the F1 Commission, and F1 Team Managers) that made clear the F1 teams’ preference to end races under green flag racing conditions, rather than behind a safety car, when safe to do so. The F1 drivers’ consultation confirmed that finishing a race under green flag racing conditions remains desirable, but that safety should always come first. If for safety reasons it is not possible to withdraw the safety car, the F1 teams confirmed that they would accept finishing the race under safety car conditions. 33. The process of identifying the lapped cars used to be a manual process. For 2022 season a software has been developed that will automate the communication of the list of cars that must unlap themselves. 34. In a recent E-Vote, the WMSC has confirmed a rule change that clarifies that in case of unlapping “all” cars rather than “any” cars have to unlap. Further investigation into the F1 timing system shall clarify whether a “virtual unlapping” procedure could bring advantages and simplification. 35. The results of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and the FIA Formula One World Championship are valid, final and cannot now be changed. In accordance with the rules, Mercedes made a protest to the stewards after the race, seeking to change the race classification. The stewards dismissed the protest and Mercedes then had an opportunity to appeal that decision to the FIA International Court of Appeal, but did not do so. There are no other available mechanisms in the rules for amending the race classification.</blockquote> The report noted that differing interpretations of Article 48.12 and/or 48.13 "likely contributed to some of the confusion surrounding the safety car unlapping procedure".<a href="#cite_note-131">[129]</a> The report concluded that Masi had acted in good faith and that there could be different interpretations of the rules. The findings also stated that the communication between the team principals of Mercedes and Red Bull with Masi during the final laps was inappropriate, and recommended changes be made "in order to protect the Race Director from any pressure and allow him to take decisions peacefully". The report further confirmed that the 2021 Formula One World Championship results remained valid.<a href="#cite_note-132">[130]</a> Recommendations were made to clarify the safety car regulations and to clamp down on radio communications between the teams and race control.<a href="#cite_note-:2-5">[5]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Final_Championship_standings">Final Championship standings</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Final Championship standings">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> Drivers' Championship standings <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"> </th> <th scope="col"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">Pos. </th> <th scope="col">Driver </th> <th scope="col">Points </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Unchanged" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Max_Verstappen" title="Max Verstappen">Max Verstappen</a> </td> <td align="left">395.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Unchanged" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a> </td> <td align="left">387.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Unchanged" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Valtteri_Bottas" title="Valtteri Bottas">Valtteri Bottas</a> </td> <td align="left">226 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Unchanged" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="center">4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Sergio_P%C3%A9rez" title="Sergio Pérez">Sergio Pérez</a> </td> <td align="left">190 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/File:1uparrow_green.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/10px-1uparrow_green.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/15px-1uparrow_green.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/1uparrow_green.svg/20px-1uparrow_green.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a> 2 </td> <td align="center">5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Sainz_Jr." title="Carlos Sainz Jr.">Carlos Sainz Jr.</a> </td> <td align="left">164.5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4">Source:<a href="#cite_note-champ-133">[131]</a> </th></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> Constructors' Championship standings <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"> </th> <th scope="col"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319">Pos. </th> <th scope="col">Constructor </th> <th scope="col">Points </th></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Unchanged" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_in_Formula_One" title="Mercedes-Benz in Formula One">Mercedes</a> </td> <td align="left">613.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Unchanged" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria"><img alt="Austria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Red_Bull_Racing" title="Red Bull Racing">Red Bull Racing</a>-<a href="/wiki/Honda_in_Formula_One" title="Honda in Formula One">Honda</a> </td> <td align="left">585.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Unchanged" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> </td> <td align="left">323.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Unchanged" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="center">4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/McLaren" title="McLaren">McLaren</a>-<a href="/wiki/Mercedes_AMG_High_Performance_Powertrains" title="Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains">Mercedes</a> </td> <td align="left">275 </td></tr> <tr> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/File:1rightarrow_blue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Unchanged" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/10px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/15px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/1rightarrow_blue.svg/20px-1rightarrow_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a> </td> <td align="center">5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a> <a href="/wiki/Alpine_F1_Team" title="Alpine F1 Team">Alpine</a>-<a href="/wiki/Renault_in_Formula_One" title="Renault in Formula One">Renault</a> </td> <td align="left">155 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4">Source:<a href="#cite_note-champ-133">[131]</a> </th></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <ul><li>Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2021_Yas_Island_Formula_2_round" title="2021 Yas Island Formula 2 round">2021 Yas Island Formula 2 round</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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competitor using the designation RAF (<a href="/wiki/Russian_Automobile_Federation" title="Russian Automobile Federation">Russian Automobile Federation</a>), as the <a href="/wiki/Court_of_Arbitration_for_Sport" title="Court of Arbitration for Sport">Court of Arbitration for Sport</a> upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the <a href="/wiki/World_Anti-Doping_Agency" title="World Anti-Doping Agency">World Anti-Doping Agency</a> in response to the <a href="/wiki/Doping_in_Russia" title="Doping in Russia">state-sponsored doping program</a> of Russian athletes.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-65"><a href="#cite_ref-65">^</a> Before renouncing their appeal, commentary from a lawyer in <a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a> suggested that Mercedes would be in a strong position to mount legal action, although they noted the conflict between Mercedes wishing to stress sporting integrity versus the increasing commercialisation of the sport.<a href="#cite_note-64">[63]</a> Another lawyer later confirmed this view that Mercedes has a "good legal basis" for their protest.<a href="#cite_note-Collantine-53">[52]</a> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFSmith2021" class="citation web cs1">Smith, Luke (28 August 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/formula-1-reveals-updated-2021-calendar-drops-to-22-races/6655341/">"Formula 1 reveals updated 2021 calendar, drops to 22 races"</a>. 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