There was only one podium finishing car at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that was powered by Mercedes today but it was a good season for Mercedes power with three out of the top five drivers driving Mercedes powered cars and two of the top three teams being Mercedes powered. The results for the season are noted at the bottom of this post.

Abu Dhabi GP Results:

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts
1 15 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 55 1:34:03.414 2 10
2 14 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 55 +17.8 secs 3 8
3 22 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 55 +18.4 secs 5 6
4 23 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 55 +22.7 secs 4 5
5 6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 55 +26.2 secs 8 4
6 10 Kamui Kobayashi Toyota 55 +28.3 secs 12 3
7 9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 55 +34.3 secs 6 2
8 12 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 55 +41.2 secs 10 1
9 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 55 +45.9 secs 9
10 5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 55 +48.1 secs 7
11 2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 55 +52.7 secs 18
12 4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 55 +54.3 secs 11
13 17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 55 +59.8 secs 13
14 7 Fernando Alonso Renault 55 +69.6 secs 15
15 21 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 55 +94.4 secs 16
16 3 Giancarlo Fisichella Ferrari 54 +1 Lap 20
17 20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 54 +1 Lap 17
18 8 Romain Grosjean Renault 54 +1 Lap 19
Ret 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 19 Brakes 1
Ret 11 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 17 Gearbox 14

2009 Season Results:

Pos Team Points
1 Brawn-Mercedes 172
2 RBR-Renault 153.5
3 McLaren-Mercedes 71
4 Ferrari 70
5 Toyota 59.5
6 BMW Sauber 36
7 Williams-Toyota 34.5
8 Renault 26
9 Force India-Mercedes 13
10 STR-Ferrari 8


Pos Driver Nationality Team Points
1 Jenson Button British Brawn-Mercedes 95
2 Sebastian Vettel German RBR-Renault 84
3 Rubens Barrichello Brazilian Brawn-Mercedes 77
4 Mark Webber Australian RBR-Renault 69.5
5 Lewis Hamilton British McLaren-Mercedes 49
6 Kimi Räikkönen Finnish Ferrari 48
7 Nico Rosberg German Williams-Toyota 34.5
8 Jarno Trulli Italian Toyota 32.5
9 Fernando Alonso Spanish Renault 26
10 Timo Glock German Toyota 24
11 Felipe Massa Brazilian Ferrari 22
12 Heikki Kovalainen Finnish McLaren-Mercedes 22
13 Nick Heidfeld German BMW Sauber 19
14 Robert Kubica Polish BMW Sauber 17
15 Giancarlo Fisichella Italian Ferrari 8
16 Sebastien Buemi Swiss STR-Ferrari 6
17 Adrian Sutil German Force India-Mercedes 5
18 Kamui Kobayashi Japanese Toyota 3
19 Sebastien Bourdais French STR-Ferrari 2
20 Kazuki Nakajima Japanese Williams-Toyota 0
21 Nelsinho Piquet Brazilian Renault 0
22 Vitantonio Liuzzi Italian Force India-Mercedes 0
23 Romain Grosjean French Renault 0
24 Jaime Alguersuari Spanish STR-Ferrari 0
25 Luca Badoer Italian Ferrari 0

 

...and what a facility. That track was obviously the best that oil money could buy.

 

But it was still boring as hell.