Yas Marina, 23 November

It was not the best of days for Scuderia Ferrari in the final Grand Prix of the season here in Abu Dhabi. Fernando Alonso finished ninth and Kimi Raikkonen came home tenth. Both drivers got away well, the two of them making up two places, coming round at the end of the opening lap in fifth and sixth places. Shortly after that, Fernando passed Kimi and made his first pit stop, followed next time round by the Finn. However, coming in early did not work out for them as they lost a lot of time in traffic, finding themselves just outside the points as the first run of stops ended. Not much changed in the middle stint and with 15 laps to go, Fernando was tenth, one place ahead of Kimi.
Towards the end, as Nico Rosberg slowed to finish 13th, it promoted Raikkonen into tenth place for 2 points. At the end of the race, both drivers thanks the team, Kimi looking ahead to next year and Fernando saying his farewells. “You are all special people, thanks to all of you, I will miss this team a lot.”
Lewis Hamilton won for Mercedes, thus taking his second Drivers’ title, the first coming in 2008. Joining him on the podium were the Williams duo in the order Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas. Behind them came Ricciardo (Red Bull,) Button (McLaren,) Hulkenberg and Perez (Force India) and the Red Bull of Sebastian Vettel, who joins the Scuderia for next season.