The championships are both over and won, all that’s left to race for now is pride or the odd championship position.
Track Stats:
10th Abu Dhabi GP
5.554km long circuit
21 corners, second most on the calendar
55 lap race, 305,470km race distance
4 wins from pole (44.44%) and four from second on the grid
Last three races in Abu Dhabi have been won from pole position
Race lap record is likely to be beaten, making 2018 tied on the most lap records set with 2004
Driver/Team Stats:
Mercedes have the record number of wins in Abu Dhabi with four
Vettel and Hamilton are tied on wins here with three
The only time the race has been won off of the front row was Raikkonen in 2012 from fourth
Ricciardo’s 150th race, and his last for Red Bull
Ocon’s 50th race
Bottas has not won a race since the Abu Dhabi GP last year
Silly Stats:
To completely cover the track 5cm deep in sand you would need 485,975,000,000 individual grains of sand.
A professional racing camel could run a lap of Yas Marina in 8:19.860, almost five times slower than an F1 car.