Kimi Raikkonen is celebrating his first victory because his return to formula One, with a win in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The 2007 world champion finished the race ahead of Fernando Alonso, in a race packed with retirements.
Pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton was first into turn one, ahead of Raikkonen and Pastor Maldonado. The Lotus chauffeur made a great start from fourth on the grid, while mark Webber dropped from second to fourth.
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However, the most significant casualty of the first lap was Nico Hulkenberg, who was forced to retire after colliding with Bruno Senna at the start. Romain Grosjean and Nico Rosberg also made contact, which caused a puncture for Grosjean and implied Rosberg had to pit for a new nose.
But by lap eight, Rosberg’s race was brought to a spectacular end, when he ran into the back of a slowing HRT, flying over the top of Narain Karthikeyan’s car into the wall at turn 16. Both chauffeurs were unhurt and the safety car was brought out while the debris was cleared.
Meanwhile, Sebastian Vettel – who started from the pit lane, following the steward’s decision to disqualify him from qualifying for not having enough fuel in his car – had managed to battle his way up the field, despite grazing the back of Senna’s Williams and damaging his front wing in the process.