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november 28, 2016 - Pirelli formula1

Hamilton wins race while his mercedes team mate Rosberg wins championship: both use identical two-stop strategies

ALTERNATIVE DOUBLE-STOPPER USED BY FERRARI’S SEBASTIAN VETTEL TO FINISH ON PODIUM FINAL DEVELOPMENT TEST ON TUESDAY AS THREE TEAMS TRY OUT 2017 TYRES WITH MULE CARS TOGETHER Yas Marina, November 27, 2016 – The final race in the era of deliberately high tyre degradation came to an end with Mercedes driver #lewishamilton winning the #abudhabi Grand Prix, and his team mate #nicorosberg finishing second to win the drivers’ world championship for the first time. Both Mercedes drivers used an identical two-stop strategy, starting on the ultrasoft and then changing twice to the soft within a single lap of each other on both occasions. A different strategy was adopted by Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, who used all three compounds: starting on the ultrasoft, switching to the soft and then ending the race on the supersoft. Vettel was the fastest man on the track in the closing stages, moving up the leaderboard to threaten the leaders and provide a dramatic finish to the race. The only drivers in the top 10 not to start on the ultrasoft were the two Red Bull drivers. Despite a spin at the start of the race following contact, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was able to climb to second overall before making his single stop. Verstappen was the only one of frontrunners to stop just once, maximising his first supersoft stint to gain track position and eventually finish fourth. On Tuesday, the final development test for the completely new 2017 tyres will take place, with Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari all taking to the track with their modified 2015 mule cars together for the first time. The next wider generation of tyres is designed to provide less degradation, introducing a new philosophy for the technical revolution that will provide even more performance next year. Paul Hembery, #pirelli motorsport director: “The decision taken by Red Bull yesterday to start on the supersoft was pivotal to the race today, with Max Verstappen making the most of a creative one-stop strategy to challenge the two-stoppers. Sebastian Vettel also capitalised on the performance of the supersoft to move up in the closing stages. Congratulations to #nicorosberg for winning his first world title, and we’d also like to take the opportunity to pay tribute to Felipe Massa and Jenson Button, who both ended their fantastic Formula 1 careers today. Now that the 2016 season is over, our focus already switches to next year – starting on Tuesday, when we undertake our final development test for the new 2017 wider tyres, using all three mule cars together for the first time.” The #f1 FORMULA 1 logo, #f1, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing BV, a Formula One group company. All rights reserved Fastest times of the day by compound Soft Supersoft Ultrasoft First RIC 1m44.889s VET 1m43.729s HAM 1m46.191s Second HAM 1m45.137s ALO 1m44.495s ROS 1m46.394s Third RAI 1m45.163s GRO 1m44.970s RAI 1m46.479s Longest stint of the race: Soft Ericsson 38 laps Supersoft Verstappen 21 Ultrasoft Perez 9

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