http://www.thatsracin.com

Formula One
· All-Time Wins · Driver Info · News · Race-Day Results · Race Preview	· Race Update · Schedule/Results · Season Chart · Starting Grid	· Statistics · Team Info · Track Info · Weather	More Auto Racing · IndyCar Series · Champ Cars · Sprint Cup Series · Nationwide Series · Camping World Truck Series

Formula One - Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Preview

From The Sports Network

DATE: Sunday, November 13th

SITE: Yas Marina Circuit (2009) -- Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

TRACK: 5.554 km (3.451 miles), 21-turn road course

CAPACITY: 50,000

ANNUAL: 3rd

TELEVISION: SpeedChannel

START TIME: 8 a.m. (et)

DEFENDING CHAMPION: Sebastian Vettel

POLE WINNER: Lewis Hamilton (Finished 19th)

LAPS: 55

MILES: 189.738 (305.355 km)

QUALIFYING RECORD: Sebastian Vettel, 2010 (1 minute, 39.394 seconds)

RACE RECORD: Sebastian Vettel, 2009 (1 hr., 34 min., 3.414 sec.)

2010 Finish
Finish	Driver	Start	Finish	Driver	Start
1	Sebastian Vettel	1	6	Vitaly Petrov	10
2	Lewis Hamilton	2	7	Fernando Alonso	3
3	Jenson Button	4	8	Mark Webber	8
4	Nico Rosberg	9	9	Jaime Alguersuari	17
5	Robert Kubica	11	10	Felipe Massa	6

2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Facts and Figures
AVERAGE SPEED: 183.923 k.p.h.
TIME OF RACE: 1 hour, 39 minutes, 36.837 seconds
MARGIN OF VICTORY: 10.162 seconds
CARS RUNNING AT FINISH: 21
CARS ON FINAL LAP: 16
FASTEST LAP: Lewis Hamilton, 1:41.274, Lap 47
POLE WINNER: Sebastian Vettel (1:39.394)

Past Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Winners (Starting Position) Car -- Speed

2010 -- Sebastian Vettel (1st) -- Red Bull Renault -- 183.923 kph/1:39:36.837

2009 -- Sebastian Vettel (2nd) -- Red Bull Renault -- 194.789 kph/1:34:03.414

Past Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Pole Winners (Finish)

2010 -- Sebastian Vettel -- 1st

2009 -- Lewis Hamilton -- 19th

Last Race Results
RACE: Indian Grand Prix (October 30th)
SITE: Buddh International Circuit -- New Delhi, India
LAPS: 60
MILES: 191.52
WINNER: Sebastian Vettel
RUNNER-UP: Jenson Button
THIRD: Fernando Alonso
FOURTH: Mark Webber
FIFTH: Michael Schumacher
POLE WINNER: Sebastian Vettel (Finished 1st)
TIME OF RACE: 1 hour, 30 minutes, 35.002 seconds
AVERAGE SPEED: 203.513 k.p.h.
MARGIN OF VICTORY: 8.433 seconds

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Entry List
Car	Driver, Hometown	Car/Name
1 *	Sebastian Vettel (Heppenheim, Germ)	Renault/Red Bull
2	Mark Webber (Queanbeyan, Australia)	Renault/Red Bull
3	Lewis Hamilton (Stevenage, England)	Mercedes/McLaren Vodafone
4	Jenson Button (Frome, England)	Mercedes/McLaren Vodafone
5	Fernando Alonso (Oviedo, Spain)	Ferrari/Marlboro
6	Felipe Massa (Sao Paulo, Brazil)	Ferrari/Marlboro
7	Michael Schumacher (Germany)	Mercedes GP/Petronas
8	Nico Rosberg (Wiesbaden, Germany)	Mercedes GP/Petronas
9	Bruno Senna (Sao Paulo, Brazil)	Renault/Lotus Renault GP
10	Vitaly Petrov (Vyborg, Russia)	Renault/Lotus Renault GP
11	Rubens Barrichello (Sao Paulo, Brz)	Cosworth/AT&T Williams
12	Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela)	Cosworth/AT&T Williams
14	Adrian Sutil (Grafelfing, Germany)	Mercedes/Force India
15	Paul di Resta (Livingston, Scotland)	Mercedes/Force India
16	Kamui Kobayashi (Amagasaki, Japan)	Ferrari/BMW Sauber
17	Sergio Perez (Guadalajara, Mexico)	Ferrari/BMW Sauber
18	Sebastien Buemi (Aigle, Switzerland)	Ferrari/Red Bull/Toro Rosso
19	Jaime Alguersuari (Barcelona, Spain)	Ferrari/Red Bull/Toro Rosso
20	Heikki Kovalainen (Finland)	Renault/Lotus
21	Jarno Trulli (Pescara, Italy)	Renault/Lotus
22	Daniel Ricciardo (Perth, Australia)	Cosworth/HRT
23	Vitantonio Liuzzi (Italy)	Cosworth/HRT
24	Timo Glock (Lindenfels, Germany)	Cosworth/Marussia Virgin
25	Jerome d'Ambrosio (Etterbeek, Belg)	Cosworth/Marussia Virgin

* - defending champion.

Leading Contenders (Finish last two years)
Driver	2009	2010
Sebastian Vettel	Won	Won
Lewis Hamilton	19th	2nd
Jenson Button	3rd	3rd
Nico Rosberg	9th	4th
Fernando Alonso	14th	7th
Mark Webber	2nd	8th
Felipe Massa	---	10th
Michael Schumacher	---	23rd

Mover of the Week

Sergio Perez - Started in the 20th position and finished 10th

Sports Network Selections

Pick to Win - Sebastian Vettel

Darkhorse - Michael Schumacher

Last Week's Pick to Win (Sebastian Vettel) - Finished 1st

Last Week's Darkhorse (Mark Webber) - Finished 4th

NOTES:

With the points race over and done with, the only item still up for grabs the final two races, is whether or not Sebastian Vettel will record his 12th and 13th wins of the season and tie Michael Schumacher's 2004 record of 13 victories in one calendar season.

Vettel certainly has the upper hand this week, as he enters the race as the two-time defending champion.

Last year, he clinched his first world championship at Abu Dhabi, as he defeated Fernando Alonso by four points to become the youngest driver in Formula One history to claim the top spot.

Vettel, then 23, started on the pole and led the way until he pitted on lap 25, allowing Jenson Button from McLaren to take the top spot. Vettel took the lead for good after Button made his stop with 15 laps remaining. The young German crossed the finish line 10 seconds ahead of Button's teammate, Lewis Hamilton, for his fifth win of the season and the 10th of his F1 career.

This season, Vettel clinched the title after placing third in Japan during the first week of October. All told, Vettel has 11 wins in 17 starts and has not finished outside the top-4 in 2011. After posting 10 wins in his first three full F1 seasons, Vettel now boasts 21 career titles, good for 12th on the all- time list.

Back in 2009, Vettel won in the inaugural race at Abu Dhabi after crossing the finish line 17.857 seconds ahead of his Red Bull Racing teammate Mark Webber. Despite the victory, Vettel finished second to Jenson Button in the final standings, 11 points back.

The Yas Marina Circuit, conceived by German architect and well-known track designer Hermann Tilke, features nine right turns and 12 left turns. The circuit is one of the few venues on the F1 calendar to run in an anti- clockwise direction. It's also part of Abu Dhabi's Yas Island development, which covers an area of 25-square kilometers.

The 2011 Formula One season concludes with the November 27 Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo. Sebastian Vettel won last year's race there.

11/08 15:16:21 ET

As of November 8, 2011, at 03:16 PM ET

that's racin'? (phrase): Expresses frustration or emotion. 1. When a small part costing just a few dollars fails and stops a $150,000 race car, that's racin'. 2. When you race a competitor for 500 miles and lose to him by just a few feet, that's racin'. 3. When a hot dog wrapper blows out of the stands, gets caught across the air vent on the front of your car and causes your engine to overheat, that's racin'.