The amazing circuit of YAS Marina in Abu Dhabi hosts the season finale GP of this year’s Formula1 world championship, and today it witnessed the first official laps during the qualifying session! Regardless of the track’s awesome sightings, and the uber cool view of Ferrari Theme park in the Ben Yas Island, we enjoyed an exciting qualifying race in which the British world champion Lewis Hamilton managed to secure the pole position at the very last moments.
Follow the jump for the full qualifying result of 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix…
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:39.873 | 1:39.695 | 1:40.948 | 20 |
| 2 | 15 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1:40.666 | 1:39.984 | 1:41.615 | 21 |
| 3 | 14 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 1:40.667 | 1:40.272 | 1:41.726 | 21 |
| 4 | 23 | Rubens Barrichello | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:40.574 | 1:40.421 | 1:41.786 | 24 |
| 5 | 22 | Jenson Button | Brawn-Mercedes | 1:40.378 | 1:40.148 | 1:41.892 | 25 |
| 6 | 9 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:40.517 | 1:40.373 | 1:41.897 | 24 |
| 7 | 5 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:40.520 | 1:40.545 | 1:41.992 | 25 |
| 8 | 6 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:40.558 | 1:40.635 | 1:42.343 | 24 |
| 9 | 16 | Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:40.842 | 1:40.661 | 1:42.583 | 25 |
| 10 | 12 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 1:40.908 | 1:40.430 | 1:42.713 | 27 |
| 11 | 4 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:41.100 | 1:40.726 | 20 | |
| 12 | 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | Toyota | 1:41.035 | 1:40.777 | 17 | |
| 13 | 2 | Heikki Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:40.808 | 1:40.983 | 16 | |
| 14 | 17 | Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:41.096 | 1:41.148 | 18 | |
| 15 | 11 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 1:41.503 | 1:41.689 | 19 | |
| 16 | 7 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:41.667 | 12 | ||
| 17 | 21 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:41.701 | 10 | ||
| 18 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:41.863 | 10 | ||
| 19 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Renault | 1:41.950 | 12 | ||
| 20 | 3 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Ferrari | 1:42.184 | 12 |
Pictures: Daimler
