Formula 1 2012: Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher both fail to get points for Mercedes at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Well this just seems to be a common theme, Mercedes gets no points and has a poor race. Call it bad luck if you want but it is happening far too often. Nico Rosberg did not finish the race due to an accident, unfortunate. Michael Schumacher did ok but failed to get any points finishing in 11th place. Sebastian Vettel surprisingly managed to finish in 3rd place fighting his way onto the podium after a penalty during qualifying forced him to start the race at the back of the grid.


Kimi Raikonen won the race, his first victory of the year so congratulations to him. Fernando Alonso finished in second making it a tighter race towards the end for the championship between him an Vettel. With two races remaining the finish will be interesting. The next race is the US Grand Prix in Austin, Texas on the 18th this month.

2012 FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	9	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	55	1:45:58.667	4	25
2	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	55	+0.8 secs	6	18
3	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	55	+4.1 secs	24	15
4	3	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	55	+7.7 secs	5	12
5	18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	55	+13.0 secs	3	10
6	14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	55	+20.0 secs	15	8
7	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	55	+22.8 secs	8	6
8	19	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	55	+23.5 secs	14	4
9	11	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	55	+24.1 secs	12	2
10	16	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	55	+27.4 secs	16	1
11	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	55	+28.0 secs	13
12	17	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	55	+34.9 secs	17
13	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	55	+47.7 secs	18
14	24	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	55	+56.4 secs	21
15	15	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	55	+56.7 secs	11
16	21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	55	+64.5 secs	20
17	22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	55	+71.7 secs	22
Ret	25	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	41	Engine	19
Ret	10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	37	Accident	9
Ret	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	37	Accident	2
Ret	4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	19	Fuel pressure	1
Ret	23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	7	Accident	23
Ret	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	7	Accident	7
Ret	12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	0	Accident	10