Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Valtteri Bottas beats Lewis Hamilton to pole ahead of final race of the season
VALTTERI BOTTAS finished ahead of team-mate Lewis Hamilton to grab pole position in the final race of the season.
The Mercedes pair are on the front row for the Abu Dhabi GP, ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo.
AP:Associated Press Mercedes’ dominance continued in the final race of the season with Valtteri Bottas on pole and Lewis Hamilton second in Abu Dhabi[/caption]
Bottas finished 0.172 seconds quicker than Formula One world champion Hamilton.
The Briton had seemed set to knock Bottas off on his final lap, but couldn’t keep up his speed in the final sector.
Vettel was a half a second off the leading pair in his Ferrari.
Bottas said: “It was a very clean session and I managed to find time every run.
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Reuters Bottas was hugely impressive in Abu Dhabi[/caption]
AFP or Licensors The Finnish driver finished 0.172secs ahead of Hamilton[/caption]
“The car was feeling much better than any point of the weekend and that allowed me to work on the details.”
Hamilton praised his team-mate’s drive.
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“What a lap,” Hamilton said.
“He had an incredible qualifying. Congratulations to him.
“It was the last qualifying of the year and I gave it everything.”
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