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The qualifying session held on Saturday evening was split into three parts. The first part ran for 20 minutes and eliminated the cars from qualifying that finished the session 18th or lower. The second part of qualifying lasted 15 minutes and eliminated cars that finished in positions 11 to 17. The final part of qualifying determined the positions from first to tenth, and decided [[pole position]]. Cars which competed in the final session of qualifying were not allowed to change tyres before the race, and as such started the race on the tyres that they set their quickest lap on.<ref name="sporting"/>
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Vettel clinched his tenth [[pole position]] for the season, with a time of 1:39.394. As a result, Vettel became only the seventh driver to record ten pole positions in a season,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/vettel-takes-pole-in-abu-dhabi-showdown-2133272.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/vettel-takes-pole-in-abu-dhabi-showdown-2133272.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Vettel takes pole in Abu Dhabi showdown|first=Ian|last=Parkes|agency=[[Press Association]]|date=13 November 2010|access-date=19 November 2010|work=[[The Independent]]|publisher=Independent Print Limited}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and took his team's 15th pole of the season, equalling [[McLaren]]'s tally from the {{F1|1988}} season.<ref name="RBRpole"/> He was joined on the front row of the grid by Hamilton.<ref name="qualautosport">{{cite news|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88215|title=Vettel takes crucial Abu Dhabi pole|first=Steven|last=English|work=autosport.com|publisher=[[Haymarket Group|Haymarket Publications]]|date=13 November 2010|access-date=19 November 2010}}</ref><ref name="qualf1">{{cite news|url=http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2010/11/11524.html|title=Vettel takes vital Yas Marina pole|work=formula1.com|publisher=[[Formula One Group|Formula One Administration]]|date=13 November 2010|access-date=19 November 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101201011958/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2010/11/11524.html| archive-date= 1 December 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> Alonso qualified third, though he was happy with his grid position having outqualified Webber.<ref name="qualquotes"/> Button qualified fourth, four-tenths of a second behind Vettel, and Webber qualified fifth. Massa, [[Rubens Barrichello]], Schumacher, Rosberg and Petrov rounded out the top ten. Kubica only managed 11th – missing out on the top ten for the only time in {{F1|2010}} – having struggled with overall grip in the session.<ref name="qualquotes"/> [[Kamui Kobayashi]] was best of the [[Sauber]]s in 12th, ahead of the German trio of [[Adrian Sutil]], [[Nick Heidfeld]] and [[Nico Hülkenberg]], with [[Vitantonio Liuzzi]] qualifying 16th.<ref name="qualautosport"/> The rest of the grid was made up by the [[Scuderia Toro Rosso|Toro Rossos]], the [[Team Lotus (2010–11)|Lotuses]], the [[Virgin Racing|Virgins]] and the [[Hispania Racing|Hispanias]].<ref name="qualf1"/>
===Race===
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Webber – who brushed the armco with the right-hand side of his car three laps previously<ref name="commautosport"/><ref>{{cite video|people=[[Jonathan Legard|Legard, Jonathan]] (Commentator); [[Martin Brundle|Brundle, Martin]] (Commentator)|date=14 November 2010|title=Formula 1: The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Race Live|work=[[BBC Sport]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|location=[[Yas Marina Circuit]], [[Abu Dhabi]]|time=01:09:25–01:09:45}}</ref> – pitted after struggling for grip on the super-soft, option tyres.<ref name="pitstops"/> He rejoined the circuit 16th, and behind the early-stopping trio of Rosberg, Petrov and Alguersuari. Four laps later, Alonso also brushed the Turn 19 barrier before pitting.<ref name="pitstops"/> He rejoined just in front of Webber, who had moved up the field steadily, and was running 13th – and set the race's fastest lap at the time – by the time Alonso pitted. Vettel and Hamilton continued to set quicker lap times than their championship rivals, despite being on heavily worn option tyres compared to the fresher, hard tyres of Alonso and Webber. That pairing caught up with Petrov towards the end of lap 18, a battle that would go on until the race's conclusion, with the Renault driver having already stopped for tyres. Five laps later, Alonso tried to overtake Petrov under braking for Turn 11 but had to back out of the manoeuvre, narrowly avoiding the back of the Renault. On the same lap, Hamilton pitted from second place.<ref name="commautosport"/><ref name="pitstops"/> Vettel pitted from the lead on the next lap,<ref name="pitstops"/> and rejoined the circuit comfortably ahead of Hamilton, but in second place behind Button, who had still to stop on track. Hamilton had filtered back into the race in fifth position, behind Kubica and Kobayashi who were running similar strategies to Button out front.<ref name="commautosport"/> After passing Kobayashi, Hamilton closed in behind Kubica but found it hard to pass the Renault, akin to what Alonso had been suffering behind Petrov. Despite having nearly 40 laps on the harder tyre, Kubica's pace was still of a substantial level to hold off the advances of Hamilton.
Button pitted on lap 39 to release Vettel back into the lead,<ref name="pitstops"/> holding a lead of nearly twelve seconds over Kubica.<ref>{{cite video|people=[[Jonathan Legard|Legard, Jonathan]] (Commentator); [[Martin Brundle|Brundle, Martin]] (Commentator)|date=14 November 2010|title=Formula 1: The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Race Live|work=[[BBC Sport]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|location=[[Yas Marina Circuit]], [[Abu Dhabi]]|time=02:03:20–02:03:50}}</ref> Button rejoined in fourth place behind Kubica and Hamilton, with Kubica ever increasing his margin over Petrov and Alonso, who were running inside the points again in seventh and eighth respectively.<ref name="commautosport"/> Kubica finally pitted on lap 46 from second place,<ref name="pitstops"/> and came back on track in sixth place, crucially ahead of teammate Petrov, Alonso and Webber; the latter pair seeing their championship chances dwindling with every passing lap. In clean air, Hamilton set the race's fastest lap on lap 47 – 1:41.274 – as he closed slightly on Vettel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2010/841/6807/fastest_laps.html|title=2010 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Fastest Lap Summary|work=formula1.com|publisher=[[Formula One Group|Formula One Administration]]|date=14 November 2010|access-date=19 November 2010}}</ref> No further passing attempts were made on track, and thus, Vettel led the race to the end, to take his fifth win of the season.<ref name="BBCAbu"/> The McLarens of Hamilton and Button completed the podium ahead of Rosberg, the Renaults of Kubica and Petrov, Alonso and Webber. Rounding out the points were Alguersuari and Massa, the Ferrari driver having never got ahead of his rival in 40 laps of battling. With the poor results of Alonso and Webber, Vettel claimed the championship to become the [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions#Youngest Drivers' Champion|youngest Championship winner]] in the sport<ref name="BBCAbu"/> and became the first driver to simultaneously lead the championship for the first time, and as a result win the championship since [[James Hunt]] in {{F1|1976}}.<ref name="Autosport">{{cite journal|first=Mark|last=Hughes|author-link=Mark Hughes (journalist)|journal=[[Autosport]]|publisher=[[Haymarket Group|Haymarket Publications]]|date=18 November 2010|volume=202|issue=7|pages= 32–43|title=Vettel keeps his head}}</ref> His championship-winning margin was four points over Alonso; whom he would go ahead and replace in future at Ferrari,<ref name="Autosport"/> with Webber a further ten points behind in third.<ref name="Autosport"/>
===Post-race===
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===Qualifying===
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* {{note|1|1}} – [[Jarno Trulli]] retired from the race, but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.
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* <small>'''Note''': Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.</small>
* <small>'''Bold text''' and an asterisk indicates the 2010 World Champions.</small>
== See also ==
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