Mark Webber was left to rue a slow opening pit-stop in Abu Dhabi this evening, the Australian making clear that he ‘lost a lot of time’ as a direct result. The issue dropped him behind Ferrari's Felipe Massa, but a succession of fastest laps somewhat recovered the situation and saw him climb back up to fourth place.
"On the second pit-stop, we fitted the option tyre again to try and cut the race down to something different; it was certainly worth a bit of a punt," the Red Bull driver explained.
"The two DRS zones are tricky here; in the first it was easy to get the move done, but in the second you couldn't, so if I passed Jenson there, he could just get you back. I think it was a bit of a gimmick today the DRS, it was difficult to make the move and harder to get the move done, as I say in Turn 11.
"I had a pretty good pace on Jenson anyway at the end of the first stint, he went one lap shorter than us which was no problem, but then we had a bad first pit stop, so we lost a lot of time.
"It put us on the back foot. I got the car back onto the leaders, but we were out of position by then."
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| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  L. Hamilton | McLaren | 1:37:11.886 |
| 2. | F. Alonso | Ferrari | +8.457 |
| 3. | J. Button | McLaren | +25.881 |
| 4. | M. Webber | Red Bull | +35.784 |
| 5. | F. Massa | Ferrari | +50.578 |
| 6. | N. Rosberg | Mercedes | +52.317 |
| 7. | M. Schumacher | Mercedes | +1:15.964 |
| 8. | A. Sutil | Force India | +1:17.122 |
| 9. | P. di Resta | Force India | +1:41.087 |
| 10. | K. Kobayashi | Sauber | +1 Lap |
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