Sebastian Vettel claimed his fourth victory of the season under the artificial lighting of the inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after a flawless drive that confirms the Red Bull – Renault star as championship runner-up behind Jenson Button.

Vettel had to work hard for his victory in he opening laps of the 55 lap Grand Prix, hounding pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton and then taking the lead following the first round of pitstops. KERS-equipped Hamilton had been expected to run away with the race after qualifying on the pole by over six-tenths of a second, but race day saw the out-going champion unable to pull the gap required to ensure he retained the lead in the first round of stops.

Jenson Button ends the season as 2009 champion with 95 points, 11 ahead of the race winner Sebastian Vettel as the teams pack up and head back to base to begin preparations for the 2010 season…

Sunday Race Results:

Position (Points)	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Gain/Loss
1 (10)	Vettel	Red Bull Racing	55	1:34:03.414	+1
2 (8)	Webber	Red Bull Racing	55	1:34:21.271	+1
3 (6)	Button	Brawn GP	55	1:34:21.881	+2
4 (5)	Barrichello	Brawn GP	55	1:34:26.149	-
5 (4)	Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	55	1:34:29.667	+3
6 (3)	Kobayashi	Toyota	55	1:34:31.757	+6
7 (2)	Trulli	Toyota	55	1:34:37.780	-1
8 (1)	Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	55	1:34:44.708	+2
9	Rosberg	Williams	55	1:34:49.355	-
10	Kubica	BMW Sauber	55	1:34:51.594	-3
11	Kovalainen	McLaren Mercedes	55	1:34:56.212	+7
12	Raikkonen	Scuderia Ferrari	55	1:34:57.731	-1
13	Nakajima	Williams	55	1:35:03.253	+2
14	Alonso	Renault	55	1:35:13.101	+2
15	Liuzzi	Force India	55	1:35:37.864	+2
16	Fisichella	Scuderia Ferrari	54	1:34:06.897	+4
17	Sutil	Force India	54	1:34:10.427	-
18	Grosjean	Renault	54	1:34:11.396	+1
19	Hamilton	McLaren Mercedes	20	34:32.330	-19
20	Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	18	32:06.879	-5

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Author: Jeff