Abu Dhabi GP: All the winners since 2009
The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was first run as a round of the Formula 1 World Championship in 2009. The first-ever ‘day-into-night’ F1 race, the most successful driver at this event is Lewis Hamilton with four wins to Sebastian Vettel’s three. Here are all the winners from across the years, click on the arrows above to scroll through them…
2009 Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull

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2010 Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull

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2011 Lewis Hamilton, McLaren

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2012 Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus

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2013 Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull

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2014 Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

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2015 Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

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2016 Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

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2017 Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes

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2018 Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

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2019 Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

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Abu Dhabi GP: All the winners since 2009
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