Kevin Magnussen ending in the tongue end of the field in Abu Dhabi. Lewis Hamilton took the victory.

racing driver Kevin Magnussen (Haas) finished Sunday a button as well 2019, in Formula 1 with a 14.-space in Abu Dhabi.

the Dane ends its fifth season in motor sport kongeklasse as number 16 of the 20 drivers.

total downloaded Magnussen in the course of the year 20 points, which was significantly fewer than in 2018, with 56 points secured him an overall ninth place in the CHAMPIONSHIP standings.

instead of prosperity, the last year offered a number of challenges for the Haas team, who through virtually the entire season have struggled to gain speed in the breeds.

Kevin Magnussen will often provide what we could expect of him, and he has also put his French team mate, Romain Grosjean, emphatically in place.

Grosjean had in the season just to download the eight points.

Sunday started promising for the dane, who quickly drove from a starting position as number 14 to a 9.-space.

Magnussen piggybacked on several of the other cars in the melee of the first lap.

The lack of speed that has characterized Haas-pure breed throughout the year, meant, however, that the 27-year-old dane was quickly pressed from behind.

Nico Hülkenberg (Renault), Sergio Perez (Racing Points) and Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) came over, but a series of early and forced pit-stops meant that Magnussen held on to its ranking as number nine.

After 22 of the 55 laps took Magnussen to his first pitstop, where his tires were switched from medium to hard. The ride in the garage meant that he fell back as number 14 in the overall standings.

Here he was, lying more or less fixed until the end of the song contest in The United Arab Emirates.

Teammate Romain Grosjean drove over the line just behind Magnussen. The frenchman Vegabet was thus noted for a 15.-space.

the Victory in Abu Dhabi went for the fifth time in the career for Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), who had long ago secured the overall WORLD cup victory.

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