Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) remporte le Grand Prix d’Abou Dhabi, alors que Sebastian Vettel (Red Bul) abandonne dès le premier tour de la course. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) monte sur la 2e marche du podium et Jenson Button (McLaren) le suit. Mark Webber (Red Bull) fini 4e. Felipe Massa (Ferrari) est 5e. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) et Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) terminent respectivement 6e et 7e. Les dernières placent dans les points ont été acquissent par Adrian Sutil, Paul di Resta et Kamui Kobayashi.
| 1 | 3 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 55 | 1:37:11.886 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 55 | +8.4 secs | 5 | 18 |
| 3 | 4 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 55 | +25.8 secs | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | 2 | Mark Webber | RBR-Renault | 55 | +35.7 secs | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 55 | +50.5 secs | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 55 | +52.3 secs | 7 | 8 |
| 7 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 55 | +75.9 secs | 8 | 6 |
| 8 | 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 55 | +77.1 secs | 9 | 4 |
| 9 | 15 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 55 | +101.087 secs | 10 | 2 |
| 10 | 16 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 54 | +1 Lap | 16 | 1 |
| 11 | 17 | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 54 | +1 Lap | 11 | |
| 12 | 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 54 | +1 Lap | 24 | |
| 13 | 10 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 54 | +1 Lap | 12 | |
| 14 | 12 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Cosworth | 54 | +1 Lap | 23 | |
| 15 | 19 | Jaime Alguersuari | STR-Ferrari | 54 | +1 Lap | 15 | |
| 16 | 9 | Bruno Senna | Renault | 54 | +1 Lap | 14 | |
| 17 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 54 | +1 Lap | 17 | |
| 18 | 21 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Renault | 53 | +2 Laps | 18 | |
| 19 | 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 53 | +2 Laps | 19 | |
| 20 | 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT-Cosworth | 53 | +2 Laps | 22 | |
| Ret | 22 | Daniel Ricciardo | HRT-Cosworth | 48 | +7 Laps | 20 | |
| Ret | 18 | Sebastien Buemi | STR-Ferrari | 19 | +36 Laps | 13 | |
| Ret | 25 | Jerome d’Ambrosio | Virgin-Cosworth | 18 | +37 Laps | 21 | |
| Ret | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | RBR-Renault | 1 | Puncture damage | 1 |