Yas Marina circuit News
It is Briton Hamilton`s 12th pole of the season, a personal record, his third in Abu Dhabi and the 61st of his career.
Hamilton, who is 12 points adrift ahead of the final leg of the 21-race season, must win and hope that Rosberg finishes outside the top three.
Vettel recovered from a bad qualifying session that left him 15th on the grid to finish behind his team-mate Finn Kimi Raikkonen at the Yas Marina circuit.
For Rosberg this was a first ever hat-trick of wins, adding this to success in Mexico and Brazil.
The German outpaced his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton by 0.377 seconds with his final effort.
The German, runner-up in a championship already won by Hamilton, lapped with a best time of one minute 41.983 seconds.
Nico Rosberg bounced back on Friday to outpace Mercedes team-mate and newly-crowned three-time world champion Lewis Hamilton in the second free practice session for Sunday`s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Hamilton was attacked by his former McLaren team boss Ron Dennis and Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg.
Perez brought up the team's best finish of the season, third at the Russian GP in October.
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