Mercedes say they will go all out in Abu Dhabi now that the title pressure has been lifted, with team boss Toto Wolff keen to put on one final show for Formula 1 fans as the 2018 season reaches its conclusion.
Abu Dhabi marks the 21st and final race of the season, but with Lewis Hamilton taking the Drivers' title in Mexico and Mercedes securing the Constructors' crown in Brazil, there's no pressure to race strategically according to Wolff who wants to "go for broke" this weekend.
"We have one race to go in 2018 and we want to put on a great show for the fans who supported us through the season, be it at the track, in front of their TV or on social media.
"The championship pressure is off, so we can look at this as one race where we can really go for broke."
Hamilton has taken ten wins and Wolff is keen to add an eleventh to the team's tally, although hinted he'd like to see Valtteri Bottas take the final victory of the season given the sacrifices the Finnish driver has made this year.
"Our Silver Arrow has won 10 races so far this season and we all want to add one more to that score – especially Valtteri, who has lost out on wins this season through bad luck and team orders.
"We have taken four wins in a row at Yas Marina, although it's a track with a lot of slow and medium speed corners. We've made some good steps forward when it comes to our car's performance on similar tracks, so we're confident that we can perform strongly in Abu Dhabi as well, and end this incredible 2018 season on a high.
"[But] we know, too, that it will be a tough battle because both Red Bull and Ferrari will have the same target of taking good momentum into the winter."
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