Formula 1 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix results

Just one seat is officially vacant for the 2024 Formula 1 season, with many teams opting to keep their driver line-up for next year.Williams is yet to confirm the re-signing of rookie Logan Sargeant, who in 2023 has scored just one point compared to the 27 of team-mate Alex Albon, but looks the favourite to be retained.It has been a much quieter driver market than 12 months ago, where six of the ...

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The Grove-based outfit had gone into the F1 finale in Abu Dhabi hoping to head off a late-season surge from closest rival AlphaTauri in the fight for seventh in the teams' battle. Although Williams failed to score any points at a track that was not particularly well suited to its car, Yuki Tsunoda's eighth-placed finish was not enough for its Italian rival to overtake it. Speaking after the ...

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Helped by floor updates to the AT04, Tsunoda qualified sixth at the Yas Marina track, and he held onto the position in the early laps, rising up the order as the frontrunners pitted.When Charles Leclerc came in, Tsunoda took over the lead for five laps, before making his late first and only stop.He was only the second Japanese driver to lead a grand prix after Takuma Sato enjoyed a brief spell in ...

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Max Verstappen’s 19th win of the season, putting him on 1,003 laps led across the entire campaign, was never really in doubt from the moment he made it out of Turn 1 in the lead.After Charles Leclerc’s valiant attempt to trouble the 2023 dominator failed, his focus switched to those behind him and hauling Ferrari above Mercedes in the constructors’ championship, which came to no avail ...

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The Italian outfit went into the race four points shy of Mercedes and needed both cars to score well in order to make up the deficit.But while Charles Leclerc took second place behind Max Verstappen, his team-mate Sainz failed to log any points. With George Russell earning third and Lewis Hamilton taking ninth, the Brackley team stayed in front.After a frustrating Q1 session saw Sainz qualify ...

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Perez attempted to dive up the inside of Norris under braking for the Turns 6-7 chicane in a scrap for fourth place on lap 47 of 58.But the Red Bull driver appeared to need two goes at turning in to make the apex, with the later correction sending Perez clattering into the front-left wheel of the McLaren MCL60.Perez was handed a five-second penalty for the bash, meaning he dropped from second ...

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Aside from a half-hearted lunge from Charles Leclerc on the opening lap, polesitter Max Verstappen controlled events throughout the Yas Marina season finale to win over the Ferrari by 17.993 seconds.With Sergio Perez penalised from second to fourth for hitting Lando Norris, George Russell completed the podium 20.328s adrift to narrowly seal the runner-up spot in the constructors’ championship ...

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The Milton Keynes-based squad delivered one of the most dominant performances in F1 history this season, with its drivers winning 21 out of 22 races and securing both world championship titles quite early. Its tally of 860 points well eclipsed the previous record haul from a season which was held by Mercedes when it amassed 765 during its 2016 title double. However, such success does not come ...

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Perez was on the receiving end of a five-second penalty for hitting McLaren's Lando Norris when he tried to overtake the Briton.The Red Bull driver argued Norris was to blame as he felt he was ahead, while Norris said he was actually making room to let Perez pass on purpose, although the Mexican crashed into him anyway.At the time, Perez vehemently disagreed with the penalty, which demoted him ...

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Verstappen beat Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and George Russell of Mercedes, fending off an early challenge from Leclerc but, as per usual, his dominance was unchallenged thereafter.His team-mate Sergio Perez finished second on the road but dropped to fourth due to a 5s penalty after a clash with McLaren’s Lando Norris.2023 F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix ...

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The Aston Martin driver secured fourth place in the drivers' championship with a seventh-place finish at the Yas Marina Circuit but was noted by the stewards for an incident following his second pitstop in the season finale.As he rejoined the circuit, with Hamilton's Mercedes closing behind, Alonso moved to the right-hand side of the road on the approach to the Turn 5 left-hand hairpin, then ...

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Perez earned a five-second penalty for clashing with Lando Norris at Turn 6, where the Red Bull driver appeared to block off the corner to stop Norris from turning in.This ensured a frantic showdown between Russell, Perez, and Charles Leclerc - who was hoping to deliver a swing in the constructors' championship to help Ferrari beat Mercedes.Leclerc hoped to help Perez claim third in the race, and ...

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Perez finished second on the road in the season finale but was bumped down to fourth, having earned a five-second penalty for banging wheels with Lando Norris on lap 47 of 58 at Yas Marina.The Mexican had been set for a third place, only for Charles Leclerc to pull over and let Red Bull claim a 1-2 at the line.The Ferrari driver had been attempting to let Perez create a late 5s gap to George ...

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The main attention in the Abu Dhabi GP finale was the fight runner-up spot in the F1 Constructors’ Championship between Ferrari and Mercedes. It was decided in favour of Mercedes by three points – and their battle went down to the very last lap.The placings behind the top three in the F1 Drivers’ Championship were also decided as Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso just pipped Charles Leclerc ...

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Running in second place behind leader Max Verstappen, Leclerc attempted to give third-placed Sergio Perez a slipstream in the final laps to help him pull clear of Russell, who was on course to give Mercedes second in its fight against Ferrari.Perez needed to finish five seconds clear of Russell after being handed a five-second penalty for a clash with McLaren's Lando Norris.But while Leclerc let ...

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During the second half of the 2023 season finale at the Yas Marina Circuit, Lewis Hamilton and Pierre Gasly were flagged for investigation over a possible pitstop infringement. They were soon joined by Max Verstappen, Williams drivers Logan Sargeant and Alex Albon plus Alfa Romeo's Zhou Guanyu.The FIA stewards said the matter would be investigated after the 58-lap race and further clarification ...

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This was despite a series of late-race passes and a penalty for Sergio Perez meaning Leclerc actually gifted him second on the road on the last lap in a failed attempt to extend the Mexican driver's gap to Russell behind.Several drivers, including Verstappen, also face a post-race stewards' investigation regarding possible pitstop infringements related to eyewear worn by their mechanics.At the ...

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The German says his pace with the older-spec VF-23 relative to Kevin Magnussen’s upgraded model in qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix confirms that the team has been “overtaken and out-developed” by rivals.Haas introduced a major new package at the United States GP and, after inconclusive results, agreed to allow the two drivers to follow their personal preferences for the last two ...

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Turns 12 to 16 are notably off-camber, where the apex of the corner is marginally higher up compared to the outside, and this has often resulted in limited opportunities to race side-by-side with a clear racing line defined.There are also off-camber corners through Turns 7 and 8, which break up the two DRS zones, which Verstappen added makes it difficult to gain traction on the run down to Turn ...

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Lando Norris was threatening to nick pole position off Max Verstappen in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix season finale but on his final flying lap in Q3, he suffered a large slide through the final sector.This left Norris to rely on his earlier banker effort, which was only good enough for fifth place while rookie team-mate Oscar Piastri - who also battled big spikes of oversteer in practice - ran to ...

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Sainz complained about traffic after qualifying 16th for the Abu Dhabi GP, while also claiming that drivers deliberately throw “a little bit of dirty air” at rivals in order to hamper them while not technically being guilty of impeding. Told that Sainz is starting a place behind him in Sunday’s season finale at Yas Island, Ricciardo suggested that the Spaniard is known for making life ...

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In a tight Q2 session, Hamilton was demoted to 11th by Haas' Nico Hulkenberg and McLaren's Oscar Piastri, leading to Hamilton saying "there’s something not right with this car" on the radio. Meanwhile team-mate George Russell went on to qualify fourth in Q3.Hamilton and Russell have been plagued all year by a capricious Mercedes W14 that is hard to trust.Hamilton felt it was worse than ever on ...

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Drivers are not allowed to drive slower than a certain delta time between safety car lines two and one, which covers everything but the pit area, to avoid dangerous situations in which cars approach each other at wildly different speeds.At recent races that meant drivers were using the pitlane and pit exit instead to leave a gap to the car in front and get clean air for their qualifying lap, while ...

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Marko and Red Bull team boss Christian Horner agreed a bet ahead of qualifying for the F1 season finale over where Verstappen would qualify, following the struggles he had faced through the weekend. But Marko’s belief that Verstappen would only line up on the second row of the grid proved wide of the mark, as the world champion pulled off a surprise pole position. And although that meant Marko ...

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Red Bull's Max Verstappen will start the race from pole position after bouncing back from a difficult run in practice.Ferrari driver Charles Lerclerc will line up alongside Verstappen in second.What time does the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix start?The Abu Dhabi GP will begin at 5pm local time (+4 GMT) at the Yas Marina Circuit on Sunday.
Date: Sunday, November 26, 2023
Start time: 17:00 local time / ...

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Verstappen will start ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and McLaren’s Oscar Piastri after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.Abu Dhabi Grand Prix grid: Verstappen on pole from Leclerc



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Sainz made the comment after he found himself stranded in 16th place on the grid for the Abu Dhabi GP after hitting traffic in his last run in Q1.The Spaniard's weekend had already been made difficult by a crash in FP1 after he bottomed out on a bump in Turn 3.Sainz suggested that drivers deliberately try to make life harder for rivals."It's tricky," he said. "There were cars out there today… ...

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Russell believed he had a realistic shot at pole position at Yas Marina after topping the final practice session on Saturday afternoon, but he wound up fourth in the evening shootout - lapping 0.343 seconds shy of Red Bull polesitter Max Verstappen.While Russell reckoned that, in isolation, fourth place was no mean feat, the Briton said the result ended what had been a "strange day" as the grip ...

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The McLaren driver had looked on course to emerge as Max Verstappen's main challenger in the fight for pole position on Saturday, but a lurid slide through the hotel complex at the Yas Marina circuit ruined his chances.Norris reckoned the moment had cost him four tenths, and meant that rather than lining up alongside Verstappen he now starts the F1 season finale from fifth as Charles Leclerc ...

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The three-time champion signed off his season's qualifying efforts with a 12th pole, having pipped Ferrari rival Charles Leclerc by 0.139 seconds despite failing to improve with his final Q3 attack.But Verstappen had called out the behaviour of the dominant RB19 throughout practice, even leading Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko to wager €500 that his driver would not hit the front row.As ...

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Leclerc ultimately lapped only 0.139 seconds shy of polesitter Max Verstappen in the final part of the shootout, with the Red Bull driver failing to improve on his last flying lap.It marked a quick recovery for Leclerc, who was only ninth after his first run in Q3. He reckoned his driving was on the money but that the car had let him down in a straight line.He felt as though the "peaky" SF-23 then ...

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In a final qualifying session where the soft tyres were good for just a single flying lap – unlike the multiple fliers seen last week in Las Vegas – Lewis Hamilton was also knocked out in Q2 for Mercedes and Sergio Perez rued a track limits mistake in the other RB19.In Q3, Verstappen put in a 1m23.445s on his first of two runs, with the world champion well clear of the rest at this stage as he ...

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Fry worked at the team in its Benetton days from 1987 to 1993, before embarking on a career that encompassed two spells at McLaren, and one at Ferrari.He returned to the Enstone camp in 2020, but after contributing to the last three cars he decided to leave earlier this year.By a coincidence of timing, his move to Williams became public on the same day that the sudden departures of team principal ...

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Russell overhauled an early benchmark from Sergio Perez to put his car on top with a 1m25.163s, and later increased the pace as the circuit improved over the course of the session; on his second soft-tyre run, he put together a 1m24.829s.Despite a series of challenges from other drivers as they worked their way through the soft-tyre allocations that were left untouched during the oft-interrupted ...

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The Mercedes team principal and his Ferrari opposite number, Fred Vasseur, were called to face the FIA stewards ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for incidents of swearing during an official press conference in Las Vegas.The instances were in the same session, with Vasseur venting over the damage caused to Carlos Sainz's car when a water valve cover came loose on the circuit, and Wolff defending ...

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McLaren announced on Friday that it would extend its current deal with Mercedes for five more seasons, from 2026 until 2030.It means McLaren is one of the last teams to commit to an engine manufacturer, with fellow Mercedes partner Williams now the only remaining team to sign up for 2026's rules shift and beyond.Stella explained that staying with Mercedes was an easy decision because of the ...

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The story first emerged in the Daily Mail, claiming that Hamilton himself held talks with Red Bull before he signed his new Mercedes contract.The newspaper suggested: "A representative of Lewis Hamilton contacted Red Bull about him partnering Max Verstappen at the world championship-winning team before he signed a £100million deal to remain at Mercedes, and he also held talks with Ferrari."The ...

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Verstappen raised some eyebrows in second practice when he muscled his way past other cars in the narrow tunnel pit exit that passes under the main track at the Yas Marina circuit.While his actions were not a strict breach of the regulations, the fact that he came close to being squeezed into the wall highlighted the potential safety issue.So, in a move to prevent any repeat problems for the ...

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When is the 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix?This year’s race takes place on Sunday 26 November at 8.00am ET at Yas Marina.There are two free practice sessions on Friday, and one on Saturday before qualifying.
Photo by: Zak Mauger / Motorsport Images
Yas Marina track
Which TV channel shows F1 in the USA?All Formula 1 races will be shown live on U.S. TV by either ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC this ...

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But, when the full complement of grand prix drivers returned for second practice, the running was stalled by two red flags, which muddied the waters at the Yas Marina Circuit.George Russell and Charles Leclerc topped two intriguing Formula 1 practice sessions at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, amid a swathe of rookie appearances in FP1 and incidents in FP2.In total 10 rookies and reserves assumed ...

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