F1 Live: 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix qualifying

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Out in Q1: Albon, Zhou, Hamilton, Colapinto and Doohan.

Hamilton: “That was bad, man.” “Yeah, shit, Lewis, that was bad.” It was Magnussen slow on the apex of turn 14, a bollard was knocked under Hamilton’s car.

Hamilton is out! He’s only 18th in his final appearance for Mercedes. He appeared to have to go around a car which was slow at the apex at turn 14. “I messed that up big-time, guys,” he says.

Colapinto and Zhou are out, Alonso goes 15 and puts Albon out.

A huge improvement from Valtteri Bottas puts him fastest. We could see a lot of changes here. Lots of cars bunched up at the end of the lap too. Bonnington to Hamilton: “This will be tight.”

Good news for Perez – his lap time has been reinstated. His 1’23.559 has been reinstated which puts him third fastest. Bottas falls into the drop zone along with Gasly, Colapinto having now set a time.

Drop zone so far: Doohan, Lawson, Albon, Perez, Colapinto. The Williams drivers both have five-second time penalties.

Perez and Colapinto have returned to the pits without setting a time. The Mercedes drivers lap within four tenths of a second of Sainz – and that leaves them ninth and 10th.

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Haas have looked quick all weekend and Kevin Magnussen underlines that pace with a 1’23.532 which puts him third ahead of both McLarens and Leclerc.

Perez’s first attempt at a time is scrubbed because he went beyond track limits at turn one. Colapinto loses his too. Alexander Albon delivers a clean lap to go top, which is then beaten by Yuki Tsunoda, Max Verstappen and finally Carlos Sainz Jnr on a 1’23.487.

Stroll does a 1’24.366. The Red Bull drivers are among those now out on sets of soft tyres.

Fernando Alonso has gone out to scrub another set of hard tyres, as he did in final practice, but unusually so are the Mercedes drivers. Lance Stroll on softs is pushing for a time.

Q1 is go! No one heading out immediately for this one though.

Qualifying at Yas Marina can often be a tricky session to read. The sun is setting and track temperatures fall quickly across Q1, Q2 and Q3. Drivers and teams need to make accurate judgements about their wing levels to keep their cars operating at their best.

McLaren have looked like the team to beat for much of the weekend so far in Abu Dhabi. But at the end of the season all the teams know their cars well and it would be no surprise if some leave it until the later stages of the upcoming session to reveal their true performance.

Qualifying for the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is coming up next.