Sergio Perez and Oscar Piastri said their qualifying performances were compromised by the stewards deleting their lap times, then reinstating them. Both drivers were told one of their lap times had been deleted during the session because they had run wide at turn one. However in both cases the stewards then changed their minds and
Nico Hulkenberg has lost his second row start for Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after he was handed a three-place grid penalty by the stewards. The Haas driver passed both Carlos Sainz Jnr and Jack Doohan along the pit exit road in violation of this weekend’s rules. The penalty drops Hulkenberg from fourth on the
Max Verstappen does not believe he could have taken pole position for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix despite his strong showing in today’s qualifying session. The Red Bull driver ended Q2 just a hundredth of a second off the fastest time and was quickest as drivers began their final runs in Q3. However he pointed
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff was furious over the team’s strategy in qualifying which contributed to Lewis Hamilton’s elimination in the first round of qualifying on his final appearance for them. Both Mercedes drivers were among the last to start their final flying laps in Q1 and had to find themselves space in traffic. Hamilton
Nico Hulkenberg admits he was not expecting Haas to be as strong in qualifying as they were after he ended the session inside the top four. In his final qualifying session for the team, Hulkenberg secured his second-best qualifying result as a Haas driver to take fourth on the grid. However his second-row starting position
Charles Leclerc took responsibility for the mistake which led to him qualifying on the back row of the grid for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Ferrari’s hopes of beating McLaren to the constructors’ championship took a blow yesterday when Leclerc was given a 10-place grid penalty for exceeding his allocation of power unit components. They
Lando Norris heads a front row lock-out for McLaren in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with Carlos Sainz Jnr starting third behind Oscar Piastri. McLaren will head into the constructors’ championship deciding race with a considerable advantage over rivals Ferrari, with Sainz third and Charles Leclerc starting 19th on the grid following his ten place
Lando Norris has taken provisional pole position for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for McLaren ahead of Oscar Piastri and Carlos Sainz Jnr. P. Driver Team Q1 Q2 (v Q1) Q3 (v Q2) 1 Lando Norris McLaren 1’23.682 1’23.098 (-0.584s) 1’22.595 (-0.503s) 2 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1’23.640 1’23.199 (-0.441s) 1’22.804 (-0.395s) 3 Carlos Sainz Jnr
Lewis Hamilton said it was “just my luck” after a strange incident with a bollard led to his elimination in the first round of qualifying in his final grand prix as a Mercedes driver. His final run was compromised from the beginning as he found himself in a queue of cars and had to run
Pictures from qualifying day for the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina. | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free Pierre Gasly, Alpine, Yas Marina, 2024 George Russell, Mercedes, Yas Marina, 2024 Carlos Sainz Jnr, Ferrari, Yas Marina, 2024 Sergio Perez, Red Bull, Yas Marina, 2024 Kevin Magnussen, Haas, Yas Marina, 2024 Nico
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