Lewis Hamilton was on course for his eighth world title after leading much of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, but that would all change with five laps remaining. But let’s start at the beginning, Hamilton’s title rival Max Verstappen beat him to pole, quite convincingly by three and a half tenths, one of the largest
Robert Shwartzman was fastest on the final day of the post-season test in Abu Dhabi. The Russian driver was the only young driver taking part in the test as the rest of the test as the other teams ran mule cars to help Pirelli to finalise the new eighteen-inch tyres for next season. Teams were
Po Name Nat Points 1 Mercedes GER 613.5 2 Red Bull – Honda AUT 585.5 3 Ferrari ITA 323.5 4 McLaren – Mercedes GBR 275 5 Alpine – Renault FRA 155 6 Alpha Tauri – Honda ITA 142 7 Aston Martin – BWT Mercedes GBR 77 8 Williams – Mercedes GBR 23 9 Alfa Romeo
Pos Name Nat Team Points 1 Max Verstappen NED Red Bull – Honda 395.5 2 Sir Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes 387.5 3 Valtteri Bottas FIN Mercedes 226 4 Sergio Perez MEX Red Bull – Honda 190 5 Carlos Sainz Jr ESP Ferrari 164.5 6 Lando Norris GBR McLaren – Mercedes 160 7 Charles Leclerc MON
Mercedes Formula E champion Nyck de Vries was fastest on the first day of post-season testing in Abu Dhabi. The Belgian rookie set the pace a 23.1 putting him over a second faster than the Alpha Tauri of Liam Lawson, during the combined young driver and tyre test ahead of the introduction of the 18-inch
Po Name Nat Team Time Points 1 Max Verstappen NED Red Bull – Honda 01:30:17.345 25 2 Sir Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes +00:02.256 18 3 Carlos Sainz Jr ESP Ferrari +00:05.173 15 4 Yuki Tsunoda JAP Alpha Tauri – Honda +00:05.692 12 5 Pierre Gasly FRA Alpha Tauri – Honda +00:06.531 10 6 Valtteri Bottas
Max Verstappen has taken the victory and the championship in a hugely controversial final lap dash where he lunged past title rival, Lewis Hamilton, to win the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Hamilton looked to be sailing to his eighth championship when the Williams of Nicolas Latifi crashed with five laps to go. The decision to
Po Name Nat Team Q1 Q2 Q3 1 Max Verstappen NED Red Bull – Honda 01:23.332 01:22.800 01:22.109 2 Sir Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes 01:22.845 01:23.145 01:22.480 3 Lando Norris GBR McLaren – Mercedes 01:22.350 01:23.256 01:22.931 4 Sergio Perez MEX Red Bull – Honda 01:23.350 01:23.135 01:22.947 5 Carlos Sainz Jr ESP Ferrari 01:23.624
Max Verstappen has beaten his championship rival Lewis Hamilton by over three and a half tenths to take pole position for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver pulled out one of his biggest advantages of the season, setting up another classic race as to win the championship they both need to beat
Lewis Hamilton was fastest in the second practice ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after going just under three and a half tenth faster than Esteban Ocon. The Mercedes driver set a 23.691 with the car looking to perform better in the twilight conditions. Hamilton had been behind his championship rival Max Verstappen was
