Lando Norris has taken pole position for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for McLaren ahead of Oscar Piastri and Carlos Sainz Jnr.
| Row 1 | 1. (4) Lando Norris 1’22.595 McLaren-Mercedes MCL38 |
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| 2. (81) Oscar Piastri 1’22.804 McLaren-Mercedes MCL38 |
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| Row 2 | 3. (55) Carlos Sainz Jnr 1’22.824 Ferrari SF-24 |
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| 4. (1) Max Verstappen 1’22.945 Red Bull-Honda RBPT RB20 |
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| Row 3 | 5. (10) Pierre Gasly 1’22.984 Alpine-Renault A524 |
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| 6. (63) George Russell 1’23.132 Mercedes W15 |
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| Row 4 | 7. (27) Nico Hulkenberg 1’22.886 Haas-Ferrari VF-24 |
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| 8. (14) Fernando Alonso 1’23.196 Aston Martin-Mercedes AMR24 |
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| Row 5 | 9. (77) Valtteri Bottas 1’23.204 Sauber-Ferrari C44 |
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| 10. (11) Sergio Perez 1’23.264 Red Bull-Honda RBPT RB20 |
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| Row 6 | 11. (22) Yuki Tsunoda 1’23.419 RB-Honda RBPT 01 |
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| 12. (30) Liam Lawson 1’23.472 RB-Honda RBPT 01 |
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| Row 7 | 13. (18) Lance Stroll 1’23.784 Aston Martin-Mercedes AMR24 |
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| 14. (20) Kevin Magnussen 1’23.877 Haas-Ferrari VF-24 |
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| Row 8 | 15. (24) Zhou Guanyu 1’23.880 Sauber-Ferrari C44 |
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| 16. (44) Lewis Hamilton 1’23.887 Mercedes W15 |
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| Row 9 | 17. (61) Jack Doohan 1’24.105 Alpine-Renault A524 |
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| 18. (23) Alexander Albon 1’23.821 Williams-Mercedes FW46 |
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| Row 10 | 19. (16) Charles Leclerc 1’23.833 Ferrari SF-24 |
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| 20. (43) Franco Colapinto 1’23.912 Williams-Mercedes FW46 |
| P. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 (v Q1) | Q3 (v Q2) |
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| 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 | Ferrari | 1’23.487 | 1’22.985 (-0.502s) | 1’22.824 (-0.161s) |
| 4 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas | 1’23.722 | 1’23.040 (-0.682s) | 1’22.886 (-0.154s) |
| 5 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1’23.516 | 1’22.998 (-0.518s) | 1’22.945 (-0.053s) |
| 6 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | 1’23.548 | 1’23.086 (-0.462s) | 1’22.984 (-0.102s) |
| 7 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1’23.678 | 1’23.283 (-0.395s) | 1’23.132 (-0.151s) |
| 8 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1’23.794 | 1’23.268 (-0.526s) | 1’23.196 (-0.072s) |
| 9 | Valtteri Bottas | Sauber | 1’23.481 | 1’23.341 (-0.140s) | 1’23.204 (-0.137s) |
| 10 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | 1’23.559 | 1’23.379 (-0.180s) | 1’23.264 (-0.115s) |
| 11 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB | 1’23.735 | 1’23.419 (-0.316s) | Missed by 0.040s |
| 12 | Liam Lawson | RB | 1’23.733 | 1’23.472 (-0.261s) | Missed by 0.093s |
| 13 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1’23.729 | 1’23.784 (+0.055s) | Missed by 0.405s |
| 14 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1’23.302 | 1’23.833 (+0.531s) | Missed by 0.454s |
| 15 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1’23.632 | 1’23.877 (+0.245s) | Missed by 0.498s |
| 16 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 1’23.821 | Missed by 0.027s | |
| 17 | Zhou Guanyu | Sauber | 1’23.880 | Missed by 0.086s | |
| 18 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’23.887 | Missed by 0.093s | |
| 19 | Franco Colapinto | Williams | 1’23.912 | Missed by 0.118s | |
| 20 | Jack Doohan | Alpine | 1’24.105 | Missed by 0.311s |
Penalties
Hulkenberg: Three-place grid penalty for failing to follow the race director’s instruction in the pit lane exit
Leclerc: 10-place grid penalty for exceeding maximum number of power unit components
Albon and Colapinto: Five-place grid penalties for exceeding maximum number of gearbox components
Investigations
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SPArtacus
7th December 2024, 15:18
Q3
•HULK SMASH!
•Nice pole for Lando, but how did Max survive that first lap & go fastest?! A mini Jos must sit on his shoulder waving a fist. Anyway, will that helmet off Q2 confidence carry him past Lando during the race. Hard to see it happening. Norris really needs to finish the season off with a win to carry some confidence into 2025
•Did I mention: Hulk smash!
•Bottas! I take it all back. What a lap. (edit: what laps!) Alonso: another driver taking a pile of crap into Q3. Well done, old boys.
Q1-Q2
•Smallest gap between P1-P19 in F1 history.
•Perez’s Q1 lap wasn’t even in. lol If anything, Leclerc was further in.
•Doohan had a bad second Q1 run, but he was very close to PG during their first run, which is impressive unless Gasly made a big mistake. Made the difference look a lot worse than it was.
•Bad luck for Lewis likely cost him a birth to Q3. Hopefully he has an exciting race, but it’ll be exciting to see him in red regardless of how you feel about the guy.
Other
•Kelly Piquet and Max announce the birth of world’s first genetically engineered Formula 1 driver. He also owns the child who’ll be its wing driver: Kelly-Kyvat’s kid. She’s forming a team!
ludewig
7th December 2024, 16:35
No investigation into Lawson getting hindered?
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
8th December 2024, 9:55
It was noted but not investigated.