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I could have won races earlier but I wanted to win with McLaren – Norris
Formula 1
Posted onLando Norris says it means more to him to have achieved success with McLaren, the team that brought him into Formula 1.
Qualifying stats: McLaren on top as Alonso and Hulkenberg star in midfield
Formula 1
Posted onWhich drivers dominated their team mates most emphatically during 2024? And where were the closest qualifying fights? Here’s the final scores.
Aron hit with double penalty for team’s illegal DRS modification, Hadjar gains a point
Formula 2
Posted onThe stewards have disqualified Paul Aron from today’s sprint race and ordered him to start the feature race from the pits after his DRS failed an inspection.
“Stressful”: Perez and Piastri vexed by stewards’ U-turns over deleted lap times
Formula 1
Posted onSergio Perez and Oscar Piastri said their qualifying performances were compromised by the stewards deleting their lap times, then reinstating them.
Verstappen says second was best result possible after falling from first to fifth
Formula 1
Posted onMax 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.
Wolff rails over ‘idiotic, inexcusable’ strategy after Hamilton’s Q1 elimination
Formula 1
Posted onMercedes team principal Toto Wolff apologised to Lewis Hamilton for the team’s strategy after he was eliminated in the first round of qualifying.
“Difficult to take” falling to back of grid after lap time deletion – Leclerc
Formula 1
Posted onCharles Leclerc took responsibility for the mistake which led to him qualifying on the back row of the grid for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix grid
Formula 1
Posted onLando Norris has taken pole position for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for McLaren ahead of Oscar Piastri and Carlos Sainz Jnr.
Bollard which caused Hamilton’s Q1 exit ‘couldn’t have been timed more perfect’
Formula 1
Posted onA strange incident with a bollard led to Lewis Hamilton’s elimination in round one of qualifying in his final grand prix as a Mercedes driver.
2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix qualifying day in pictures
F1 Pictures
Posted onPictures from qualifying day for the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina.
As it happened: 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix qualifying
RaceFans Live
Posted onReview the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix qualifying session on RaceFans Live.
As it happened: 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix third practice
RaceFans Live
Posted onReview the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix third practice session on RaceFans Live.
‘They said my career’s over’: Who really tipped Hamilton’s Mercedes move to fail?
Formula 1
Posted onIt’s the final race weekend of Lewis Hamilton’s tremendously successful Mercedes career. But is he right to claim his move to McLaren was predicted to fail?
Exhausted Leclerc hit by food poisoning as well as grid penalty
Formula 1
Posted onCharles Leclerc’s woes multiplied on the opening day of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as he suffered food poisoning and collected a grid penalty.
Start of final weekend at Mercedes feels “very surreal” for Hamilton
Formula 1
Posted onLewis Hamilton admitted it felt strange to begin his final weekend as a Mercedes driver after the first day of practice at Yas Marina.
Handing Perez early contract extension “obviously didn’t work”, Horner admits
Formula 1
Posted onRed Bull team principal Christian Horner says they will “inevitably” discuss Sergio Perez’s future after this weekend’s season finale.
As it happened: 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix second practice
RaceFans Live
Posted onReview the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix second practice session on RaceFans Live.
Horner ‘believes 100%’ Verstappen did not threaten to crash into Russell
Formula 1
Posted onRed Bull team principal Christian Horner does not believe Max Verstappen threatened George Russell with a crash in Qatar.
2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix practice in pictures
F1 Pictures
Posted onPictures from the first day of practice for the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina.