F1 News, Reports and Race Results

2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Index

Welcome to our index page of the 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. From here you will find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from Yas Marina.

Session Reports

FP1: Russell fastest from Drugovich and Ricciardo

FP2: Leclerc and Norris top red flag-hit second practice

FP3: Russell leads McLaren drivers in final practice

Qualifying: Verstappen secures final pole of the season in Abu Dhabi

Race: Verstappen celebrates with victory in Abu Dhabi finale

Photos

Gallery: All the pictures from Thursday's build-up in Yas Marina

Gallery: All the pictures from practice day in Yas Marina

Gallery: All the pictures from qualifying day in Yas Marina

Gallery: All the pictures from race day in Yas Marina

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	George Russell	Mercedes	1:26.072s		26
2	Felipe Drugovich	Aston Martin	1:26.360s	+ 0.288s	26
3	Daniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	1:26.433s	+ 0.361s	26
4	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:26.453s	+ 0.381s	21
5	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:26.631s	+ 0.559s	21
6	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:26.665s	+ 0.593s	25
7	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:26.676s	+ 0.604s	24
8	Robert Shwartzman	Ferrari	1:26.703s	+ 0.631s	25
9	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:26.720s	+ 0.648s	26
10	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:26.725s	+ 0.653s	27
11	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:26.742s	+ 0.670s	27
12	Frederik Vesti	Mercedes	1:26.815s	+ 0.743s	27
13	Jack Doohan	Alpine	1:26.865s	+ 0.793s	23
14	Théo Pourchaire	Alfa Romeo	1:27.093s	+ 1.021s	20
15	Pato O’Ward	McLaren	1:27.114s	+ 1.042s	23
16	Jake Dennis	Red Bull	1:27.208s	+ 1.136s	24
17	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	1:27.244s	+ 1.172s	20
18	Zak O’Sullivan	Williams	1:27.460s	+ 1.388s	28
19	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:27.462s	+ 1.390s	26
20	Ollie Bearman	Haas	1:27.569s	+ 1.497s	24

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:24.809s		16
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:24.852s	+ 0.043s	18
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:24.982s	+ 0.173s	17
4	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:25.024s	+ 0.215s	16
5	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:25.112s	+ 0.303s	17
6	George Russell	Mercedes	1:25.122s	+ 0.313s	17
7	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:25.223s	+ 0.414s	18
8	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:25.315s	+ 0.506s	16
9	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:25.321s	+ 0.512s	15
10	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:25.361s	+ 0.552s	18
11	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:25.397s	+ 0.588s	17
12	Daniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	1:25.467s	+ 0.658s	16
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:25.492s	+ 0.683s	17
14	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:25.566s	+ 0.757s	17
15	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:25.669s	+ 0.860s	17
16	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:26.081s	+ 1.272s	20
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:26.413s	+ 1.604s	18
18	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:26.659s	+ 1.850s	17
19	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:26.707s	+ 1.898s	4
20	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:27.147s	+ 2.338s	7

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	George Russell	Mercedes	1:24.418s		14
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:24.513s	+ 0.095s	16
3	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:24.810s	+ 0.392s	16
4	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:24.929s	+ 0.511s	17
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:25.099s	+ 0.681s	27
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:25.153s	+ 0.735s	19
7	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:25.194s	+ 0.776s	18
8	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:25.205s	+ 0.787s	17
9	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:25.222s	+ 0.804s	15
10	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:25.258s	+ 0.840s	23
11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:25.259s	+ 0.841s	21
12	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:25.292s	+ 0.874s	26
13	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:25.303s	+ 0.885s	18
14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:25.343s	+ 0.925s	25
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:25.405s	+ 0.987s	24
16	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:25.420s	+ 1.002s	16
17	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:25.584s	+ 1.166s	22
18	Daniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	1:25.597s	+ 1.179s	15
19	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:25.652s	+ 1.234s	20
20	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:25.713s	+ 1.295s	29

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:24.160s	1:23.740s	1:23.445s
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:24.459s	1:23.969s	1:23.584s
3	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:24.487s	1:24.278s	1:23.782s
4	George Russell	Mercedes	1:24.337s	1:24.013s	1:23.788s
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:24.368s	1:23.920s	1:23.816s
6	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:24.286s	1:24.207s	1:23.968s
7	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:24.501s	1:24.131s	1:24.084s
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:24.425s	1:24.213s	1:24.108s
9	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:24.209s	1:24.116s	1:24.171s
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:24.600s	1:24.078s	1:24.548s
11	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:24.437s	1:24.359s
12	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:24.565s	1:24.391s
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:24.405s	1:24.422s
14	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:24.298s	1:24.439s
15	Daniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	1:24.461s	1:24.442s
16	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:24.738s
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:24.764s
18	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:24.788s
19	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	1:25.159s
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	58 laps - 1:27:02.624s	2
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 17.993s	2
3	George Russell	Mercedes	+ 20.328s	2
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	+ 21.453s	2
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 24.284s	2
6	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+ 31.487s	2
7	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+ 39.512s	2
8	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	+ 43.088s	1
9	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 44.424s	2
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 55.632s	2
11	Daniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	+ 56.229s	2
12	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 66.373s	1
13	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+ 70.360s	2
14	Alexander Albon	Williams	+ 73.184s	2
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	+ 83.696s	2
16	Logan Sargeant	Williams	+ 87.791s	2
17	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	+ 89.422s	2
18	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 1 lap	3
19	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	1
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 1 lap	2

Drivers championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Max Verstappen	575
2	Sergio Pérez	285
3	Lewis Hamilton	234
4	Fernando Alonso	206
5	Charles Leclerc	206
6	Lando Norris	205
7	Carlos Sainz	200
8	George Russell	175
9	Oscar Piastri	97
10	Lance Stroll	74
11	Pierre Gasly	62
12	Esteban Ocon	58
13	Alexander Albon	27
14	Yuki Tsunoda	17
15	Valtteri Bottas	10
16	Nico Hülkenberg	9
17	Daniel Ricciardo	6
18	Zhou Guanyu	6
19	Kevin Magnussen	3
20	Liam Lawson	2
21	Logan Sargeant	1
22	Nyck de Vries	0

Constructors championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Red Bull	860
2	Mercedes	409
3	Ferrari	406
4	McLaren	302
5	Aston Martin	280
6	Alpine	120
7	Williams	28
8	AlphaTauri	25
9	Alfa Romeo	16
10	Haas	12

Keep up to date with all the F1 news via Facebook and Twitter

Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.