2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
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Race Details
Date	November 26, 2023
Race Number	1101
Official Name	Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2023
Location	Yas Marina Circuit Yas Island, Abu Dhabi
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.281 km (3.281 mi)
Distance	58 laps, 306.298 km (190.325 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Time	1:23.445
Fastest Lap
Driver	Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Time	1:26.993 on lap 45
Podium
First	Max Verstappen
Second	Charles Leclerc
Third	George Russell
Lap Leaders

The 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2023) was the twenty-third round of the 2023 FIA Formula One World Championship, held at the Yas Marina Circuit on the weekend of November 24 to November 26 2023.

Background

Weather Conditions
Practice 1	Sunny
Practice 2	Night
Practice 3	Sunny
Qualifying	Night
Race	Night

Available Tyres
Hard	C3
Medium	C4
Soft	C5
Inter	Inters
Wet	Wet

Young Driver Tests

During the first practice session, nine teams will field alternate drivers who have not raced in more than two Grands Prix, as required by the Formula One regulations:

• Théo Pourchaire for Alfa Romeo
• Jack Doohan for Alpine
• Felipe Drugovich for Aston Martin
• Robert Shwartzman for Ferrari
• Oliver Bearman for Haas
• Pato O'Ward for McLaren
• Frederik Vesti for Mercedes
• Jake Dennis and Isack Hadjar for Red Bull Racing
• Zak O'Sullivan for Williams

Dennis and O'Sullivan will make their Formula One practice debut.

Entry List

The full entry list for the 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is outlined below:

Official Entry List of 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
1	Max Verstappen	Oracle Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB19	Honda RBPT	RBPTH001 1.6L V6t	P
2	Logan Sargeant	Williams Racing	Williams	FW45	Mercedes	F1 M14 1.6L V6t	P
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AlphaTauri	AT04	Honda RBPT	RBPTH001 1.6L V6t	P
4	Lando Norris	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren	MCL37	Mercedes	F1 M14 1.6L V6t	P
10	Pierre Gasly	BWT Alpine F1 Team	Alpine	A523	Renault	E-Tech RE23 1.6L V6t	P
11	Sergio Pérez	Oracle Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB19	Honda RBPT	RBPTH001 1.6L V6t	P
14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team	Aston Martin	AMR23	Mercedes	F1 M14 1.6L V6t	P
16	Charles Leclerc	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF-23	Ferrari	066/10 1.6L V6t	P
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team	Aston Martin	AMR23	Mercedes	F1 M14 1.6L V6t	P
20	Kevin Magnussen	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-23	Ferrari	066/10 1.6L V6t	P
22	Yuki Tsunoda	Scuderia AlphaTauri	AlphaTauri	AT04	Honda RBPT	RBPTH001 1.6L V6t	P
23	Alexander Albon	Williams Racing	Williams	FW45	Mercedes	F1 M14 1.6L V6t	P
24	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo F1 Team Kick	Alfa Romeo	C43	Ferrari	066/10 1.6L V6t	P
27	Nico Hulkenberg	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-23	Ferrari	066/10 1.6L V6t	P
31	Esteban Ocon	BWT Alpine F1 Team	Alpine	A523	Renault	E-Tech RE23 1.6L V6t	P
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	W14	Mercedes	F1 M14 1.6L V6t	P
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF-23	Ferrari	066/10 1.6L V6t	P
63	George Russell	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	W14	Mercedes	F1 M14 1.6L V6t	P
77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo F1 Team Kick	Alfa Romeo	C43	Ferrari	066/10 1.6L V6t	P
81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren	MCL37	Mercedes	F1 M14 1.6L V6t	P
Test Drivers for Practice 1
29	Patricio O'Ward	McLaren F1 Team	McLaren	MCL37	Mercedes	F1 M14 1.6L V6t	P
34	Felipe Drugovich	Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team	Aston Martin	AMR23	Mercedes	F1 M14 1.6L V6t	P
36	Jake Dennis	Oracle Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB19	Honda RBPT	RBPTH001 1.6L V6t	P
37	Isack Hadjar	Oracle Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB19	Honda RBPT	RBPTH001 1.6L V6t	P
39	Robert Shwartzman	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF-23	Ferrari	066/10 1.6L V6t	P
42	Frederik Vesti	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	W14	Mercedes	F1 M14 1.6L V6t	P
45	Zak O'Sullivan	Williams Racing	Williams	FW45	Mercedes	F1 M14 1.6L V6t	P
50	Oliver Bearman	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-23	Ferrari	066/10 1.6L V6t	P
61	Jack Doohan	BWT Alpine F1 Team	Alpine	A523	Renault	E-Tech RE23 1.6L V6t	P
98	Théo Pourchaire	Alfa Romeo F1 Team Kick	Alfa Romeo	C43	Ferrari	066/10 1.6L V6t	P
Source:

Practice

Practice Results

The full practice results for the 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix are outlined below:

No.	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
			Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	DNP		1:24.982	3	1:25.153	6
2	Logan Sargeant	Williams-Mercedes	1:26.742	11	1:26.659	18	1:25.205	8
3	Daniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	1:26.433	3	1:25.467	12	1:25.597	18
4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	DNP		1:24.852	2	1:24.513	2
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	1:26.720	9	1:25.321	9	1:25.303	13
11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	DNP		1:25.112	5	1:25.259	11
14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin-Mercedes	DNP		1:25.397	11	1:25.343	14
16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	DNP		1:24.809	1	1:25.099	5
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:26.631	5	1:25.492	13	1:25.405	15
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:27.462	19	1:26.413	17	1:25.652	19
22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	1:26.725	10	1:25.669	15	1:25.222	9
23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	DNP		1:26.081	16	1:24.929	4
24	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	DNP		1:25.223	7	1:25.258	10
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas-Ferrari	DNP		1:27.147	20	1:25.584	17
29	Patricio O'Ward	McLaren-Mercedes	1:27.114	15	DNP
31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	DNP		1:25.566	14	1:25.194	7
34	Felipe Drugovich	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:26.360	2	DNP
36	Jake Dennis	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	1:27.208	16	DNP
37	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	1:27.244	17	DNP
39	Robert Shwartzman	Ferrari	1:26.703	8	DNP
42	Frederik Vesti	Mercedes	1:26.815	12	DNP
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	DNP		1:25.315	8	1:25.292	12
45	Zak O'Sullivan	Williams-Mercedes	1:27.460	18	DNP
50	Oliver Bearman	Haas-Ferrari	1:27.569	20	DNP
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Ferrari	1:26.676	7	1:26.707	19	1:25.713	20
61	Jack Doohan	Alpine	1:26.865	13	DNP
63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:26.072	1	1:25.122	6	1:24.418	1
77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:26.453	4	1:25.024	4	1:25.420	16
81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	1:26.665	6	1:25.361	10	1:24.810	3
98	Théo Pourchaire	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:27.093	14	DNP
Source:

Qualifying

Qualifying Results

The full qualifying results for the 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Grid
				Time	Time	Time
1	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	1:24.160	1:23.740	1:23.445	1
2	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:24.459	1:23.969	1:23.584	2
3	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	1:24.487	1:24.278	1:23.782	3
4	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:24.337	1:24.013	1:23.788	4
5	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:24.368	1:23.920	1:23.816	5
6	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	1:24.286	1:24.207	1:23.968	6
7	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:24.501	1:24.131	1:24.084	7
8	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas-Ferrari	1:24.425	1:24.213	1:24.108	8
9	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:24.209	1:24.116	1:24.171	9
10	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	1:24.600	1:24.078	1:24.548	10
11	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:24.437	1:24.359	N/A	11
12	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	1:24.565	1:24.391	N/A	12
13	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	1:24.405	1:24.422	N/A	13
14	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	1:24.298	1:24.439	N/A	14
15	3	Daniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	1:24.461	1:24.442	N/A	15
16	55	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:24.738	N/A	N/A	16
17	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:24.764	N/A	N/A	17
18	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:24.788	N/A	N/A	18
19	24	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	1:25.159	N/A	N/A	19
107% Time: 1:30.051
NC	2	Logan Sargeant	Williams-Mercedes	No Time	N/A	N/A	20
Source:

• Bold indicates the fastest driver's time in each session.

Grid

Show Grid

	Pos.	Pos.
	Driver	Driver
		______________
Row 1	______________	1
	2	1. Verstappen
	16. Leclerc	______________
Row 2	______________	3
	4	81. Piastri
	63. Russell	______________
Row 3	______________	5
	6	4. Norris
	22. Tsunoda	______________
Row 4	______________	7
	8	14. Alonso
	27. Hülkenberg	______________
Row 5	______________	9
	10	11. Pérez
	10. Gasly	______________
Row 6	______________	11
	12	44. Hamilton
	31. Ocon	______________
Row 7	______________	13
	14	18. Stroll
	23. Albon	______________
Row 8	______________	15
	16	3. Ricciardo
	55. Sainz	______________
Row 9	______________	17
	18	20. Magnussen
	77. Bottas	______________
Row 10	______________	19
	20	24. Zhou
	2. Sargeant	______________

Race

Results

The full race results for the 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	58	1:27:02.624	1	26FL
2	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	58	+17.993s	2	18
3	63	George Russell	Mercedes	58	+20.328s	4	15
4	11	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	58	+21.453s*	9	12
5	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	58	+24.284s	5	10
6	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	58	+31.487s	3	8
7	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin-Mercedes	58	+39.512s	7	6
8	22	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	58	+43.088s	6	4
9	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	58	+44.424s	11	2
10	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin-Mercedes	58	+55.632s	13	1
11	3	Daniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT	58	+56.229s	15
12	31	Esteban Ocon	Alpine-Renault	58	+66.373s	12
13	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	58	+70.360s	10
14	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	58	+73.184s	14
15	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas-Ferrari	58	+1:23.696	8
16	2	Logan Sargeant	Williams-Mercedes	58	+87.791s	20
17	24	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	58	+89.422s	19
18†	55	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	57	Retired	16
19	77	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo-Ferrari	57	+1 Lap	18
20	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	57	+1 Lap	17
Source:

Post-Race Time Penalty

• *Sergio Pérez originally finished second, but had received a 5-second time penalty that has dropped him down to fourth.

Milestones

• Max Verstappen is the 1^st driver to complete 1,000 laps in the lead in a single season
  • 19^th victory for Max Verstappen in the 2023 Formula One Season
  • 11^th hat-trick for Max Verstappen
  • 29^th double for Max Verstappen
  • 185^th race entry for Max Verstappen
• Red Bull achieves a 95.45% win rate in a single season (new record)
• 1^st time Yuki Tsunoda led a Formula 1 race
  • Yuki Tsunoda became the first Japanese driver to lead a Grand Prix since Takuma Sato led 2 laps in the 2004 European Grand Prix.
• 380^th race entry for Fernando Alonso
• 240^th race entry for Daniel Ricciardo
• 185^th race entry for Carlos Sainz, Jr.
• 145^th race entry for Lance Stroll
• 130^th race entry and start for Pierre Gasly
• 125^th race entry for Charles Leclerc

Standings

Drivers' World Championship Pos. Driver Pts. +/- 1st Max Verstappen 575 — 2nd Sergio Pérez 285 — 3rd Lewis Hamilton 234 — 4th Fernando Alonso 206 ▲1 5th Charles Leclerc 206 ▲2 6th Lando Norris 205 — 7th Carlos Sainz 200 ▼3 8th George Russell 175 — 9th Oscar Piastri 97 — 10th Lance Stroll 74 — 11th Pierre Gasly 62 — 12th Esteban Ocon 58 — 13th Alexander Albon 27 — 14th Yuki Tsunoda 17 — 15th Valtteri Bottas 10 — 16th Nico Hülkenberg 9 — 17th Daniel Ricciardo 6 — 18th Guanyu Zhou 6 — 19th Kevin Magnussen 3 — 20th Liam Lawson 2 — 21th Logan Sargeant 1 — Only point-scoring drivers are shown.

Constructors' World Championship Pos. Team Pts. +/- 1st Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT 860 — 2nd Mercedes 409 — 3rd Ferrari 406 — 4th McLaren-Mercedes 302 — 5th Aston Martin-Mercedes 280 — 6th Alpine-Renault 120 — 7th Williams-Mercedes 28 — 8th AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT 25 — 9th Alfa Romeo-Ferrari 16 — 10th Haas-Ferrari 12 —

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