2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Date: 26 Nov 2023
Circuit: Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Round: 22 of 22
Winner: Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
Tyre compounds: C3 hard C4 medium C5 soft source
Pole position: Max Verstappen (1:23.445)

Race classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	FL	Pts
1	1	VERMax Verstappen	Red Bull	1	58	1:27:02.624	1:26.993	26
2	16	LECCharles Leclerc	Ferrari	2	58	+17.993		18
3	63	RUSGeorge Russell	Mercedes	4	58	+20.328		15
4	11	PERSergio Pérez	Red Bull	9	58	+21.453		12
5	4	NORLando Norris	McLaren	5	58	+24.284		10
6	81	PIAOscar Piastri	McLaren	3	58	+31.487		8
7	14	ALOFernando Alonso	Aston Martin	7	58	+39.512		6
8	22	TSUYuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	6	58	+43.088		4
9	44	HAMLewis Hamilton	Mercedes	11	58	+44.424		2
10	18	STRLance Stroll	Aston Martin	13	58	+55.632		1
11	3	RICDaniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	15	58	+56.229		0
12	31	OCOEsteban Ocon	Alpine F1 Team	12	58	+66.373		0
13	10	GASPierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team	10	58	+70.360		0
14	23	ALBAlexander Albon	Williams	14	58	+73.184		0
15	27	HULNico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	8	58	+83.696		0
16	2	SARLogan Sargeant	Williams	20	58	+87.791		0
17	24	ZHOGuanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	19	58	+89.422		0
18	55	SAICarlos Sainz	Ferrari	16	57	Retired		0
19	77	BOTValtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	18	57	+1 Lap		0
20	20	MAGKevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	17	57	+1 Lap		0

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Lap chart

Position at the end of each lap, from first to last. A line that ends early is a retirement. Rings are pit stops. Hover or tap the chart to see every driver's position on that lap.

Race history: gap to the leader

Seconds behind the leader after each lap, from cumulative lap times. Rings are pit stops; shaded bands are safety-car periods. Drivers more than 62 seconds behind run along the bottom edge. Hover or tap for a lap.

How the race was won

Winner: Max Verstappen: 2 stops (laps 16, 43), stints of 16 medium, 27 hard, 15 hard laps
2nd: Charles Leclerc: 2 stops (laps 17, 35), stints of 17 medium, 18 hard, 23 hard laps
3rd: George Russell: 2 stops (laps 14, 34), stints of 14 medium, 20 hard, 24 hard laps
Finishers: 1 stop: 3 · 2 stops: 17
First stops: median lap 15 of 58

Pit stops

Driver	Stops	Laps (pit-lane time)	Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance)
VERMax Verstappen	2	16 (21.7 s), 43 (21.3 s)	162715
LECCharles Leclerc	2	17 (21.9 s), 35 (21.2 s)	171823
RUSGeorge Russell	2	14 (21.6 s), 34 (22.1 s)	142024
PERSergio Pérez	2	17 (21.4 s), 42 (21.3 s)	172516
NORLando Norris	2	14 (24.1 s), 33 (21.4 s)	141925
PIAOscar Piastri	2	13 (21.7 s), 36 (21.2 s)	132322
ALOFernando Alonso	2	12 (22.5 s), 36 (21.8 s)	122422
TSUYuki Tsunoda	1	22 (21.5 s)	2236
HAMLewis Hamilton	2	15 (22.2 s), 35 (22.0 s)	152023
STRLance Stroll	2	22 (21.9 s), 42 (21.7 s)	222016
RICDaniel Ricciardo	2	7 (21.7 s), 31 (21.7 s)	72427
OCOEsteban Ocon	1	15 (22.2 s)	1543
GASPierre Gasly	2	17 (23.1 s), 32 (23.5 s)	171526
ALBAlexander Albon	2	16 (22.2 s), 43 (21.9 s)	162715
HULNico Hülkenberg	2	13 (21.9 s), 33 (22.1 s)	132025
SARLogan Sargeant	2	15 (22.1 s), 41 (21.9 s)	152617
ZHOGuanyu Zhou	2	13 (22.9 s), 37 (22.3 s)	132421
SAICarlos Sainz	2	23 (21.2 s), 56 (21.6 s)	2333
BOTValtteri Bottas	1	29 (22.7 s)	2928
MAGKevin Magnussen	2	5 (22.8 s), 22 (22.2 s)	51735

Bar colours are the tyre compound of each stint: hard medium soft intermediate wet not known (the records disagree). Compounds from Pirelli's post-race pit-stop graphic (press.pirelli.com).

Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:24.160	1:23.740	1:23.445	fastest Q3
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:24.459	1:23.969	1:23.584	+0.139 Q3
3	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:24.487	1:24.278	1:23.782	+0.337 Q3
4	George Russell	Mercedes	1:24.337	1:24.013	1:23.788	+0.343 Q3
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:24.368	1:23.920	1:23.816	+0.371 Q3
6	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:24.286	1:24.207	1:23.968	+0.523 Q3
7	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:24.501	1:24.131	1:24.084	+0.639 Q3
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:24.425	1:24.213	1:24.108	+0.663 Q3
9	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:24.209	1:24.116	1:24.171	+0.671 Q2
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team	1:24.600	1:24.078	1:24.548	+0.633 Q2
11	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:24.437	1:24.359		+0.914 Q2
12	Esteban Ocon	Alpine F1 Team	1:24.565	1:24.391		+0.946 Q2
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:24.405	1:24.422		+0.960 Q1
14	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:24.298	1:24.439		+0.853 Q1
15	Daniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	1:24.461	1:24.442		+0.997 Q2
16	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:24.738			+1.293 Q1
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:24.764			+1.319 Q1
18	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:24.788			+1.343 Q1
19	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:25.159			+1.714 Q1
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams

Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.

Standings after this race

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	19	575
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	2	285
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	0	234
4	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	0	206
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	0	206
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	0	205
7	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1	200
8	George Russell	Mercedes	0	175
9	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	0	97
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	0	74

Constructors

Pos	Constructor	Wins	Points
1	Red Bull	21	860
2	Mercedes	0	409
3	Ferrari	1	406
4	McLaren	0	302
5	Aston Martin	0	280
6	Alpine F1 Team	0	120
7	Williams	0	28
8	AlphaTauri	0	25
9	Alfa Romeo	0	16
10	Haas F1 Team	0	12

Full 2023 standings