Esteban Ocon (FRA) Alpine F1 Team A523. 25.11.2023. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 23, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, Qualifying Day. – www.xpbimages.com, EMail: [email protected] © Copyright: Coates / XPB Images
Max Verstappen has secured the final pole position of the 2023 Formula 1 season, courtesy of a 1:23.445s lap time in Abu Dhabi.
Charles Leclerc made sure he put his Ferrari on the front row with a last-ditch lap, 0.139s behind Verstappen.
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri was third with Geroge Russell set to join him on the second row of the grid.
Lando Norris completed the top five in the second McLaren, one place ahead of an impressive Yuki Tsunoda, who posted the sixth-fastest time in his AlphaTauri.
Seventh went to Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso with Nico Hulkenberg making Q3 yet again for Haas, finishing eighth.
The top-10 was completed by Sergio Perez in ninth and Pierre Gasly in 10th.
Check out the full qualifying results below.
Position | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | |||
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1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:23.445 | ||||
2 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:23.584 | 0.139 | |||
3 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1:23.782 | 0.337 | |||
4 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:23.788 | 0.343 | |||
5 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:23.816 | 0.371 | |||
6 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:23.968 | 0.523 | |||
7 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1:24.084 | 0.639 | |||
8 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas | 1:24.108 | 0.663 | |||
9 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | 1:24.171 | 0.726 | |||
10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | 1:24.548 | 1.103 | |||
11 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | |||||
12 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | |||||
13 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | |||||
14 | Alex Albon | Williams | |||||
15 | Daniel Ricciardo | AlphaTauri | |||||
16 | Carlos Sainz Jr | Ferrari | |||||
17 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | |||||
18 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | |||||
19 | Guanyu Zhou | Alfa Romeo | |||||
20 | Logan Sargeant | Williams |
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