Round 23 · 2023

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Yas Marina Circuit, United Arab Emirates · 26 Nov 2023

The main event. Most laps wins; points go to the top 10.

How the race went

Max Verstappen won the race from pole, finishing 17.993s ahead of Charles Leclerc.

A clean race: no Safety Cars or red flags.
Sergio Perez was the big mover, climbing from P9 to P4.
Max Verstappen set the fastest lap: 1:26.993 on lap 45.
37 pit stops in total; most drivers stopped 2 times.
Max Verstappen's tyres: Medium → Hard → Hard.
1 driver didn't finish: Carlos Sainz.
A dry race, with the track around 33°C.
354 overtakes recorded.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Time / gap	Pts
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1	1:27:02.624	26
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	2	+17.993s	18
3	George Russell	Mercedes	4 ▲1	+20.328s	15
4	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	9 ▲5	+21.453s	12
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	5	+24.284s	10
6	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	3 ▼3	+31.487s	8
7	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	7	+39.512s	6
8	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	6 ▼2	+43.088s	4
9	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	11 ▲2	+44.424s	2
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	13 ▲3	+55.632s	1
11	Daniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	15 ▲4	+56.229s	0
12	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	12	+66.373s	0
13	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	10 ▼3	+70.36s	0
14	Alexander Albon	Williams	14	+73.184s	0
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas F1 Team	8 ▼7	+83.696s	0
16	Logan Sargeant	Williams	20 ▲4	+87.791s	0
17	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	19 ▲2	+89.422s	0
18	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	16 ▼2	DNF	0
19	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	18 ▼1	+1 LAP	0
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	17 ▼3	+1 LAP	0

Reading this table

Grid is where the driver started. ▲ means they gained places during the race, ▼ means they lost places. DNF = did not finish, DNS = did not start, DSQ = disqualified. The winner's time is the total race time; everyone else is shown as the gap behind the winner.