The 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Thread

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This is the place to discuss everything related to the final round of the 2023 season taking place in Abu Dhabi between the 24th-26th of November.

The event timetable for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Friday
1st Practice 13:30 local time - 09:30 GMT
2nd Practice 17:00 local time - 13:00 GMT

Saturday
Practice 14:30 local time - 10:30 GMT
Qualifying 18:00 local time - 14:00 GMT

Sunday
Race 17:00 local time - 13:00 GMT

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FP1 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:26.072	George Russell	  Mercedes
2	1:26.360	Felipe Drugovich  Aston Martin
3	1:26.433	Daniel Ricciardo  AlphaTauri
4	1:26.453	Valtteri Bottas	  Alfa Romeo
5	1:26.631	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
6	1:26.665	Oscar Piastri	  McLaren
7	1:26.676	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
8	1:26.703	Robert Shwartzman Ferrari
9	1:26.720	Pierre Gasly	  Alpine
10	1:26.725	Yuki Tsunoda	  AlphaTauri
11	1:26.742	Logan Sargeant	  Williams
12	1:26.815	Frederik Vesti	  Mercedes
13	1:26.865	Jack Doohan	  Alpine
14	1:27.093	Theo Pourchaire   Alfa Romeo
15	1:27.114	Patricio O'Ward   McLaren
16	1:27.208	Jake Dennis	  Red Bull Racing
17	1:27.244	Isack Hadjar	  Red Bull Racing
18	1:27.460	Zak O'Sullivan	  Williams
19	1:27.462	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
20	1:27.569	Oliver Bearman	  Haas

This session had 10 rookie drivers taking part, some in preparation for the post season test commencing Monday.

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FP2 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:24.809	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
2	1:24.852	Lando Norris	  McLaren
3	1:24.982	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
4	1:25.024	Valtteri Bottas	  Alfa Romeo
5	1:25.112	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
6	1:25.122	George Russell	  Mercedes
7	1:25.223	Zhou Guanyu	  Alfa Romeo
8	1:25.315	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
9	1:25.321	Pierre Gasly	  Alpine
10	1:25.361	Oscar Piastri	  McLaren
11	1:25.397	Fernando Alonso	  Aston Martin
12	1:25.467	Daniel Ricciardo  AlphaTauri
13	1:25.492	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
14	1:25.566	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
15	1:25.669	Yuki Tsunoda	  AlphaTauri
16	1:26.081	Alexander Albon	  Williams
17	1:26.413	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
18	1:26.659	Logan Sargeant	  Williams
19	1:26.707	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
20	1:27.147	Nico Hulkenberg	  Haas

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This was a disrupted session with about half the allocated time lost to red flags.
Carlos Sainz had heavy contact with the barriers around 12 minutes into the session. The time was lost removing the car and then having to repair the barriers. Carlos Sainz was uninjured and should participate in the remainder of the weekend.
Within minutes of the session restarting, Nico Hulkenberg lost his Haas while exiting turn 1 and ending in the barriers. Again the red flags came out ruining the teams remaining run plans.

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FP3 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:24.418	George Russell	  Mercedes
2	1:24.513	Lando Norris	  McLaren
3	1:24.810	Oscar Piastri	  McLaren
4	1:24.929	Alexander Albon	  Williams
5	1:25.099	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
6	1:25.153	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
7	1:25.194	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
8	1:25.205	Logan Sargeant	  Williams
9	1:25.222	Yuki Tsunoda	  AlphaTauri
10	1:25.258	Zhou Guanyu	  Alfa Romeo
11	1:25.259	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
12	1:25.292	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
13	1:25.303	Pierre Gasly	  Alpine
14	1:25.343	Fernando Alonso	  Aston Martin
15	1:25.405	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
16	1:25.420	Valtteri Bottas	  Alfa Romeo
17	1:25.584	Nico Hulkenberg	  Haas
18	1:25.597	Daniel Ricciardo  AlphaTauri
19	1:25.652	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
20	1:25.713	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari

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Qualifying

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Pos	Team		Driver		  Team
1	1:23.445	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
2	1:23.584	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
3	1:23.782	Oscar Piastri	  McLaren
4	1:23.788	George Russell	  Mercedes
5	1:23.816	Lando Norris	  McLaren
6	1:23.968	Yuki Tsunoda	  AlphaTauri
7	1:24.084	Fernando Alonso	  Aston Martin
8	1:24.108	Nico Hulkenberg	  Haas
9	1:24.171	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
10	1:24.548	Pierre Gasly	  Alpine
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11	1:24.359	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
12	1:24.391	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
13	1:24.422	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
14	1:24.439	Alexander Albon	  Williams
15	1:24.442	Daniel Ricciardo  AlphaTauri
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16	1:24.738	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
17	1:24.764	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
18	1:24.788	Valtteri Bottas	  Alfa Romeo
19	1:25.159	Zhou Guanyu	  Alfa Romeo
20	No Time		Logan Sargeant	  Williams
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Logan Sargeant has 2 runs in Q1 but track limits cancelled both his times.

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Race

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Pos	Driver		  Team
1	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
2	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
3	George Russell	  Mercedes
4	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
5	Lando Norris	  McLaren
6	Oscar Piastri	  McLaren
7	Fernando Alonso	  Aston Martin
8	Yuki Tsunoda	  AlphaTauri
9	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
10	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
11	Daniel Ricciardo  AlphaTauri
12	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
13	Pierre Gasly	  Alpine
14	Alexander Albon	  Williams
15	Nico Hulkenberg	  Haas
16	Logan Sargeant	  Williams
17	Zhou Guanyu	  Alfa Romeo
18	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
19	Valtteri Bottas	  Alfa Romeo
20	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas

[cmlean]

And so ends the 2023 season.
The season is one of Red Bull and Max Verstappen domination. Only one other team, Ferrari, managed a win such was the Red Bull dominance.
Max scored 19 of the wins himself and the points to second place was also a record. Add that to over 1000 laps led and it has been a season that will not be replicated.