2023 F1 Abu Dhabi GP qualifying outcomes: Verstappen takes pole

Verstappen will begin forward of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and McLaren’s Oscar Piastri after the one-hour qualifying session, which is cut up into three segments with 5 automobiles every being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 earlier than the top-10 shootout of Q3.

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix grid: Verstappen on pole from Leclerc

What occurred in Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Q1?

Verstappen produced the quickest time of 1m24.160s, 0.049s forward of team-mate Perez.

Falling on the first hurdle had been Carlos Sainz (Ferrari), Kevin Magnussen (Haas), the Alfa Romeos of Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu, and Logan Sargeant (Williams, who misplaced each his flying laptimes resulting from exceeding monitor limits).

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Q1 outcomes: Verstappen quickest from Perez

What occurred in Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Q2?

Verstappen set the tempo right here too, recording a 1m23.740s on his opening run, 0.18s faster than McLaren’s Lando Norris.

Knocked out at this level had been Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), Esteban Ocon (Alpine), Lance Stroll (Aston Martin), Alex Albon (Williams) and Daniel Ricciardo (AlphaTauri).

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Q2 outcomes: Verstappen quickest from Norris

What occurred in Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Q3?

On the primary runs, Verstappen set the bar at 1m23.445s, 0.371s sooner than Norris.

On the ultimate runs, Verstappen didn’t enhance however Leclerc jumped as much as second, 0.139s off pole.

Piastri grabbed third from Norris, who made an enormous error on his remaining lap, and George Russell (Mercedes) simply snatched fourth from his fellow Brit.

Behind Norris, Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) will begin sixth, forward of Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin), Nico Hulkenberg (Haas), Perez (whose finest time was deleted) and Pierre Gasly (Alpine).