Today's post-qualifying press conference with Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc and Oscar Piastri. read more »

Charles Leclerc says ending up on the front row of the grid for the F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was a "big surprise" after he feared a Q1 elimination.  read more »

The reigning world champion secured the final pole of the season by seeing off a late challenge from Charles Leclerc in qualifying, taking top spot by 0.139s.Oscar Piastri... read more »

The McLaren driver had looked on course to emerge as Max Verstappen's main challenger in the fight for pole position on Saturday, but a lurid slide through the hotel... read more »

Max Verstappen edges out Charles Leclerc and Oscar Piastri as the Yas Marina continues to throw up surprise after surprise not least in terms of the disparity between teammates. read more »

Charles Leclerc admits he was concerned about being eliminated in Q1 before ending up with a "surprise" front row in qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Having... read more »

The three-time champion signed off his season's qualifying efforts with a 12th pole, having pipped Ferrari rival Charles Leclerc by 0.139 seconds despite failing to... read more »

Leclerc ultimately lapped only 0.139 seconds shy of polesitter Max Verstappen in the final part of the shootout, with the Red Bull driver failing to improve on his last flying... read more »

Max Verstappen claimed a convincing pole position in the final F1 qualifying session of the season at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.  read more »

Max Verstappen recovered from his Abu Dhabi Grand Prix practice struggles to take pole position ahead of Charles Leclerc in the final qualifying session of the 2023 season. read more »

Verstappen will start ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and McLaren's Oscar Piastri after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with... read more »

Three-time world champion Max Verstappen snatched the pole position at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, beating Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and McLaren's Lando Norris.... read more »

Max Verstappen ended the final qualifying session of 2023 on top as he stormed to a fourth-consecutive pole position at the Yas Marina Circuit for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The... read more »

In a final qualifying session where the soft tyres were good for just a single flying lap - unlike the multiple fliers seen last week in Las Vegas - Lewis Hamilton was also... read more »

Red Bull's Max Verstappen beat Ferrari's Charles Leclerc to take his 12th pole in 22 races this year at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. read more »

Max Verstappen secured an emphatic pole position for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix ahead of Charles Leclerc in second and Oscar Piastri in third. read more »

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... read more »

The final practice at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix delivered a surprising result as Mercedes driver George Russell dominated the action while Ferrari and Red Bull struggled for... read more »

Charles Leclerc has stated that Ferrari need to beat Mercedes to second place in the constructors' championship ahead of this weekend's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. read more »

George Russell and Charles Leclerc topped two intriguing Formula 1 practice sessions at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, amid a swathe of rookie appearances in FP1 and incidents in... read more »

Two red flag periods restrict the running in second practice at the Yas Marina, as Charles Leclerc edges out Lando Norris and an impatient Max Verstappen. read more »

Charles Leclerc topped a truncated second practice at the F1 season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after Carlos Sainz and Nico Hulkenberg both crashed.  read more »

Having handed over his car to reserve driver in the opening practice, Ferrari regular driver Charles Leclerc set the benchmark time in the second practice session at the Abu... read more »

Mercedes' George Russell was fastest in Free Practice 1, by 0.28s from Aston Martin's reserve driver Felipe Drugovich.Leclerc paced a massively disrupted FP2 with a... read more »

The two incidents left only a quarter of an hour of real running at the end of the session, in which Leclerc posted a 1m24.809s to fire his way up to the top of the order -... read more »