Abu Dhabi 2023: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:24.160	1:23.740	1:23.445
2	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:24.459	1:23.969	1:23.584	+0.139
3	Piastri	McLaren	1:24.487	1:24.278	1:23.782	+0.337
4	Russell	Mercedes	1:24.337	1:24.013	1:23.788	+0.343
5	Norris	McLaren	1:24.368	1:23.920	1:23.816	+0.371
6	Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:24.286	1:24.207	1:23.968	+0.523
7	Alonso	Aston Martin	1:24.501	1:24.131	1:24.084	+0.639
8	Hülkenberg	Haas	1:24.425	1:24.213	1:24.108	+0.663
9	Pérez	Red Bull	1:24.209	1:24.116	1:24.171	+0.726
10	Gasly	Alpine	1:24.600	1:24.078	1:24.548	+1.103
11	Hamilton	Mercedes	1:24.437	1:24.359		+0.619
12	Ocon	Alpine	1:24.565	1:24.391		+0.651
13	Stroll	Aston Martin	1:24.405	1:24.422		+0.682
14	Albon	Williams	1:24.298	1:24.439		+0.699
15	Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	1:24.461	1:24.442		+0.702
16	Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	1:24.738			+0.578
17	Magnussen	Haas	1:24.764			+0.604
18	Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:24.788			+0.628
19	Zhou	Alfa Romeo	1:25.159			+0.999
NC	Sargeant	Williams

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Max VerstappenFastest lap	Red Bull	1	58	1:27:02.624	2	Honda RBPT
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	2	58	+17.993	2	Ferrari
3	George Russell	Mercedes	4	58	+20.328	2	Mercedes
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	9	58	+21.453	2	Honda RBPT
5	Lando Norris	McLaren	5	58	+24.284	2	Mercedes
6	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	3	58	+31.487	2	Mercedes
7	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	7	58	+39.512	2	Mercedes
8	Yuki TsunodaDriver of the Day	AlphaTauri	6	58	+43.088	1	Honda RBPT
9	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	11	58	+44.424	2	Mercedes
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	13	58	+55.632	2	Mercedes
11	Daniel Ricciardo	AlphaTauri	15	58	+56.229	2	Honda RBPT
12	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	12	58	+1:06.373	1	Renault
13	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	10	58	+1:10.360	2	Renault
14	Alexander Albon	Williams	14	58	+1:13.184	2	Mercedes
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	8	58	+1:23.696	2	Ferrari
16	Logan Sargeant	Williams	20	58	+1:27.791	2	Mercedes
17	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	19	58	+1:29.422	2	Ferrari
18	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Ferrari	16	57	Engine	2	Ferrari
19	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	18	57	+1 lap	1	Ferrari
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	17	57	+1 lap	2	Ferrari

Race

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Places gained

Pérez9→4+5
Ricciardo15→11+4
Sargeant20→16+4
Stroll13→10+3
Hamilton11→9+2
Zhou19→17+2
Russell4→3+1
Verstappen1→10
Leclerc2→20
Norris5→50
Alonso7→70
Ocon12→120
Albon14→140
Bottas18→19-1
Tsunoda6→8-2
Sainz Jr.16→18-2
Piastri3→6-3
Gasly10→13-3
Magnussen17→20-3
Hülkenberg8→15-7

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Piastri21.156R36
2Sainz Jr.21.229R23
3Leclerc21.246R35
4Pérez21.274R42
5Verstappen21.275R43
6Norris21.432R33
7Pérez21.446R17
8Tsunoda21.486R22
9Sainz Jr.21.564R56
10Russell21.650R14

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Verstappen1627152 stops
Leclerc1718232 stops
Russell1420242 stops
Pérez1725162 stops
Norris1419252 stops
Piastri1323222 stops
Alonso1224222 stops
Tsunoda22361 stop
Hamilton1520232 stops
Stroll2220162 stops

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

Sainz Jr.Engine, classified P18Ferrari

This race in history

14 races here since 2009Won from pole: 9 of 14

Win from furthest back (P4): Kimi Räikkönen 2012

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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