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2024 F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Qualifying - As it happened

A recap of what happened in qualifying for the F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

The final qualifying session of the 2024 F1 season takes place on Saturday at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

The F1 drivers' championship has already been wrapped up, but it's all to play for in the constructors' championship.

There's just 21 points between McLaren and Ferrari heading into Sunday's final race.

P6 in the standings is also up for grabs with four points between Alpine and Haas.

It will also be Lewis Hamilton's final race as a Mercedes driver.

Valtteri Bottas and Kevin Magnussen will bow out of F1 after this race, while it's likely to be Sergio Perez's final race as a Red Bull driver.

07 Dec 2024
10:49
Haas 1-2

Magnussen leads the way with a 1m24.470s, 0.5s ahead of Hulkenberg. Zhou and Bottas complete the top four.

10:46
Current order

Stroll, Doohan, Alonso and Gasly. 

10:40
First times on the board

The Alpines are 1-2 at the moment. Doohan has set a 1m25.633s, 0.3s ahead of teammate Gasly. 

10:40
A positive message from Alonso

"I think it's going to be a good day. I have a good feeling," he reports over team radio.

10:38
No times on the board

Alonso, Stroll, Gasly and Doohan have all adventured onto the track but there's no times on the board just yet.

10:33
FP3 is underway

The final practice session of the year is now underway at the Yas Marina Circuit.

10:17
What happened in FP2?
10:12
Welcome

Hello everyone and welcome to the Crash.net live blog for final practice and qualifying at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

FP3 kicks off in just over 15 minutes' time as teams have 60 minutes to fine-tune their setups ahead of the final qualifying session of the year.

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