Max Verstappen declares record-extending 19th win of 2023 in season ending; Red Bull chauffeur moves clear of Sebastian Vettel in 3rd on F1’s all-time list of race winners; Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc 2nd however George Russell takes 3rd to keep Mercedes 2nd in Constructors’ Champion
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Max Verstappen wins yet another Grand Prix to close the drapes on the 2023 F1 season.
Max Verstappen wins yet another Grand Prix to close the drapes on the 2023 F1 season.
World champ Max Verstappen topped his traditionally dominant 2023 Solution 1 project by declaring success at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to take sole ownership of 3rd on the sport’s all-time list of race winners.
In a remarkable surface to choose 2nd behind Verstappen’s Red Bull in the Constructors’ Champion, Charles Leclerc took 2nd for Ferrari however it was inadequate to reverse a four-point deficit to Mercedes, for whom George Russell took 3rd and team-mate Lewis Hamilton ninth.
Verstappen’s team-mate Sergio Perez ended up second on the track, however was benched to 4th by a five-second charge for triggering a late-race crash with Lando Norris, who came 5th ahead of McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri.
Verstappen managed the 22nd and last race of the year from lead to declare a record-extending 19th win of the season, taking his general success tally to 54, moving him beyond Sebastian Vettel and leaving simply Hamilton and Michael Schumacher ahead.
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Sergio Perez run into Lando Norris, sending him off track at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
The Dutchman, who sealed his 3rd succeeding title with 6 grands prix staying, ends the season with a record overall of 575 points, more than double his nearby opposition Perez, with Red Bull winning all however one race.
Fernando Alonso took seventh for Aston Martin, with Yuki Tsunoda’s excellent 8th location not rather sufficient to raise AlphaTauri above Williams for seventh in the fitters’ standing.
Alonso’s team-mate Lance Walk completed the points, as Aston Martin’s underwhelming 2nd half of the season ended with them 22 points back from fourth-placed fabricator McLaren.
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After a secure by Pierre Gasly, Lewis Hamilton reached the Alpine chauffeur, triggering damage to his front wing
Abu Dhabi GP outcome: Leading 10
1) Max Verstappen, Red Bull
2) Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
3) George Russell, Mercedes
4) Sergio Perez, Red Bull
5) Lando Norris, McLaren
6) Oscar Piastri, McLaren
7) Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin
Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri
9) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
10) Lance Walk, Aston Martin
More to follow …
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