Max Verstappen capped off a record-breaking, championship winning 2023 F1 season in style with victory in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Having fended off a first-lap attack from Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari, the result was never in doubt for Verstappen, who comfortably claimed a record-extending 19th win from 22 races.It marks the Red Bull driver’s 54th career victory, moving him ahead of Sebastian Vettel and up to third in the all-time list for most grand prix wins.
Leclerc finished a distant second as George Russell completed the podium in third to help Mercedes beat Ferrari to second place in the constructors’ championship.Sergio Perez had finished second on the road but dropped to P4 after picking up a five-second time penalty for causing a collision with McLaren’s Lando Norris.
Aware Perez was carrying a penalty, Leclerc tactically allowed Perez to move into second in the closing stages, but it was not enough as Russell stayed within five seconds of the Red Bull. Norris took fifth ahead of McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri, while Fernando Alonso claimed seventh in his Aston Martin.Max Verstappen fires Red Bull warning over future amid fresh Helmut Marko twistLewis Hamilton haunted by “bouncing” return: “We can’t get rid of it…”
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