
2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Race Report McLaren
Carlos Sainz #55 Started 8th Finished 10th Fastest lap 1m41.294s on lap 43 (+2.011s, 7th) Pit-stops 2, lap 12 [Soft/Hard] (2.6s) and lap 41 [Hard/Medium] (2.3s) “Very happy! The target this weekend was

Carlos Sainz #55 Started 8th Finished 10th Fastest lap 1m41.294s on lap 43 (+2.011s, 7th) Pit-stops 2, lap 12 [Soft/Hard] (2.6s) and lap 41 [Hard/Medium] (2.3s) “Very happy! The target this weekend was

P7 – SERGIO PEREZ – CHASSIS 03 Strategy: New Medium (37 Laps) – New Hard (17 laps) Sergio: “The first part of my race was a bit messy. I got a big hit from Gasly into

Carlos Sainz #55 FP3 1m37.691s (+1.125s) 22 laps 9th Q1 1m37.358s (Softs) 10th Q2 1m36.308s (Softs) 6th Q3 1m36.459s (Softs) 9th “I’m very disappointed with that P9 when I’d been very

Abu Dhabi, 30 November 2019 – The Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow drivers will start tomorrow’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from the second row of the grid, with Charles Leclerc on the

MAX VERSTAPPEN, Position: 3rd*, 1:35.139 (Practice 3 – P1, 1:36.566) “I’m pretty pleased with qualifying and we got the most out of the car. Of course you always want to

P11* – SERGIO PEREZ – CHASSIS 03 Q1 1:36.961 Q2 1:37.055 Sergio: “Unfortunately I lost the rear end in Turn 1 on my last run, which

Weather: FP3: sunny 26.4-28.0°C air, 40.0-37.9°C track; Q: clear dusk, 26.5-25.3°C air, 32.0-28.2°C track Challenges at dusk The final qualifying of the season came and went – alas, too quickly

Carlos Sainz #55 FP1 1m40.687s (+3.730s) 23 laps 17th FP2 1m37.834s (+1.578s) 32 laps 11th “A decent Friday in terms of running but obviously just a bit outside the top

LANCE STROLL – CHASSIS 02 FP1 1:39.864 P12 23 laps FP2 1:37.985 P13 32 laps Lance: “The car looks pretty competitive, but obviously we don’t know what set-up and fuel loads the

Weather: FP1: sunny, 26.1-26.8°C air, 35.8-36.4°C track; FP2: clear, dusk to evening, 25.8-25.0°C air, 30.3-27.8°C track Like night and day Track conditions at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix are a

Carlos Sainz #55 FP3 1m34.607s (+1.874s) 18 laps 13th Q1 1m34.184s (Softs) 8th Q2 1m33.807s (Softs) 8th Q3 1m33.222s (Softs) 6th

MAX VERSTAPPEN, Position: 4th 1:32.310 (Practice 3 – P5 1:34.227) “I always knew qualifying would be tricky on such a

P12 – SERGIO PEREZ – CHASSIS 03 Q1 1:34.336 Q2 1:33.958 Sergio: “We all expected a bit

Charles Leclerc Sebastian Vettel Session 1 P 1 1’34″462 20 P 3 1’35″005 20 Weather: sunny. Temperatures: air 23°;

McLaren Racing and Mercedes-Benz announced today that the McLaren F1 team will be powered by Mercedes from 2021 until at least the 2024 season under

McLaren Racing and Renault Sport Racing have confirmed today that their Formula 1 power unit supply agreement will not continue

Weather: FP1: overcast, 24.8-22.9°C air, 31.6-24.8°C track; FP2: overcast, 24.6-23.6°C air, 33.9-27.2°C track No Russian to conclusions As Fridays go,

Carlos Sainz #55 FP1 1m36.523s (+2.061s) 28 laps 11th FP2 1m35.635s (+2.473s) 29 laps 17th “Challenging Friday during both sessions today.

SERGIO PEREZ – CHASSIS 03 FP1 1:36.321 P9 27 laps FP2 1:34.998 P7 31 laps Sergio: “A promising day. I think

MAX VERSTAPPEN First Practice Session: 1:34.544, Position: 2, Laps: 25 Second Practice Session: 1:33.162, Position: 1, Laps: 29 “Today was









