Relive the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with live commentary

It's time to bring down the curtain on the 2024 season of Formula 1 with the last Grand Prix of the season, in Abu Dhabi! As is the tradition at this round, it will start at sunset and finish at night, offering magnificent images and a great conclusion to the battle between McLaren et Ferrari for the constructors' title!

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F1 – Abu Dhabi GP
Relive the race live with commentary

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Lando Norris wins the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the Constructors' title for McLaren!

58 / 58 - Carlos Sainz finished second ahead of Charles Leclerc et Lewis Hamilton, who managed to overtake his teammate George Russell on the last lap!

58 / 58 - Lando Norris crosses the finish line, wins the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and McLaren IS WORLD CONSTRUCTOR CHAMPION!

58 / 58 - ❌ Liam Lawson retires, engine up in smoke!

58 / 58 - Last lap for Lando Norris!

56 / 58 - Lando Norris is still in the lead ahead of Sainz and Leclerc. Behind, the Mercedes are now separated by only 1″6, will Hamilton be able to overtake his teammate to leave the Silver Arrows in fourth position?

53 / 58 - The Australian passes and therefore brings back one more point to McLaren, who are getting ever closer to the world title.

53 / 58 - Oscar piastri background on Alexander albon, in the fight for the last point at stake.

53 / 58 - Carlos Sainz says on the radio that he thinks he has a puncture, but he is reassured by the data acquisitions. The Spaniard is 6″7 behind Norris.

51 / 58 - The Ferrari mechanics were ready for a final stop, but Carlos Sainz remained on track.

50 / 58 - Lewis Hamilton continues to catch up with his teammate, there are only seven seconds left between the two Mercedes. This may be too short to catch Leclerc, who is five seconds ahead.

49 / 58 - Lando Norris enters the final ten laps of the 2024 Formula 1 season with a 5″ lead over Carlos Sainz.

47 / 58 - So thatAlonso took tenth place, tsunoda don't give up the eleventh against Oscar Piastri!

45 / 58 - And the Dutchman passes, in the parabolic in the middle of the lap!

45 / 58 - Max Verstappen comes back with great strides on Pierre Gasly for sixth position, while Fernando Alonso is closing in on Yuki Tsunoda's tenth place.

42 / 58 - It's over for the Mercedes from the first long straight, he is 14″4 behind his teammate George Russell, himself 4″4 behind Charles Leclerc.

42 / 58 - The seven-time world champion is now putting pressure on Pierre Gasly, fifth in his Alpine.

40 / 58 - Lewis Hamilton takes sixth place Nico Hulkenberg, he is 16″3 behind Charles Leclerc, still third.

40 / 58 - The Briton, still the leader, responded in the affirmative to his team who asked him if he could overtake Sainz if the latter stayed on track, and Norris went through the pits a second time.

40 / 58 - The ranking less than twenty laps from the finish:

37 / 58 - Second pit stop for Alonso, is the Spaniard launching a new salvo of pitstops?

36 / 58 - Verstappen moves ahead of Alonso for eighth place.

36 / 58 - Norris now leads the two Ferraris of Sainz and Leclerc. McLaren would retain the constructors' title, however, with a Norris win automatically giving them the lead.

34 / 58 - Lewis Hamilton pits for medium tyres with 24 laps to go. 2 seconds later, he restarts in seventh place, ahead of Fernando Alonso.

33/58 – ⏱️ 1'27″235 for Kevin Magnussen, who set the fastest lap in the race.

32 / 58 - Piastri pits, also serving his ten-second penalty.

32/58 – ⏱️ Best lap for Max Verstappen, in 1'28″528.

32 / 58 - Lewis Hamilton, who started on hard tyres, is the only driver not to have yet pitted, and he still occupies third place.

31 / 58 - 💥 Front right flat tire for Valtteri Bottas after contact with Kevin Magnussen.

30 / 58 - The standings at halfway through the race, after Max Verstappen stopped and served his ten-second penalty:

29 / 58 - 📺 Pierre Gasly's overtaking on the outside of Yuki Tsunoda, dubbed by the winner of the Indy 500 (and F1 world champion), Jacques Villeneuve!

“An oval track move!”

This Gasly/Tsunoda battle 😍#AbuDhabiGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/sP5mkkjMWn

— CANAL+ F1® (@CanalplusF1) December 8, 2024

28 / 58 - Nico Hulkenberg says on his radio that he does not think at all that the race will take place with only one pit stop.

27 / 58 - ❌ Abandonment of Franco Colapinto.

27/58 – ⏱️ 1'28″177 for Carlos Sainz, who sets the fastest lap in the race.

27 / 58 - Russell overtakes Gasly on his pit lap on hard tyres.

26 / 58 - George Russell also goes through the pit lane. After stopping for 2″4, he sets off again behind Leclerc and Gasly. The Ferrari driver will therefore be on the provisional podium once Verstappen and Hamilton have stopped.

26 / 58 - Lando Norris responded logically on the following lap with a stop in 2″0.

25 / 58 - Lawson returns to the pit lane as Carlos Sainz makes a good stop, in 2″2.

24 / 58 - Charles Leclerc passes Pierre Gasly, while Liam Lawson tells his team that he feels his wheels are not properly secured following a pit stop.

23 / 58 - Gasly beats the New Zealander on the first long straight, Leclerc does the same on the next one.

23 / 58 - Liam Lawson sees Pierre Gasly and Charles Leclerc behind him, very close! The three men fight for sixth place, while Yuki Tsunoda returns to the pits.

21 / 58 - The Monegasque takes the track just between Gasly and Hülkenberg. 4″3 lead meanwhile for Norris over Gasly.

20 / 58 - Pit stop for Charles Leclerc, 2″7 immobilization for the Ferrari driver.

19 / 58 - Nico Hulkenberg passes Yuki Tsunoda for ninth place, he is 2″8 behind Pierre Gasly. The driver Haas is coming back well at the start of this second stint.

18 / 58 - Unstoppable since the start of the Grand Prix, Charles Leclerc is less than a second behind George Russell. The Monegasque is fourth, even though he started from 19th position!

17 / 58 - Pierre Gasly finds himself behind Yuki Tsunoda in eighth. The French driver must pass the Racing Bulls as quickly as possible if he wants to return to third after Russell's stop. He manages to do so at the end of the first long straight.

17 / 58 - Lando Norris explains that he feels good with his medium tires, which seem to be maintaining a good level of wear.

15 / 58 - Still in the lead, Lando Norris is managing his gap with Carlos Sainz, who is 3″7 behind. Russell is 14″2 behind the leader.

14 / 58 - 2″6 stop for the Norman, who sets off again on hard tires.

14 / 58 - George Russell comes back to within a second of Pierre Gasly for third place, the Frenchman takes advantage to return to the pits.

13 / 58 - Nico Hulkenberg, who was in a fine sixth position, stops with Haas definitely in good form in Abu Dhabi. Fernando Alonso also comes in.

12 / 58 - Magnussen, Zhou and Albon go through the pit lane. Norris leads by 3″4 over Sainz, who is 7″5 ahead of Gasly.

12 / 58 - Charles Leclerc moves up to fifth place by overtaking Nico Hülkenberg! At the same time, Max Verstappen takes seventh position from Fernando Alonso.

12 / 58 - Great battle between Lewis Hamilton and Liam Lawson, the young Kiwi takes back tenth position from the Briton!

11 / 58 - Lando Norris currently has the fastest lap in the race, in 1'28″860.

10 / 58 - Charles Leclerc takes sixth place, ahead of Fernando Alonso.

10/58 – ⚠️ Oscar Piastri also received a ten-second penalty for a collision with Franco Colapinto.

9 / 58 - 📺 The Verstappen/Piastri incident:

💥 OH THE PIASTRI/VERSTAPPEN CLASH! 💥

VERY lively start for this last Grand Prix of the year! Pérez retires, Leclerc gets off to a flying start, Pierre Gasly provisionally 3rd! #AbuDhabiGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/DBbWfLEZWy

— CANAL+ F1® (@CanalplusF1) December 8, 2024

8 / 58 - The ranking after the first seven rounds:

6 / 58 - The Finn stopped for 21 seconds in the pits, thus serving his penalty, and having certainly changed his front wing.

6/58 – ⚠️ Ten seconds penalty also for Valtteri Bottas, for having sent Sergio Pérez into a spin.

5/58 – ⚠️ Max Verstappen receives a ten-second penalty for the collision with Oscar Piastri.

4 / 58 - Oscar Piastri goes through the pit lane and puts on hard tires, the stop lasts 4″4, with a small problem at the rear left.

4 / 58 - The Verstappen/Piastri incident is now under investigation, as is contact between Bottas and Perez on the first lap.

4 / 58 - Franco Colapinto reports having a puncture, perhaps due to contact with Oscar Piastri on the straight.

3 / 58 - Charles Leclerc has made an excellent start, moving up to eighth place, having started 19th! For now, McLaren retains the title, but Ferrari is putting more pressure on them following the incident that sent Piastri to the back of the pack.

3/58 – 🟢 The VSC ends, it’s back under green flag regime.

2 / 58 - It's retirement for the Mexican driver, who may be competing in his last F1 Grand Prix this weekend.

2/58 – 🟡 VIRTUAL SAFETY CAR

2 / 58 - The contact between Verstappen and Piastri was noted by the stewards, while Sergio Perez stopped at the end of the first lap.

1 / 58 - Norris leads ahead of Sainz and Pierre Gasly, who took advantage of the trouble to take third place!

1 / 58 - Lando Norris takes off in the lead while behind him, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri collide! Both drivers spin out!

1/58 – 🟢 The lights go out, and we’re off to Abu Dhabi!

14h03 - F1 announces 190 spectators over the three days, while the single-seaters come to a standstill on the grid.

14h01 - All drivers start on medium tyres, with the exception of Lewis Hamilton, who starts his last Grand Prix with Mercedes on hard tyres.

14h00 - The final training lap of the year is underway, led by the McLarens of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.

13h59 - The heating blankets are removed from the single-seaters, the formation lap is about to begin!

13h56 - A quick look at the starting grid for this last meeting:

13h54 - ☀️ 27°C in the air, 33°C on the track, the conditions are perfect for this finale of the 2024 season!

13h53 - With the start of the Grand Prix set to be given in just over five minutes, it has been announced that Kevin Magnussen will be under investigation after the Grand Prix for a test start violation.

13h49 - The pilots prepare to board their car for the last time of the season! We recall the main issue of this Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the constructors' title. McLaren leads the fight, 21 points ahead of Ferrari. If the British team wins, it will be its first constructors' title since 1998, if Ferrari succeeds, it will win its first title since 2008.

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