Formula 1 qualifying in Abu Dhabi: Red Bull remains unbeatable, Vettel drives into Q3

Created: 11/19/2022, 6:02 p.m

By: Lena Hempler

The last qualifying of the 2022 season was good for a few surprises and yet Red Bull wins again in the end and grabs the front row of the grid!

Abu Dhabi - Max Verstappen has done it again.

For the seventh time in the 2022 Formula 1 season, the Dutchman is on pole position, his team-mate Sergio Perez is on P2 shortly afterwards.

The dispute from Brazil (13.11) seems to be almost forgotten.

Verstappen even praised on the radio how well the teamwork had worked during qualifying.

So Perez has the edge in the fight for the vice world championship.

However, Charles Leclerc starts directly behind him from P3.

The two drivers have the same number of points (290P) in the drivers' standings.

The two Mercedes weakened a bit and only managed P5 and P6.

It could be the first season in Formula 1 in 16 years for Lewis Hamilton to end without a win!

The press conference of the top three after qualifying.

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Abu Dhabi: Ricciardo and Schumacher surprise in qualifying

However, the surprise of the day are precisely the three riders who will no longer be part of the grid after this season: Sebastian Vettel, Mick Schumacher and Daniel Ricciardo.

Mick Schumacher put in a very good lap in Q1, was significantly faster than team-mate Magnussen and still made it to P13.

Due to Ricciardo's penalty, the German even starts from P12.

Haas had already announced that Nico Hülkenberg would be in the car from next season.

Daniel Ricciardo also wanted to show his team what they will miss next season.

He qualified tenth but will start from P13.

Ricciardo takes a grid penalty from the Brazilian GP where he collided with Kevin Magnussen.

Ricciardo should continue next year as a reserve driver at Red Bull, Helmut Marko said in an interview with the television channel Sky.

Sebastian Vettel gets the best result of his season

But Sebastian Vettel in particular showed what he was made of in the end.

Even if the two Red Bulls often got in his way, Vettel was still able to set his fast laps, which brought him to Q3.

He will start from ninth on the grid tomorrow.

He definitely enjoyed his best result of the season: “This year is a highlight for us.

It already feels a bit different, but I was also able to enjoy it a lot.”

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For Vettel it will be the 299th Grand Prix on Sunday (November 20th).

He celebrated his first victory in Monza in 2008, and Vettel has a total of 53 race victories.

He became world champion four times in a row.

It remains exciting to see what the German will achieve in the race with his good starting position!