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Russell begins leading Abu Dhabi GP in youth-filled session
A week ago, the drivers were making their debut at the new track in Las Vegas. Then, this Friday, on the other side of the world, the team began accelerating at the Yas Marina Circuit, the last Grand Prix of the season (22nd of this year). Not everyone wears a helmet. In fact, it’s only half. Ten of them had to give up their seats to younger drivers (those who have not competed in more than two GPs) in order to comply with FIA regulations aimed at guaranteeing new drivers participation in official sessions. Ta.
Max Verstappen will not drive and will be replaced by Izak Hajar, Sergio Czech Perez (Jake Dennis), Lewis Hamilton (Frederick Vesti), Fernando Alonso (Felipe Dolgovic) and Charles Leclerc (Robert Schwartz). Man) and Esteban Ocon (Jack Doohan) participated. Lando Norris (Pato O’Ward), Teo Pulceale, Nico Hulkenberg (Oliver Bearman), Alexander Albon (Zac O’Sullivan). So the times were still not very representative on a track that was still very dirty and had a lot of room for improvement.
In free practice 1, George Russell started first with a time of 1 minute 26.072 seconds, with Alonso’s replacement Felipe Drugovic second with a time of 0.288 seconds. In fact, Aston Martin had a good start with two drivers finishing in the top five as Lance Stroll was fifth with a 0.559, third place was Ricciardo from AlphaTauri, who made a big step forward in this final race and took fourth place. In second place was Valtteri Bottas. Alfa Romeo was 0.381 seconds behind its best time. In Abu Dhabi, Piastri in the promising McLaren was 6th, Sainz was 7th with a score of 0.604, and the young Schwartzman in Leclerc’s Ferrari was 8th.
This track shouldn’t be as favorable for Ferrari as Las Vegas, but it’s also not the worst track for the red car. The Maranello team is battling for second place in the Constructors’ World Championship with Mercedes, just four points behind the Brackley team. That will be the main battle this weekend. In addition to the battle for fourth place between McLaren and Aston Martin (11 points apart) and the battle for fourth place between the drivers, Alonso and Sainz will be tied on 200 points, Norris fifth and Leclerc on 200 points. 12. And before all of that, Red Bull is the big favorite.
At this point it is too early to draw any conclusions about the car’s performance in this top chase battle. To get a clearer picture of race pace and some of the lap-by-lap strength of each driver under the lights of Abu Dhabi, we will have to wait for Free Practice 2 with all the official drivers behind the wheel.
Source: Mundo Deportivo
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Motorsports
The season finale and Monaco’s failure will be shown. Where are the most overtakes in F1?
The Formula 1 2025 season was full of competition and transitions. Although fewer in number than last year and fans and drivers not always able to enjoy the action on track, there were still plenty of genuine overtakes.
On some routes there were very few, as expected. The fewest overtakes took place in Monaco; There were only four overtakes during the entire race. And most of them were at the season finale, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – 60th.
Below is the exact number of actual overtakes on each stage; this number does not take into account position changes on pit road during the first lap as the driver exits or exits the track. The chart only reflects actual overtaking on the motorway.
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The Verstappen Racing team has opened a new page in the history of the Max Verstappen racing program by signing an agreement with Mercedes-AMG Motorsport.
According to the agreement, the team will continue to compete in GT World Challenge Europe and will switch to the Mercedes-AMG GT3 car for the Sprint Cup and Endurance Cup series from 2026.
Chris Lalham will continue to compete in Sprint Cup for the second consecutive season. He will be joined by Daniel Juncdella, who has extensive experience in GT3 and a strong background at Mercedes-AMG. The duo will compete in five Sprint Cup rounds at iconic European tracks.
Verstappen Racing will also compete in the Endurance Cup GT World Challenge Europe in 2026. Lalham and Juncdella will be joined by Jules Gougnon on five Endurance tours, including the legendary 24 Hours of Spa.
The team’s opponent will be Ukrainian Ivan Klimenko, who competes in the Silver class in the same championship.
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Mercedes driver George Russell received a rather unusual Christmas gift from Charles Leclerc as part of Secret Santa.
The Briton received a chart showing his overtakes at the Dutch Grand Prix, arguably one of the most exciting moments of the season.
After unwrapping the gift, Russell said: “Look at him. He’s such a nice guy. He can only overtake illegally, so that’s all he has going for him – taking people off the track. I’m speechless to be honest.”
When asked if he wanted to wish Leclerc a Merry Christmas, the British driver playfully added:
“He doesn’t deserve this. Maybe I’ll give him another photo of Kimi knocking him out of the race and remind him of what happened a few laps later. Thank you Charles. Thank you for nothing.”
🎁 | Amigo secreto!
There is no information that George Russell bought Charles Leclerc.😂
“It’s a very delicate piece. It means having a form that’s not legal. It means they’re unarmed… much better.” pic.twitter.com/O7MLLWdTtB
— Team George Russell Br🇧🇷 (@teamgeorgerllbr) December 23, 2025
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