• Oscar Piastri took third place for McLaren, his eighth podium finish of the season.

• Mercedes’ George Russell finished fourth, the same position as the 2023 Qatar Grand Prix.

• Russell is now 24 points ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton, with 26 available in Abu Dhabi.

• With Pierre Gasly’s fifth place, Alpine moves back up to sixth place in the constructors’ championship.

• Gasly’s two best results this season – and best qualifying position – came in the last three races (he finished third in Sao Paulo).

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• Carlos Sainz’s P6 for Ferrari was his best result to date at the Qatar Grand Prix.

• Fernando Alonso’s P7 ended Aston Martin’s four-race scoreless streak.

• Zhou Guanyu from Kick Sauber equaled his best career result with P8 (Canada 2022).

• This eighth place means the team can avoid the second pointless season in its constructors’ history.

• At Haas, Kevin Magnussen took his fifth Grand Prix points position this year with P9.

• Norris finished P10 and set the fastest lap and McLaren led the constructors’ championship with 21 points, 44 of which were available in Abu Dhabi.

• In the second Kick Sauber, Valtteri Bottas achieved his best result of the season with P11 and moved away from the bottom of the drivers’ standings by overtaking Logan Sargeant.