2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Championship standings

Both titles are decided. Max Verstappen leads the Drivers’ Championship with Charles Leclerc second and Sergio Pérez third, both with 290 points. Red Bull Racing leads Ferrari by 195 points and Mercedes by 214 in the Constructors’ Championship.

Previous race

George Russell won the São Paulo Grand Prix — his first Formula One victory — with Hamilton second, giving Mercedes their first one-two finish since the 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The race featured collisions between Magnussen and Ricciardo, Verstappen and Hamilton, and Norris and Leclerc. At the finish, Verstappen ignored a team order to let Pérez pass him for sixth, a point of intra-team friction that has left the championship destination of second place between Leclerc and Pérez unresolved heading into the final round.

Penalties

Daniel Ricciardo carries a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Kevin Magnussen at the São Paulo Grand Prix.

Entrants

This is the final race for Sebastian Vettel, who retires from Formula One after this weekend. It is also the last race for Daniel Ricciardo at McLaren, Nicholas Latifi at Williams, and Mick Schumacher at Haas — none of the three has secured a race seat for 2023. Fernando Alonso races here for the last time with Alpine before moving to Aston Martin; Pierre Gasly does the same at AlphaTauri before joining Alpine.

Eight drivers participate in FP1 in place of regular race drivers: Felipe Drugovich (Aston Martin, replacing Stroll), Pietro Fittipaldi (Haas, replacing Schumacher), Patricio O’Ward (McLaren, replacing Norris), Logan Sargeant (Williams, replacing Latifi), Jack Doohan (Alpine, replacing Alonso), Robert Kubica (Alfa Romeo, replacing Zhou), Robert Shwartzman (Ferrari, replacing Sainz), and Liam Lawson (Red Bull Racing, replacing Verstappen). Drugovich and O’Ward make their Formula One practice debuts.

Tyre choices

Pirelli brings the C3, C4, and C5 compounds (hard, medium, soft).