Conclusions after the Abu Dhabi GP
McLaren are crowned constructors’ champions, despite the problems they had with one of their cars
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The subsidiary team fell in performance and results in the last two races that left it behind in eighth position in the constructors’ championship. So much Yuki Tsunoda as Liam Lawson with little rhythm to get into the Top 10, they leave empty-handed yas Marine after finishing 12th. and 17th. respectively.
It will soon be determined if either of these two pilots will take the driver’s seat. Czech Perezwhere the New Zealander starts as a favorite to go up to Red Bull. — Sebastian Aceves
“The truth is that it is complicated. You may have to convince someone on the team,” Yuki Tsunoda about the desire to be promoted to Red Bull.
Alpine
End of the season for one of the teams that have done the most in the F1: Alpine.
A very complicated year is coming to an end, but they look at 2025 with some optimism, since the car went from less to more and the American tour and the races in Qatar and Abu Dhabi They gave signs that they may be up. In the end they rescued sixth place in the world championship.
They will have in Pierre Gasly to a proven driver who leaves a historical mark: his season cost zero dollars in terms of composure. The Frenchman went clean. That, in one F1 of budget limits, it is ground gold.
With Jack Doohan He has a young man to polish with hours in the simulator and kilometers in preseason testing in February. His mission will be to support Gasly.
2024 also marks the end of Renault in F1, which announced its farewell to the category starting with the 2026 campaign. — Rafael Zamorano
“That was the clear objective. When I came here there were three objectives: to be sixth in constructors, tenth in drivers and stay at zero, so we continue with zero damage and we all met the objectives”, — Pierre Gasly
Aston Martin
The team’s lineup will remain intact for next year and that might not be good news, with the obvious disparity between Fernando Alonso and Throw Stroll. The last race of the season was just a reflection of what we saw all year with the Asturian struggling to get a clearly inferior car into the points zone and the owner’s son just trying to finish the races in one piece. — Eric Cervantes
“We depend on the mistakes of the teams in front and that is what we have to change for next year, scoring on our own merits.” — Fernando Alonso at the end of the season…
Ferrari
Ferrari gave their rest in Abu Dhabithey even had good luck, but the distance from McLaren It was insurmountable.
Good race for both drivers with a Charles Leclerc who knew how to take advantage of the disorder at the start and made up several positions. From that eighth position he built to reach the podium. But, it was not enough.
Carlos Sainzin his last race in red he still knew how to take advantage of Verstappen’s move that left Piastri and himself out of the fight for the podium. The man from Madrid took on the task of chasing Lando Norrisbut the persecution only ended with that; He never had a chance to go for first position. It wasn’t enough…
The tifosi will have to wait another year to see if Ferrari He has the car and the consistency to win in a Formula 1 increasingly tighter. We will see if in 2025 they have enough. — Victor Macin
“It wasn’t enough,” Charles Leclerc.
haas
The team had a weekend of farewells and Nico Hulkenberg He wanted to go out in style and make the most of his limited haas. The German made a splash by advancing to Q3 and in the race he had a perfect drive to take eighth place. A spectacular goodbye Sara Nico.
Kevin Magnussen It did not have the best ending and the sad postcard it left was the shock that it faced Valtteri Bottas in a maneuver that could have been unnecessary, but condemned him to finish in the last position and with it his last race in what seems like his final goodbye in the Formula 1. — Ricardo Cariño
“A huge thank you to this team. It is perhaps my greatest pleasant step in my career in Formula 1”, Nico Hulkenberg.
Kick-Sauber
The farewell to Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu of the Kick Sauber F1 Team It turned out to be bitter, after three years of partnership. The team left without points in the last competition of a year in which they only added four points. After a touch with Sergio PerezBottas received a 10-second penalty, and a second collision followed, this time with Kevin Magnussenwhich left him out of combat. Zhou He was not immune to penalties, receiving a five-second penalty for a false start, to finish the competition in P13. It was a regrettable end for the team, which will lose its name. Peter Sauber –name associated with the F1 since 1993– to become Audi starting next season. — Rafael Zamorano
: “Unfortunately, today felt like a downward spiral after the incident on the first lap, for which I was also penalized. From there, I was at the bottom, but we kept trying and pushing. Later in the race, it took a “I made contact with Kevin (Magnussen) while defending: I locked the brakes on old rubber and basically crashed him. It was my mistake, and it’s a shame that my last race with the team ended like this,” — Valtteri Bottas, driver.
McLaren
Woking It has long tablecloths. After 26 years the papaya team won a new constructors’ championship. Lando Norris achieved the victory that gave him the necessary points with the victory that he took in Abu Dhabi in a career that was perfect for him. He drove impeccably and maintained the distance necessary to dominate the Ferrarithe drivers’ championship would have been different if it had had this same level in the last grands prix.
Oscar Piastri had an eventful end, but its first touch, at least, served to Max Verstappen would be out of combat and thus take away one less rival from Lando. The Australian rescued a single point, but it is also a reality that his level dropped to the championship level. Anyway, the papaya color will be in fashion in the Formula 1. — Ricardo Cariño
“We want to win the constructors, and we want to win the drivers next year, so I have made my mistakes this year, but I have learned a lot, and I have learned a lot from Max and my competitors around me,” Lando Norris.
mercedes
The seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton He says goodbye to the ‘Silver Arrows’ after a period in which he won six of his seven world driver titles.
George RussellHe is a good young driver with a bright future, but mercedes will miss ‘Hammer Time’. — Eric Cervantes
“Every moment I’ve spent in the car this week I’ve known it was one of my last. It’s been very, very clear and really hard to let go.” — Lewis Hamilton after his last race at Mercedes.
Red Bull
Finally the season ended which was an ordeal for the energy drink team.
The four-time champion Max Verstappen with more ups than downs in the RB20, closed the year with a clash with Oscar Piastri which ruined his race and he had to come back to finish sixth in yas Marine.
Czech Perez He closed the year again with another incident on the track. Valtteri Bottas He touches him and causes the Mexican to abandon the first lap. Fact that reflects what a stormy 2024 has been for the pilot from Guadalajara.
The future of Czech Pérez will be defined in the coming days, where Red Bull will make the tough decision to continue or fire the Mexican who has spent four seasons with the team.– Sebastian Aceves.
“I could hardly get 100% out of the car. We will be talking in the next few days with Red Bull,” Czech Perez about your future.
Williams
Williams leaves the 2024 campaign with contradictory emotions: on the one hand, they leave with their heads held high knowing that they gave everything with their limited resources and that they fought in the middle zone with some consistency. Note the following: we will not know what would have happened if we had Franco Colapinto and not Logan Sargeant from race one.
But they also leave the campaign with concerns that 2025 won’t be better. It is an uphill year financially and technically and with the pressure that they must give a better car to a driver like Carlos Sainz, if they intend to have it beyond next year. — Victor Macin
“Thank you Williams and James Vowles for the trust. Dream come true. I hope the story doesn’t end here, but I hope you enjoyed it,” Franco Colapinto on the radio at the end of the Abu Dhabi GP.
