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Norris quickest as Leclerc will get 10-place penalty
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Norris quickest as Leclerc will get 10-place penalty

By Miles Cooper December 6, 2024
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Norris quickest as Leclerc will get 10-place penalty

McLaren made an ideal begin of their bid to safe their first constructors’ title since 1998 on the season-closing Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

McLaren head Ferrari by 21 factors with 44 remaining and ended Friday observe with a one-two, Lando Norris forward of Oscar Piastri. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc will begin Sunday’s race no higher than eleventh due to a penalty.

Leclerc was given a 10-place grid drop as a result of Ferrari wanted to suit a brand new battery to his automobile, and that exceeded his allowance of two for the season.

Norris headed Piastri by 0.234 seconds forward of the Haas of Nico Hulkenberg, a shock in third place.

Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz was fourth quickest, 0.582secs off the tempo, forward of Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton, Leclerc and the Sauber of Valtteri Bottas.

The second Haas of Kevin Magnussen was eighth, forward of Williams’ Alex Albon and RB’s Yuki Tsunoda.

Crimson Bull have been struggling for one-lap tempo and world champion Max Verstappen, who was complaining of an absence of entrance grip, ended the session seventeenth quickest, three locations behind team-mate Sergio Perez.

However the race-simulation runs on a full gasoline load later within the session advised a distinct story. On these, Hamilton appeared the quickest, with McLaren subsequent, adopted by Crimson Bull and Ferrari.

Williams had a troublesome day. Each automobiles have five-place grid penalties for exceeding their allowance of gearboxes. Albon suffered an engine drawback, however did get out for his quick lap on the finish of the session, whereas Franco Colapinto broken his ground with a visit over the kerbs at Flip One early within the session.

‘Very, very particular’ day for LeclercsArthur and Charles Leclerc talking to each other at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Earlier, within the first observe session, Leclerc’s brother Arthur, a Ferrari growth driver, drove Carlos Sainz’s automobile.

It was an emotional day for the complete Leclerc household. Their mom Pascale was within the Ferrari pit, and on Thursday Charles Leclerc spoke about what it meant to the household, who misplaced father Herve to most cancers in 2017.

“It’s positively a really, very particular second for not solely me, not just for Arthur, however I feel for the entire household,” Charles mentioned, “as a result of I can solely see how a lot sacrifices my dad and mom have performed after I was youthful for us to proceed.

“They needed to cease Arthur’s profession at one level as a result of they may not afford to pay for each of us. It’s particular for the way a lot my father has given to assist our careers. It’s a dream, for each of us.

“I understand how a lot it meant for my father to have the ability to restart Arthur’s profession. When he did that, he was so completely happy. It’s totally particular additionally for that, for the way a lot my father has given to us with the intention to pursue our dream. So it will likely be a second I’ll without end keep in mind for certain.”

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