Standings after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Pierre Gasly brings sixth place to Alpine

McLaren had to stress for a big part of the race. <a href="/f1/actualite/35431-pluie-penalites-debut-grand-prix-dabu-dhabi.html" title="Rain of penalties at the beginning of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

"With the Verstappen/Piastri incident in the first corner, the papaya team could lose big points, especially with Charles Leclerc's crazy comeback. The two Ferrari drivers wanted to bring the constructors' title back to Maranello, but McLaren's dominance since Miami got the better of the Scuderia. Zak Brown's men brought the bacon home to Woking by 14 points."

A little further, two other teams were fighting for sixth place. With the double podium in Brazil, Alpine could claim this position, competing with Haas. The battle was raging until this Sunday. The French team was only represented by Pierre Gasly, as Jack Doohan was far behind the Normand. So it was alone against two performing Haas cars that he was going to defend the colors of his team. But thanks to his seventh place, just ahead of Nico Hülkenberg, Pierre Gasly allowed Alpine to beat the American team.

		Team	Points	Gaps
1		McLaren F1 Team Mercedes	666
2		Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari	652	-14
3		Oracle Red Bull Racing Honda RBTP	589	-63
4		Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport Mercedes	468	-121
5		Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team Mercedes	94	-374
6		BWT Alpine F1 Team Renault	66	-28
7		MoneyGram Haas F1 Team Ferrari	60	-6
8		Visa Cash App RB F1 Team Honda RBTP	47	-13
9		Williams Racing Mercedes	16	-31
10		Stake F1 Team Ferrari	4	-12

In the drivers’ championship

Among the drivers, Lando Norris has secured the honorary position of vice-world champion against Charles Leclerc. The British driver, with his domination in Yas Marina, did not leave the slightest chance for the Monegasque.

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If Pierre Gasly defended the colors of Alpine against Haas, he was also in a battle with Nico Hülkenberg for the tenth place in the individual standings. With a larger sum obtained in Yas Marina, he beat the German for his last race with the Gene Haas team.

		Driver	Points	Gaps
1		Max Verstappen#33 Oracle Red Bull Racing	437
2		Lando Norris#4 McLaren F1 Team	374	-63
3		Charles Leclerc#16 Scuderia Ferrari	356	-18
4		Oscar Piastri#81 McLaren F1 Team	292	-64
5		Carlos Sainz#55 Scuderia Ferrari	290	-2
6		George Russell#63 Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport	245	-45
7		Lewis Hamilton#44 Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport	223	-22
8		Sergio Perez#11 Oracle Red Bull Racing	152	-71
9		Fernando Alonso#14 Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team	70	-82
10		Pierre Gasly#10 BWT Alpine F1 Team	42	-28
11		Nico Hülkenberg#27 MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	41	-1
12		Yuki Tsunoda#22 Visa Cash App RB F1 Team	30	-11
13		Lance Stroll#18 Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant F1 Team	24	-6
14		Esteban Ocon#31 BWT Alpine F1 Team	24	0
15		Kevin Magnussen#20 MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	18	-6
16		Daniel Ricciardo#3 Visa Cash App RB F1 Team	13	-5
17		Alexander Albon#23 Williams Racing	11	-2
18		Oliver Bearman#50 Scuderia Ferrari	7	-4
19		Franco Colapinto#43 Williams Racing	5	-2
20		Liam Lawson#0 Visa Cash App RB F1 Team	4	-1
21		Zhou Guanyu#3 Stake F1 Team	4	0
22		Logan Sargeant#2 Williams Racing	0	-4
23		Jack Doohan#98 BWT Alpine F1 Team	0	0
24		Valtteri Bottas#77 Stake F1 Team	0	0