Haas F1 Team drivers Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean qualified 15th and 16th, respectively, for Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the final round of the 2019 FIA Formula One World Championship at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. Magnussen and Grosjean will however start 14th and 15th as Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes), who qualified 2nd, will start at the rear of the grid for an engine-related penalty.
Having been best of the rest in Friday’s practice sessions, Grosjean was denied even the opportunity to progress into Q2 under the floodlights at Yas Marina. With a fastest time of 1:38.051 in Q1, the Frenchman qualified 16th, missing the cut-off to progress by one position. Ahead of him it was Magnussen who narrowly missed the drop-zone. The Dane clocked a 1:37.710 on his final Q1 attempt to seal 15th and advance to Q2.
Q2 saw Magnussen produce a best lap of 1:37.254 to qualify 15th overall with only the top-10 in the session progressing to Q3.
Taking the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix pole and his fifth of the season, and 88th career Formula One pole, was Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton. His Q3 fast lap of 1:34.779 beat second-place qualifier and teammate Valtteri Bottas by .194 of a second.
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