Follow Mail Sport's live blog for the latest news and lap-by-lap updates from qualifying at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

By WILL PICKWORTH, SPORTS REPORTER
Updated: 11:01 EDT, 25 November 2023
Follow Mail Sport's live blog for the latest news and lap-by-lap updates from qualifying at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Thank you for following our live coverage of qualifying at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Be sure to come back tomorrow for coverage of the final race of the 2023 season, with things getting underway at 1PM.
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Will Verstappen make it 19 wins from 22 this season?
You wouldn't bet against it, but here is how the full grid will look tomorrow when the lights go out.
1 Verstappen
2 Leclerc
3 Piastri
4 Russell
5 Norris
6 Tsunoda
7 Alonso
8 Hulkenberg
9 Perez
10 Gasly
11 Hamilton
12 Ocon
13 Stroll
14 Albon
15 Ricciardo
16 Sainz
17 Magnussen
18 Bottas
19 Guanyu
20 Sargeant
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That concludes a dramatic qualifying session with plenty of twists and turns.
However, it seemed inevitable Verstappen would finish in pole yet again after a scinitliatng performance across all three sessions as he looks to end a memorable season in fine fashion.
That's four different teams in the top four too.
The full results from Q3 are as follows:
1 Verstappen
2 Leclerc
3 Piastri
4 Russell
5 Norris
6 Tsunoda
7 Alonso
8 Hulkenberg
9 Perez
10 Gasly
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The Mexican had posted the fifth fastest time but his lap has just been deleted for breaching track limits.
In the meantime, Verstappen is celebrating his 12th pole of the season.
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Norris skids a little on the final turn of his lap and loses time.
in his place, Piastri overtakes him by just 0.043 of a econd.
Then Leclerc out of nowhere fires up to 2nd.
Great drama...
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Several drivers have switched over their tyres to new ones and they're back out for a final lap.
It looks like Red Bull and McLaren will be battling it out for the front two rows.
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Here's how it's looking after everyone has now completed a lap.
Just over five minutes to go.
1 Verstappen
2 Norris
3 Piastri
4 Russell
5 Perez
6 Tsunoda
7 Hulkenberg
8 Alonso
9 Leclerc
10 Gasly
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The world champion is first through and he's improved his time from Q2 by 0.3 seconds.
Norris is just behind him again, with Perez in third so far.
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Here we go then... will Max Verstappen make it 12 poles for the season?