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Qualifying facts and stats: Verstappen takes first non-Mercedes pole in Abu Dhabi since 2013
Max Verstappen broke an incredible run of Mercedes pole positions in Abu Dhabi - and Mercedes-powered pole positions in 2020 - with a stunning P1 performance on Saturday at Yas Marina Circuit. Here are the numbers from the scintillating final qualifying session of the season.
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Red Bull's Verstappen takes the only pole of the 2020 season for anybody without a Mercedes power unit.
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Verstappen ends Mercedes' run of being 1-2 in every Q3 session at Abu Dhabi in the hybrid era (Red Bull took last pole here in 2013 thanks to Mark Webber).
READ MORE: Verstappen stuns Mercedes by taking first pole of the season in Abu Dhabi
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Verstappen has never a led a lap at Yas Marina in his F1 career.
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Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas will start second on the grid for the ninth time in 2020.
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Lewis Hamilton has his worst performance in a dry qualifying session in 2020 by qualifying third in Abu Dhabi.
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Hamilton is off the front row in Abu Dhabi for only the second time in the history of this race (started fourth here in 2013).
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Just 0.086 covers the top three on the grid.
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Lando Norris qualifies fourth for McLaren, his best since the opening round of the season in Austria (when he started and finished third).
READ MORE: ‘I don’t know where it came from’ – Norris shocked by stunning P4 in Abu Dhabi qualifying
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Norris outqualifies team mate Carlos Sainz 9-8 over the 2020 season. Sainz's P6 is his best since starting P6 in Russia (where he crashed on the first lap).
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Red Bull driver Alex Albon completes the season without a top-three start, despite qualifying in the top five on seven occasions.
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Daniil Kvyat takes P7 at Yas Marina for AlphaTauri after starting P6 at Sakhir. Tenth-place team mate Pierre Gasly ensures the team have both cars in Q3 for the fourth time in the last five races
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Lance Stroll starts P8 – his second top-eight start in the final eight races of the season. He took pole position in Turkey.
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Esteban Ocon ends a run of 14 consecutive races in which he was outqualified by Renault team mate Daniel Ricciardo and beats him in a dry qualifying for the only time.
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Ricciardo misses Q3 for the first time since the Spanish GP, 11 races, and the first time in Abu Dhabi since 2012.
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In his final qualifying session for Ferrari, Sebastian Vettel takes P13 on the grid, missing Q3 for the final 13 races of his career.
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At Alfa Romeo, Antonio Giovinazzi outqualifies Kimi Raikkonen 9-8 in the 2020 season. Raikkonen makes it seven Q1 eliminations in the final eight races, having reached Q3 in Turkey.
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Both Haas cars out in Q1 for the sixth race running.
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Finally, George Russell is still yet to be outqualified by a Williams team mate.
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