If it finishes like this tomorrow, Norris would be the champion by five points. #F1 #AbuDhabiGP

Not including Brazil, as Bortoleto didn't take part after the Sprint crash.

Hamilton: "Something buckled at the front and snapped the rear."
Engineer: "Understood. Are you ok?"
Hamilton: "Yeah." #F1 #AbuDhabiGP

This is a good point after Norris was booed in Mexico for what happened at Monza. It feels like McLaren has entered damned if you do, damned if you don't territory.

Piastri locks up on his second run on the soft tyre at T6. Seems he's not really refined the balance of his car yet. #F1 #AbuDhabiGP

Brown: "Last year, once it became clear Lando had the best chance to catch Max and Oscar was almost statistically out of it in Baku, we asked Oscar to support Lando. It ended up being Lando supporting Oscar in that particular race, and Oscar won. So we're going to use common sense." #f1 #AbuDhabiGP

McLaren fought with Alpine for Piastri's services. He won F3 and F2 back-to-back, and has Mark Webber managing him. A recent court case suggests that it was Andreas Seidl who signed Piastri when Zak Brown wanted Alex Palou, but McLaren knew what they were getting.