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Max Verstappen, Red Bull, Abu Dhabi, 2024

F1 qualifying delayed by freak incident at Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Max Verstappen, Red Bull, Abu Dhabi, 2024 — Photo: © IMAGO

F1 qualifying delayed by freak incident at Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Q2 was delayed at the Yas Marina Circuit

Sam Cook
Digital Journalist
Sports Journalist who has been covering motorsport since 2023

Formula 1 qualifying was delayed at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Saturday, after a bizarre incident on track in Q1.

The second part of the session started minutes late after being impacted by a strange moment which ended up knocking Lewis Hamilton out early.

READ MORE: F1 star breaks silence with official statement after SHOCK team exit

Kevin Magnussen cut the corner at Turn 14 in order to get out of the way of several cars that were on their flying laps, but knocked over a bollard.

That bollard then got lodged under Hamilton's car as he attempted to finish his lap and get out of Q1.

Lewis Hamilton was dumped out of Q1 at the Abu Dhabi GP
Lewis Hamilton was dumped out of Q1 at the Abu Dhabi GP

Bizarre issue forces qualifying delay

Magnussen's error only caused a five-minute delay to proceedings, but it did cap off what was an action-packed Q1.

READ MORE: Verstappen finale DISASTER after huge FIA penalty

Sergio Perez was frustrated after having a lap time deleted, before it was later reinstated, helping him to get into Q2, but using an extra set of tyres that he didn't need to use because of the mistake.

Hamilton's struggles continued, and he will start his final race as a Mercedes driver down in 18th.

The seven-time champion is set to move to Ferrari from next season, ending his highly-successful 12-season spell with the Brackley outfit.

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