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Max Verstappen took pole position for the season-ending Abu Grand Prix on Saturday and will look to finish a crushingly dominant year with a 19th win.

Victory on Sunday would take the Red Bull driver onto 54 career wins, past Sebastian Vettel and into third place all time.

 

The three-time F1 champion's 12th pole of the season took him to 32 overall. He starts the race ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc in second place and McLaren's Oscar Piastri in third.

"Never bet against me," Verstappen said afterward, jokingly referring to a comment made by his Red Bull team principal Christian Horner.

Horner informed Verstappen that he had won a bet for 500 euros ($547) made with Red Bull boss Helmut Marko as to where Verstappen would qualify.

"You've just won me 500 euros," Horner told Verstappen over radio when he crossed the line.

With a few minutes left, Verstappen led from McLaren's Lando Norris and Piastri under floodlights at the Yas Marina circuit.

Norris slid late while pushing too hard on his last timed lap and Piastri moved ahead of him, while Leclerc jumped up the leaderboard with an excellent lap to place .14 seconds behind Verstappen.

"Everything felt good, I'm very happy with that lap because I didn't expect to be on the front row," Leclerc said. "It's a good surprise."

Mercedes driver George Russell qualified in fourth ahead of Norris with AlphaTauri's Yuki Tsunoda in sixth and Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso seventh. Nico Hulkenberg (Haas), Sergio Perez (Red Bull) and Pierre Gasly (Alpine) completed the top 10.

It was a bad session for Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton (11th) and Ferrari's Carlos Sainz Jr. (16th).

Sainz failed to make it into the second part of qualifying - known as Q2 - and complained of too much traffic near the end of Q1 with several drivers coming out of their garages late.

Still, for a leading driver - Sainz is the only driver other than Verstappen or Perez to win a race this season - it was a poor performance after he crashed early in Friday's second practice session. Potentially costly, too, with second place in the constructors' championship at stake.

Heading into Sunday's race, Mercedes was in second and held a four-point lead over Ferrari. Teams get more money at the end of the season the higher they finish.

But Mercedes is struggling for form, and Hamilton was knocked out of Q2. The seven-time F1 champion said there was "something not right with this car" and faces the strong likelihood of a second straight season without a win.

Williams driver Logan Sargeant goes from last on the grid with his F1 future still uncertain. The American has only one point this season with a best result of 10th place at the United States GP last month.

Earlier Saturday, Russell topped the third and final practice session ahead of Norris and Piastri with Verstappen in sixth.

"What a turnaround because in practice it was not looking good," Verstappen said.

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