Yas Circuit is preparing to decide the Formula 1 Constructors’ Championship title

Abu Dhabi, December 7 / WAM / Yas Marina Circuit is expected to witness the determination of this year’s Manufacturers’ Championship title, after Max Verstappen won the Drivers’ Championship title in the Las Vegas Formula 1 round.
The McLaren team enters the Abu Dhabi race at the top of the Constructors’ Championship standings, after regaining its position in the Azerbaijan round last September, achieving a historic return after being absent from the top since 2014. However, the competition has become intense with the Ferrari team, which was able to gradually reduce the gap thanks to technical improvements. Which he put on his car on the tour of the United States of America.
These updates contributed to achieving the strongest result for the McLaren team this season since the Austrian race in March, and drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz occupied first and second places in the United States Grand Prix, and the team continued to achieve strong results with Sainz winning and Leclerc ascending to the podium in Mexico, then Achieving third and fourth places in Las Vegas, while Lando Norris’s podium finish in the Mexico race was the best result for the McLaren team in the last four races after the British driver achieved victory in Singapore.
On the other hand, the best result for the McLaren team in the last rounds was Lando Norris’s rise to the podium in the Mexico race, while the team achieved sixth and seventh places in Las Vegas.

These results, coupled with Mercedes’ dominance in Las Vegas, contributed to reducing the gap between McLaren and Ferrari to just 24 points before the Qatar round.
Before the Qatar Grand Prix last week, Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz expected that the Italian team would face difficulties due to the high-speed corners and the fluid nature of the Losail International Circuit track, but despite this, Charles Leclerc was able to achieve second place, while Sainz came in sixth place, They achieved better points than those achieved by Norris and Piastri for McLaren, making the difference between them only 21 points in favor of McLaren before the final race in Abu Dhabi.
The British team is clinging to the hope of securing its first title in the Constructors’ Championship since 1998, especially after Charles Leclerc received a penalty of falling ten places due to replacing his car’s battery pack.

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