For the first time this year all three top teams – Red Bull, Mercedes and Ferrari – have relatively converged on pace. Who will win the latest duel in the desert?

See our times below to catch all the action.

 

How to watch the 2022 Abu Dhabi GP

All the Abu Dhabi sessions will be shown live, as well as free-to-air highlights of qualifying and the race.

Live TV: Each session will be broadcast live on Sky Sports F1, beginning with Free Practice 1 at 10am Friday morning.

Live Stream: Sky Sports F1 subscribers can watch all the action as it happens on the Sky Go app, as well as subscribers to Now TV.

Highlights: Channel 4 will show highlights on  Saturday and Sunday evening.

 

All times GMT

	Qualifying, Saturday 19 November	Abu Dhabi GP, Sunday 20 November
Start time	2pm	1pm
Live coverage	From 1.15pm, Sky Sports F1	From 11.30am, Sky Sports F1
Highlights	6.40pm, Channel 4	5.30pm, Channel 4

 

Where to watch every Abu Dhabi GP session

Every session will be live on Sky Sports with coverage beforehand, as well as live reaction after.

 

Sky Sports F1 live

Friday: FP1 – 9.30am | FP2 – 12.45pm

Saturday: FP3 – 10.15am | Qualifying – 1.15pm

Sunday: Grand Prix – 11.30am

 

How to stream the Abu Dhabi GP

If you’re a Sky subscriber, you can watch all the running live with the Sky Go app on mobile and tablet devices, in addition to laptop, PC and consoles.

You can also live stream the sessions with the NOW TV on a sports membership, which can be used anywhere in the UK. NOW TV can also be downloaded for all devices.

A NOW TV weekend pass can also be purchased, giving you access to all sessions as well as build-up and reaction.

 

Who will win the Abu Dhabi GP?

The Abu Dhabi GP is one which is looking, for the first time in a while, wide open.

After a long period of dominance from Red Bull and Max Verstappen, the slowly improving Mercedes team finally came good in Brazil, with George Russell and Lewis Hamilton taking a 1-2 for the Silver Arrows.

The two long straights which provide the main passing opportunities might work against the Mercs, which suffer from drag, but the new lightweight-spec W13 might just have enough pace to overturn this.

The Red Bull has typically been the car to enjoy the high speed blasts, but with plenty of technical sections too, usually favouring Ferrari this year, it’s anyone’s guess who could win in Abu Dhabi.

 

How many laps is the Abu Dhabi GP?

The Abu Dhabi GP is 58 laps long and run over a distance of 306km (190 miles), on a track with a length of 5.2km (3.2 miles).

It has two DRS detection zones, one from the exit of Turn 4 – to be used on straight following Turn 5 – and the second located just after Turn 7, to be used on the straight immediately proceeding it.

 

2022 Abu Dhabi GP session times

	Friday 18 November	Saturday 19 November	Sunday 20 November
F1	Free Practice 1 – 10am Free Practice 2 – 2pm	Free Practice 3 – 10.30am Qualifying – 2pm	Grand Prix – 1pm