2009-2025
2009-2025Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: history and every winner
17
Editions
12/17
From pole
1
From behind 3rd
19th/30
Start weight
Next edition: 6 December 2026, the last race of the year
Latest winners
- 2025Max VerstappenRed Bull
- 2024Lando NorrisMcLaren
- 2023Max VerstappenRed Bull
- 2022Max VerstappenRed Bull
- 2021Max VerstappenRed Bull
Seventeen editions at Yas Marina since 2009, almost always the last race of the year. Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen have won it five times each, and Sebastian Vettel three.
It is one of the Grands Prix where pole counts most: whoever started first won twelve of the seventeen. Only one winner started behind third place, Kimi Räikkönen in 2012, from fourth.
The next edition is on 6 December 2026, the last race of the year. On the Saturday, with the official grid, we publish the preview with every driver's odds.
Where it has been held
- Yas Marina Circuit: 17 editions (2009-2025)
The drivers
| Driver | Wins | Poles | Podiums | Fastest laps | Points | Starts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 262 | 17 |
| 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 190 | 11 |
3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 154 | 14 |
4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 78 | 8 |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 103 | 12 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 79 | 7 |
7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 11 |
8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 85 | 8 |
9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 68 | 8 |
10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 5 |
11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 79 | 15 |
12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 11 |
The teams
The bar is wins. Points are each era's points added as they were, so they favour whoever raced under the current system (25 for a win since 2010). Fastest laps are only counted from 2004.
Wins by country
The youngest and the oldest
Winner
Where it is won from
In our simulator this is the 19th of 30 circuits where the starting position matters most. It comes from the real races from 2014 to 2025: at each circuit we measure how closely the finishing order matches the starting order among the cars that finish, and the engine is tuned to reproduce it.
How the wins record has changed hands
- 2009Sebastian Vettel wins the first
- 2010Sebastian Vettel goes to 2 wins, the record
- 2013Sebastian Vettel goes to 3 wins, the record
- 2016Lewis Hamilton equals the record with 3
- 2018Lewis Hamilton goes to 4 wins, the record
- 2019Lewis Hamilton goes to 5 wins, the record
- 2025Max Verstappen equals the record with 5
Every edition
| Year | Date | Winner | Team | Started | Pole |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 Dec | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | POLE | Max Verstappen |
| 2024 | 8 Dec | Lando Norris | McLaren | POLE | Lando Norris |
| 2023 | 26 Nov | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | POLE | Max Verstappen |
| 2022 | 20 Nov | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | POLE | Max Verstappen |
| 2021 | 12 Dec | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | POLE | Max Verstappen |
| 2020 | 13 Dec | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | POLE | Max Verstappen |
| 2019 | 1 Dec | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | POLE | Lewis Hamilton |
| 2018 | 25 Nov | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | POLE | Lewis Hamilton |
| 2017 | 26 Nov | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | POLE | Valtteri Bottas |
| 2016 | 27 Nov | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | POLE | Lewis Hamilton |
| 2015 | 29 Nov | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | POLE | Nico Rosberg |
| 2014 | 23 Nov | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 2nd | Nico Rosberg |
| 2013 | 3 Nov | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 2nd | Mark Webber |
| 2012 | 4 Nov | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus F1 | 4th | Lewis Hamilton |
| 2011 | 13 Nov | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 2nd | Sebastian Vettel |
| 2010 | 14 Nov | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | POLE | Sebastian Vettel |
| 2009 | 1 Nov | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 2nd | Lewis Hamilton |
Results of every edition from Jolpica/Ergast. Pole is whoever started first. A podium only counts if the driver was classified. Linked years have their season page with our simulation, and linked drivers their own page. Photos are freely licensed from Wikimedia Commons: each one's author and licence are on the driver's page. Team colours are indicative.