Today's post-qualifying press conference with Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton and Lando Norris.
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We're looking forward to finishing the season on a high. We want to score good points, let's go for it.
That was one of Max's best laps of the year, but now we need to try and convert that tomorrow.
We can take some comfort from a decent pace that should give us a fighting chance tomorrow. The objective remains the same, to finish the season on a high.
Esteban Ocon has been handed a reprimand for impeding a rival in Q2, while no further action taken over Daniel Ricciardo and Sebastian Vettel.
Esteban will start with Soft tyres and Fernando has free choice of tyres. It's all to be played for and points will be there for the taking.
On days like today, you have to take it like it is, it's 1-0 to them, they got the tyres in the perfect window in the last run, the tow functioned flawlessly and that's why they are on pole.
If Max Verstappen manages to keep the lead off the grid, he can run in free air and reduce overheating by maintaining a consistent load through the tyres.
Our aim will be to add as many points as we can to the season total, building on what is already the highest total points score in the team's history.
Today we did what we have done all season: aimed for the small window of perfection in a bid to outqualify the basic pace of the car, but it didn't pay off as well as it has at previous races.
Well, there's a positive in that it was our last Saturday of the year qualifying the VF-21.
A dramatic season witnesses yet another twist as Max Verstappen takes a shock pole in Abu Dhabi that puts the Dutchman and title rival Lewis Hamilton on totally different start strategies.