Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Qualifying Review

F1: Chequered Flag

BBC

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4.2 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Who will be crowned the 2025 F1 champion? After Max Verstappen puts it on pole, Steve Crossman, Harry Benjamin, Rebecca Clancy and Rosanna Tennant look back at qualifying and assess how it shapes Sunday’s title decider. They hear from all three championship protagonists and discuss how the race might play out.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts.
0:07.3	Welcome to the Wayne Rooney show.
0:09.3	Twice a week, Wayne Rooney, Kayeard and me, Kelly Somers,
0:12.4	break down the biggest stories in the Premier League and beyond.
0:15.5	Coming to the Premier League, he's shown one called Play, he isn't.
0:18.2	He's been probably the sound of the season.
0:19.6	Plus, we'll hear the funniest and most outrageous stories from Wayne's career.
0:23.7	I had two seasons when I played as the number nine and scored 34 goals in both the seasons.
0:28.1	But I was bored.
0:30.3	The Wayne Runey Show.
0:31.5	It's what everybody's talking about.
0:33.8	Watch an eye player, listen on sounds.
0:38.3	5 Live Formula One.
0:41.1	Welcome to the Check and Flag Podcast.
0:42.9	I'm Steve Crossman.
0:44.0	We are here in Abu Dhabi, sitting under a great cream canopy,
0:50.2	surrounded by net curtains with the music in the background.
0:53.8	It's very much beach club vibes.
0:56.6	The Formula One drivers will be on the beach after this weekend,
0:59.2	between now and then, drama.
1:01.1	Hopefully loads of it.
1:02.2	Lando Norris, one podium away from his first world title.
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