Russell's podium placing allowed the Mercedes team to secure second position ahead of Ferrari.

It was the twenty-second and final round of the 2023 Formula One World Championship and the fifteenth running of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

[3] The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with the exception of Daniel Ricciardo, who replaced Nyck de Vries at AlphaTauri starting at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

[9][10] This Grand Prix also marked the last race for Haas' team principal Guenther Steiner, who was replaced by Ayao Komatsu.

The session was stopped twice: Carlos Sainz Jr. lost control of his car into turn three suffering a heavy crash, and Nico Hülkenberg spun into the wall.

[19] In the final ten laps of the race, Sergio Pérez battled with Lando Norris for fourth place.

The drivers banged wheels, and Pérez subsequently received a five-second time penalty for causing a collision.

Although Carlos Sainz Jr. was running in tenth place near the end of the race, he had only used a single tyre compound and needed to pit again, dropping him out of the points.

Leclerc's second place promoted him from seventh to fifth for the season, level with Alonso on points, losing only by tiebreaker rules.