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We are heading into the qualifying session one final time in the 2021 season at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The session might just be the most important session in recent history.

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Mercedes will go into the qualifying session as the out-and-out favorite for pole position. But Red Bull might just have the upper hand in race pace and will come back to challenge their rivals in the race. But the Austrian team will look to get track position and look to out-qualify the Mercedes.

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Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Timings and where to watch?

The Yas Marina Circuit has traditionally favored the German team, but in 2020, Red Bull was the fastest team, with Max leading the way.

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So it would be interesting to see if the Red Bull can repeat their feat in qualifying. As reported by Motorsport.com, below are the countries and their local timings when the F1 fans can watch the qualifying:

UAE: 17:00 – 18:00 local time

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UK: 13:00 – 14:00 GMT

Spain: 14:00 – 15:00 CET

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USA: 08:00 – 09:00 ET / 05:00 – 06:00 PT

Australia:  00:00 – 01:00 AEDT

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Africa: 15:00 – 16:00 SAT / 16:00 – 17:00 EAT

India: 18:30 – 19:30 IST

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Below is the list of countries and where the F1 fans can watch the final qualifying at Abu Dhabi:

UK: Sky Sports and Channel 4

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Spain- DAZN

Brazil- TV Band

India- Star

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Australia- Fox Sports

Netherlands- Serves TV

USA- ESPN

F1 fans in the UK can simply live stream the race at Sky while Indian fans can live stream the qualifying on Disney+Hotstar. Other fans can live stream the entire coverage of the session on the F1TV app.

Will we see some rain at the final qualifying session of the season?

The conditions are expected to stay dry with partly cloudy weather. The maximum temperature during the qualifying session will be 26 degrees Celsius while the minimum would be 20 degrees. There is less than a 20 percent chance of rain.

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Fasten your seatbelts to witness the most important qualifying session of the season. Who gets the pole, Hamilton or Verstappen? Let us know what you think.

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