Vettel brought the curtain down on the final practice session this campaign with the quickest time around the Yas Marina circuit. The Red Bull driver, who has to finish in the top two to stand any chance of becoming the youngest champion in Formula One history, posted a lap of one minute 40.696secs for the 5.554km track.
The 23-year-old German finished just 0.133secs ahead of his team-mate Mark Webber, with both narrowly ahead of Lewis Hamilton’s best of yesterday.
Hamilton, who had complained of vibrations in his McLaren following his installation lap, had to settle for third, almost six tenths of a second down on Vettel and four tenths of a second worse off than his time in the second practice.
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Formula 1: Sebastian Vettel Fastest in Final Practice at Abu Dhabi
Formula 1: Sebastian Vettel Fastest in First Practice at Abu Dhabi
Formula 1: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - First Practice Results
Formula 1: Lewis Hamilton Fastest in Second Practice at Abu Dhabi
Formula 1: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Second Practice Results
Jenson Button was fifth with a respectable time that was within nine tenths of a second of Vettel, and was followed by Renault’s Vitaly Petrov and Michael Schumacher in his Mercedes who were also inside a second of the young German. The Guardian
Nick Heidfeld completed the top 10 for BMW Sauber with 1m 41.893s ahead of Nico Hulkenberg’s Williams on 1m 41.934s and Felipe Massa’s Ferrari on 1m 41.978s.
Rubens Barrichello was 13th in the second Williams on 1m 42.316s from BMW Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi on 1m 42.566s and the Force Indias of Adrian Sutil and Tonio Liuzzi on 1m 42.587s and 1m 42.858s respectively. Jaime Alguersuari completed the runners below 1m 43s with 1m 42.993s for Toro Rosso. His partner Sebastien Buemi was next on 1m 43.344s, with Heikki Kovalainen heading the heated new team battle with 1m 44.876s for Lotus. Behind the Finn, team mate Jarno Trulli just headed Timo Glock’s Virgin, 1m 45.048s to 1m 45.050s, with Bruno Senna turning a strong 1m 45.490s from Lucas di Grassi on 1m 45.629s in the second Virgin and Senna’s HRT team mate Christian Klien on 12m 46.464s. Formula 1
Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired 1 5 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 01:40.7 2 6 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 01:40.8 3 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 01:41.3 4 8 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 01:41.5 5 1 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 01:41.6 6 12 Vitaly Petrov Renault 01:41.7 7 3 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 01:41.7 8 4 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 01:41.7 9 11 Robert Kubica Renault 01:41.9 10 22 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber-Ferrari 01:41.9 11 10 Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 01:41.9 12 7 Felipe Massa Ferrari 01:42.0 13 9 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 01:42.3 14 23 Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 01:42.6 15 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 01:42.6 16 15 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 01:42.9 17 17 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 01:43.0 18 16 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 01:43.3 19 19 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 01:44.9 20 18 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 01:45.0 21 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 01:45.1 22 21 Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 01:45.5 23 25 Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 01:45.6 24 20 Christian Klien HRT-Cosworth 01:46.5
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