Lewis Hamilton produced further evidence to suggest McLaren have a very competitive package for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as he completed a clean sweep of fastest practice times for the team on Saturday morning.
After a Friday he described as “really positive”, Hamilton had already been fastest at the end of the early medium tyre runs before setting two laps late-on during his soft tyre run which would have been good enough to seal top spot – his final one of 1m38.976s putting him four tenths of a second clear of the Red Bull pair of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber.
The RBR duo had the edge through the short first sector of the lap but Hamilton was consistently able to stretch his MP4-26’s legs as the lap progressed, with his car appearing particularly planted in the tricky final sector – although Vettel was perhaps slowed by traffic on his final lap.
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Formula 1: Jenson Button Fastest in First Practice at Yas Marina
Formula 1: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - First Practice Results
Formula 1: Lewis Hamilton Fastest in Second Practice at Yas Marina
Formula 1: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Second Practice Results
Formula 1: Lewis Hamilton Fastest in Final Practice at Yas Marina
Jenson Button wasn’t able to match his team-mate’s pace on the soft tyres, but all-but lapped at the same pace as the Red Bulls in fourth place, while Fernando Alonso was again a couple of tenths further adrift in the lead Ferrari. ITV
Rosberg’s 1m 40.135s in the Mercedes stood up for sixth overall, ahead of Felipe Massa on 1m 40.183s for Ferrari, Force India’s Sutil’s 1m 40.429s and team mate Di Resta’s 1m 40.511s. Michael Schumacher again explored several run-off areas, while lapping the second Mercedes in 1m 40.939s to round out the top 10.
Bruno Senna was Renault’s leader this time in 11th, with 1m 41.509s, ahead of the inevitably conjoined Saubers of Kamui Kobayashi and Serio Perez on 1m 41.527s and 1m 41.566s, with Vitaly Petrov right in their ballpark on 1m 41.594s in the second Renault. Formula 1
Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired 1 3 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 01:39.0 2 1 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 01:39.4 3 2 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 01:39.4 4 4 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 01:39.4 5 5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 01:39.7 6 8 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 01:40.1 7 6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 01:40.2 8 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 01:40.4 9 15 Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 01:40.5 10 7 Michael Schumacher Mercedes 01:40.9 11 9 Bruno Senna Renault 01:41.5 12 16 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 01:41.5 13 17 Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 01:41.6 14 10 Vitaly Petrov Renault 01:41.6 15 18 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 01:41.6 16 19 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 01:41.9 17 12 Pastor Maldonado Williams-Cosworth 01:42.0 18 20 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Renault 01:43.4 19 11 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 01:43.9 20 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 01:45.3 21 23 Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT-Cosworth 01:45.3 22 25 Jerome d'Ambrosio Virgin-Cosworth 01:45.5 23 22 Daniel Ricciardo HRT-Cosworth 01:45.7 24 21 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Renault No time
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