Lewis Hamilton topped the times in an incident-packed second free practice session ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with the McLaren driver outpacing his nearest rival and teammate Jenson Button by two-tenths of a second.
The two Englishmen dominated the day with Button fastest in the morning and second-quickest in the afternoon when Hamilton delivered a lap in one minute and 39.586 to set the pace.
For Hamilton, it was a welcome return to something like his best form after a roller-coaster season of problems on and off the circuit.
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Double drivers’ champion German Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull and two-time champion Spaniard Fernando Alonso of Ferrari both crashed into the barriers at Turn One during the session but were unhurt. The Express Tribune
Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso, who was fifth quickest in the first session with a 1:40.01, was third second free practice with a time of 1:39.971 seconds, despite spinning at Turn 1. He was followed by teammate Felipe Massa. Massa, who was sixth in the first session, had a timing of 1:39.980 seconds in the second.
The team to beat this year Red Bull Racing, who were pretty strong in the first free practice, slipped up a bit in the second session. Mark Webber, who is involved in a three-way fight with Button and Alonso for second place in the Drivers’ Championship, rounded up the top five. Webber, logged a time of 1:40.104 seconds.
Mercedes GP’s Michael Schumacher came up with a much improved show in the second session and was seventh with a time of 1:40.553 seconds.
Force India’s Adrian Sutil was eighth followed by teammate Paul di Resta in ninth. Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi rounded off the top 10. Sutil had a time of 1:40.951, while Resta logged a time of 1:41.021 seconds. Khaleej Times
Behind them, Kamui Kobayashi led Sauber team mate Sergio Perez, 1m 41.490s to 1m 41.565s, with Sebastien Buemi 12th for Toro Rosso on 1m 41.680s ahead of Vitaly Petrov in the lead Renault on 1m 41.947s, Toro Rosso’s Jaime Alguersuari on 1m 41.983s, Renault’s Bruno Senna on 1m 42.369s, and the Williamses of Rubens Barrichello and Pastor Maldonado on 1m 42.798s and 1m 42.910s respectively.
Heikki Kovalainen continued to lead the Lotus brigade with 1m 43.562s to Jarno Trulli’s 1m 44.050s. Nico Rosberg was trying lots of new bits on his Mercedes and thus did not improve on 1m 44.265s for 20th, while Virgin got going after not running their extra soft test tyres this morning; Timo Glock ran 1m 45.486s for 21st ahead of Jerome D’Ambrosio on 1m 46.142s, which left the Belgian just ahead of the HRTs of Tonio Liuzzi and Daniel Ricciardo. The Italian spent an hour in the pits with a mechanical problem but returned to lap in 1m 46.249s, while the Australian managed 1m 46.328s.
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