Abu Dhabi GP FP1 Results

Sebastian Vettel headed the times at the end of the first practice session in Abu Dhabi.

Team mate and title rival Mark Webber was fourth, sandwiching the two McLarens of Lewis Hamilton ahead of Jenson Button.

Practice began on a damp circuit which dried throughout the session. After doing their installation laps, the drivers stayed in their garages for the rest of the first half of the 90 minute session.

Over 50 minutes had passed when Vitaly Petrov finally set the first of the day’s times, followed swiftly by Nico Hülkenberg and then the rest of the drivers.

Although Fernando Alonso briefly topped the times sheets the Red Bulls were fastest almost from their first lap of the Yas Marina circuit.

Webber was fastest to begin with after trading times with Vettel, but it was the German driver who ended the session on top.

McLaren waited longer than most to send their drivers out. When Hamilton finally went out he set the second fastest time despite running very wide in the final two corners on one lap.

Button again complained about his front wheels locking under braking, a recurring problem for him in recent races.

Alonso ended the session sixth fastest while team mate Felipe Massa was 11th in his first session at Yas Marina. He was instructed to abort an early run due a problem with the car’s telemetry.

Fairuz Fauzy drove the second Lotus in place of Heikki Kovalainen. He had a spin early on in the session but didn’t hit anything, but later experienced overheating problems with his Lotus.

The other driver to hit trouble was Rubens Barrichello, whose Williams came to a halt as practice ended.

Results

Pos.	Car	Driver	Car	Best lap	Gap
1	5	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1’42.760
2	2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1’43.369	0.609
3	1	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1’43.785	1.025
4	6	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1’43.840	1.080
5	11	Robert Kubica	Renault	1’44.080	1.320
6	8	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1’44.121	1.361
7	3	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1’44.199	1.439
8	23	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1’44.604	1.844
9	4	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1’44.718	1.958
10	22	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Ferrari	1’44.737	1.977
11	7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1’45.160	2.400
12	12	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1’45.445	2.685
13	9	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1’45.474	2.714
14	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1’45.552	2.792
15	15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1’45.585	2.825
16	17	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1’46.003	3.243
17	10	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	1’46.664	3.904
18	16	Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1’47.105	4.345
19	24	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	1’48.450	5.690
20	18	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Cosworth	1’48.472	5.712
21	25	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin-Cosworth	1’49.375	6.615
22	21	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	1’49.590	6.830
23	20	Christian Klien	HRT-Cosworth	1’50.274	7.514
24	19	Fairuz Fauzy	Lotus-Cosworth	1’51.705	8.945

Abu Dhabi GP FP1 Results