Grosjean tops opening practice in Abu Dhabi
A late effort by Lotus driver Romain Grosjean left him atop the times with a 1m44.241s time in the first practice session for the Abu Dhabi GP.
Lewis Hamilton was second for Mercedes, followed closely by newly crown 4-time champion Sebastian Vettel in his Red Bull Renault.
Mark Webber was 4th and Nico Rosberg rounded out the top-5 for Mercedes.
Results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Behind | Laps |
| 1 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1m44.241s | +0.000s | 20 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1m44.433s | +0.192s | 22 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m44.499s | +0.258s | 18 |
| 4 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1m44.712s | +0.471s | 18 |
| 5 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m44.741s | +0.500s | 23 |
| 6 | Kimi Raikkonen | Lotus-Renault | 1m44.929s | +0.688s | 21 |
| 7 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1m45.040s | +0.799s | 19 |
| 8 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m45.099s | +0.858s | 19 |
| 9 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1m45.150s | +0.909s | 23 |
| 10 | Sergio Perez | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m45.331s | +1.090s | 19 |
| 11 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m45.378s | +1.137s | 21 |
| 12 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1m45.440s | +1.199s | 17 |
| 13 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault | 1m45.823s | +1.582s | 21 |
| 14 | James Calado | Force India-Mercedes | 1m45.924s | +1.683s | 19 |
| 15 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m46.068s | +1.827s | 17 |
| 16 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m46.114s | +1.873s | 21 |
| 17 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1m46.124s | +1.883s | 17 |
| 18 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m46.126s | +1.885s | 20 |
| 19 | Charles Pic | Caterham-Renault | 1m47.600s | +3.359s | 21 |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 1m47.670s | +3.429s | 21 |
| 21 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m47.723s | +3.482s | 22 |
| 22 | Rodolfo Gonzalez | Marussia-Cosworth | 1m49.565s | +5.324s | 21 |