Abu Dhabi GP: Hamilton tops final practice
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| Lewis Hamilton |
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton topped the final practice session at Yas Marina for tomorrow's Abu Dhabi GP with a best lap of 1m38.976s. He beat the Red Bull pair of Sebastian Vettel (1m39.403s)and Mark Webber (1m39.427s).
Jenson Button turned a lap of 1m39.439s, good enough for fourth, and almost half-a-second down on his teammate's time.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was fifth ahead of the Mercedes of Nico Rosberg in sixth and the second Ferrari of Felipe Massa in seventh spot.
Results
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Pos |
Driver | Team/Car | Time | Behind | Laps |
| 1. | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m38.976s | +0.000s | 17 |
| 2. | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1m39.403s | +0.427s | 18 |
| 3. | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1m39.427s | +0.451s | 18 |
| 4. | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1m39.429s | +0.453s | 16 |
| 5. | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1m39.661s | +0.685s | 16 |
| 6. | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m40.135s | +1.159s | 19 |
| 7. | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1m40.183s | +1.207s | 18 |
| 8. | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1m40.429s | +1.453s | 21 |
| 9. | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1m40.511s | +1.535s | 19 |
| 10. | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1m40.938s | +1.962s | 18 |
| 11. | Bruno Senna | Renault | 1m41.509s | +2.533s | 21 |
| 12. | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m41.527s | +2.551s | 21 |
| 13. | Sergio Perez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1m41.566s | +2.590s | 20 |
| 14. | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1m41.594s | +2.618s | 18 |
| 15. | Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m41.622s | +2.646s | 18 |
| 16. | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1m41.855s | +2.879s | 18 |
| 17. | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Cosworth | 1m42.025s | +3.049s | 19 |
| 18. | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Renault | 1m43.409s | +4.433s | 22 |
| 19. | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1m43.861s | +4.885s | 5 |
| 20. | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1m45.262s | +6.286s | 23 |
| 21. | Tonio Liuzzi | HRT-Cosworth | 1m45.302s | +6.326s | 20 |
| 22. | Jerome D'Ambrosio | Virgin-Cosworth | 1m45.509s | +6.533s | 22 |
| 23. | Daniel Ricciardo | HRT-Cosworth | 1m45.732s | +6.756s | 20 |
| 24. | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Renault | – | – | 1 |