Vettel draws first blood in Abu Dhabi

Sebastian Vettel

Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time of Friday's first practice session in Abu Dhabi in what was essentially an exercise in circuit cleaning so the times below are largely meaningless. This afternoon's times will be more indicative of who in on pace and who is not.

The session started out wet after a morning shower, but dried late in the session.

Results

Pos	Driver	Car	Time	Behind	Laps
1.	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1m42.760s	+0.000s	18
2.	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1m43.369s	+0.609s	16
3.	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1m43.785s	+1.025s	19
4.	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1m43.840s	+1.080s	19
5.	Robert Kubica	Renault	1m44.080s	+1.320s	19
6.	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1m44.121s	+1.361s	17
7.	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1m44.199s	+1.439s	19
8.	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1m44.604s	+1.844s	18
9.	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1m44.718s	+1.958s	19
10.	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber-Ferrari	1m44.737s	+1.977s	19
11.	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1m45.160s	+2.400s	18
12.	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1m45.445s	+2.685s	21
13.	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1m45.474s	+2.714s	15
14.	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1m45.552s	+2.792s	20
15.	Tonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1m45.585s	+2.825s	14
16.	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1m46.003s	+3.243s	20
17.	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	1m46.644s	+3.884s	19
18.	Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1m47.105s	+4.345s	22
19.	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	1m48.450s	+5.690s	19
20.	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Cosworth	1m48.472s	+5.712s	17
21.	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin-Cosworth	1m49.375s	+6.615s	13
22.	Bruno Senna	Hispania-Cosworth	1m49.590s	+6.830s	18
23.	Christian Klien	Hispania-Cosworth	1m50.274s	+7.514s	17
24.	Fairuz Fauzy	Lotus-Cosworth	1m51.705s	+8.945s	18