It is obvious. Dry. Air +31…29С, rail +37…34С
The second practice session in Abu Dhabi is the most rewarding of the weekend and coincides with qualifying and the race. The sun went down, the temperature of the asphalt dropped by almost ten degrees, the teams were able to work with the settings and tires in the same conditions under which the key sessions of the weekend will take place.
In the first session, temporary replacements took place in eight teams simultaneously, in the second session only the main pilots worked. At the start of the session, the racers rushed to the track, only Hamilton remained in the pits – the mechanics were completing the setting change. Ricciardo completed two laps and returned to the pits – it was also necessary to fine-tune the settings.
The riders started the session with long sets of laps on harder tyres, gradually switched to Soft, and as the track cooled down even more, they returned to long sets.
The session went smoothly. Vettel and Leclerc went off the track in the sixth corner, Albon – in the first, without any consequences for the cars.
Max Verstappen took the lead with a lap time of 1:25.146.
Results of the second session
Pilot | Team | Time | Difference | Circles |
1. M. Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:25,146 | – | 25 |
2.D Russell | Mercedes | 1:25,487 | 0.341 | 27 |
3. Sch.Lecler | Ferrari | 1:25,599 | 0.453 | thirty |
4. L Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:25,761 | 0.615 | 22 |
5. C. Perez | Red Bull | 1:25,852 | 0.706 | 26 |
6. K. Sainz | Ferrari | 1:25,932 | 0.786 | 31 |
7. E. Okon | Alps | 1:26.038 | 0.892 | 28 |
8. F. Alonso | Alps | 1:26.043 | 0.897 | 29 |
9. D.Riccardo | McLaren | 1:26.124 | 0.978 | fourteen |
10. V. Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:26.300 | 1,154 | 29 |
11. L. Norris | McLaren | 1:26,377 | 1,231 | 28 |
12. S Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:26,395 | 1,249 | 28 |
13. G. Zhou | Alfa Romeo | 1:26,479 | 1,333 | thirty |
14. L. Walk | Aston Martin | 1:26,547 | 1,401 | 27 |
15. Y. Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:26,680 | 1,534 | thirty |
16. A. Albon | Willems | 1:26.750 | 1,604 | 29 |
17.M Schumacher | hare | 1:26,839 | 1,693 | 26 |
18. K. Magnussen | hare | 1:26,915 | 1,769 | 25 |
19.P Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:27.036 | 1,890 | 29 |
20. N. Latifi | Willems | 1:27,262 | 2.116 | thirty |
First part of free practice
It is obvious. Dry. Air +33…34С, route +47…45С
In the first training there was a temporary replacement of pilots in eight teams at once. During the course of the season, teams are required to conduct two training sessions for young drivers, many have postponed these replacements until the last.
At Ferrari, Robert Schwartzman got behind the wheel of Carlos Sainz’s car, at Haas F1 Pietro Fittipaldi replaced Mick Schumacher, Jack Doohan got behind the wheel of Alpine Fernando Alonso, Logan Sargent at Williams replaced Nicolas Latifi. Liam Lawson replaced Max Verstappen at Red Bull Racing.
The two drivers made their debut behind the wheel of Formula 1 as part of the official session of the race weekend. At Aston Martin, Felipe Drugovic replaced Lance Stroll and Pato O’Ward was behind the wheel of Lando Norris’ McLaren.
At Alfa Romeo, under a contract with Orlen, Kubica returned behind the wheel, having worked out a training session in place of Guanyu Zhou.
The first training in Abu Dhabi is not very representative as it takes place in hot weather. Many teams used it to evaluate different elements for the next season – drivers drove cars with aerodynamic sensors.
O’Ward’s car developed problems at the start of the first lap – he slowly returned to the pits due to a gearbox failure, but took off again after twenty minutes.
Duane mixed up the engine’s operating modes and it overheated, I had to take a break.
Sargent braked on the curb, flipped the car and flew into the first corner. Contact with the barrier was avoided, Logan returned to the pits and took off after a break.
Lewis Hamilton took the lead with a lap time of 1:26.633.
Results of the first session
Pilot | Team | Time | Difference | Circles |
1. L. Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:26,633 | – | 21 |
2.D Russell | Mercedes | 1:26,853 | 0.220 | thirty |
3. Sch.Lecler | Ferrari | 1:26,888 | 0.255 | 22 |
4. C. Perez | Red Bull | 1:26,967 | 0.334 | 23 |
5. L. Lawson | Red Bull | 1:27.201 | 0.568 | 22 |
6.S Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:27,268 | 0.635 | twenty |
7. R. Schwartzman | Ferrari | 1:27,429 | 0.796 | 24 |
8. D.Riccardo | McLaren | 1:27,619 | 0.986 | 21 |
9. V. Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:27,655 | 1,022 | 23 |
10. A. Albon | Willems | 1:27,840 | 1,207 | 26 |
11.P Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:27,845 | 1.212 | 28 |
12. E. Okon | Alps | 1:27,891 | 1,258 | 27 |
13. Y. Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:27,991 | 1,358 | 28 |
14. R. Kubica | Alfa Romeo | 1:28.064 | 1,431 | 22 |
15. L. Sargent | Willems | 1:28.098 | 1,465 | 23 |
16. K. Magnussen | hare | 1:28,142 | 1,509 | twenty |
17. P. Fittipaldi | hare | 1:28.204 | 1,571 | 26 |
18. O’Ward | McLaren | 1:28.350 | 1,717 | 22 |
19.D Duane | Alps | 1:28,484 | 1,851 | 25 |
20. F.Drugovich | Aston Martin | 1:28,672 | 2,039 | 23 |
Source: F1 News

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