McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton outpaced championship rivals Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber in the second free practice session of the Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi held Friday late afternoon.
The circuit of Yas Marina was two seconds faster than in this morning’s session, with the times coming down as more rubber was laid on the racing line. Two-time World Champion Fernando Alonso had been quickest in his Ferrari when everyone was doing long runs on the harder tire. Lewis Hamilton planted his McLaren in first place when the drivers tested the softer compound. Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel, quickest in P1 this morning vaulted to second place when he improved significantly on the softer rubber. Alonso finished the session in third place ahead of Mark Webber (Red Bull), Robert Kubica (Renault), Felipe Massa (who stopped his Ferrari F10 on the circuit due to a fuel problem), Vitaly Petrov (Renault) and Jenson Button (McLaren). The fastest Cosworth car was the Williams of Nico Hulkenberg in 12th place. Jaime Alguersuari spun his Toro Rosso at Turn 19, with no harm. However, he stalled the Ferrari engine and missed a good deal of the session. Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi, Friday, afternoon free practice session*: 1 - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4/25-Mercedes) - 1'40"888 - 25 laps 2 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull RB6-Renault) - 1'41"145 - 28 3 - Fernando Alonso (Ferrari F10) - 1'41"314 - 29 4 - Mark Webber (Red Bull RB6-Renault) - 1'41"315 - 29 5 - Robert Kubica (Renault R30) - 1'41"576 - 31 6 - Felipe Massa (Ferrari F10) - 1'41"583 - 21 7 - Vitaly Petrov (Renault R30) - 1'42"096 - 31 8 - Jenson Button (McLaren MP4/25-Mercedes) - 1'42"132 - 28 9 - Vitantonio Liuzzi (Force India VJM03-Mercedes) - 1'42"203 - 31 10 - Nico Rosberg (Mercedes MGP W01) - 1'42"222 - 29 11 - Michael Schumacher (Mercedes MGP W01) - 1'42"246 - 29 12 - Nico Hulkenberg (Williams FW32-Cosworth) - 1'42"449 - 32 13 - Adrian Sutil (Force India VJM03-Mercedes) - 1'42"535 - 21 14 - Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber C29-Ferrari) - 1'42"768 - 26 15 - Rubens Barrichello (Williams FW32-Cosworth) - 1'42"914 - 37 16 - Nick Heidfeld (Sauber C29-Ferrari) - 1'42"950 - 34 17 - Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso STR5-Ferrari) - 1'43"128 - 17 18 - Sebastien Buemi (Toro Rosso STR5-Ferrari) - 1'43"584 - 33 19 - Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus T127-Cosworth) - 1'45"180 - 36 20 - Timo Glock (Virgin VR01-Cosworth) - 1'45"259 - 31 21 - Jarno Trulli (Lotus T127-Cosworth) - 1'45"612 - 35 22 - Lucas Di Grassi (Virgin VR01-Cosworth) - 1'46"053 - 29 23 - Christian Klien (Hispania F110-Cosworth) - 1'47"210 - 32 24 - Bruno Senna (Hispania F110-Cosworth) - 1'47"434 – 28 *Unofficial timing
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