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F1 results: Max Verstappen fastest in Abu Dhabi GP practice
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was fastest during Abu Dhabi Grand Prix practice at Yas Marina, the 22nd and final round of the 2022 Formula 1 World Championship.
Charles Bradley
Edited: Nov 18, 2022, 7:58 PM
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Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton was quickest in FP1, held in full daylight conditions, before Verstappen topped FP2 as darkness descended.
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix FP1 results: Hamilton fastest from Russell
Cla Driver Chassis Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 21 1'26.633 219.449 2 George Russell
Mercedes 30 1'26.853 0.220 0.220 218.893 3 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 22 1'26.888 0.255 0.035 218.805 4 Sergio Perez
Red Bull 23 1'26.967 0.334 0.079 218.607 5 Liam Lawson
Red Bull 22 1'27.201 0.568 0.234 218.020 6 Sebastian Vettel
Aston Martin 20 1'27.268 0.635 0.067 217.853 7 Robert Shwartzman
Ferrari 24 1'27.429 0.796 0.161 217.451 8 Daniel Ricciardo
McLaren 21 1'27.619 0.986 0.190 216.980 9 Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo 23 1'27.655 1.022 0.036 216.891 10 Alex Albon
Williams 26 1'27.840 1.207 0.185 216.434 11 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri 28 1'27.845 1.212 0.005 216.422 12 Esteban Ocon
Alpine 27 1'27.891 1.258 0.046 216.308 13 Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri 28 1'27.991 1.358 0.100 216.063 14 Robert Kubica
Alfa Romeo 22 1'28.064 1.431 0.073 215.883 15 Logan Sargeant
Williams 23 1'28.098 1.465 0.034 215.800 16 Kevin Magnussen
Haas 20 1'28.142 1.509 0.044 215.692 17 Pietro Fittipaldi
Haas 26 1'28.204 1.571 0.062 215.541 18 Patricio O'Ward
McLaren 22 1'28.350 1.717 0.146 215.185 19 Jack Doohan
Alpine 25 1'28.484 1.851 0.134 214.859 20 Felipe Drugovich
Aston Martin 23 1'28.672 2.039 0.188 214.403 View full results
What happened in Abu Dhabi GP Free Practice 1?
Red Bull’s Sergio Perez set the early bar at 1m28.159s on soft tyres, ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and the first of the seven FP1 ‘rookies’ Liam Lawson, who was in for Max Verstappen at Red Bull and was fastest of the hard-tyred cars at the time.
Leclerc improved the P1 time to 1m27.917s before Perez beat that by 0.064s, as the two drivers who are locked together on points for second in the championship swapped the top spot.
Logan Sargeant (Williams) and Pietro Fittipaldi (Haas) jumped up to third and fourth just before half distance, Sargeant then spinning off at Turn 1 but just keeping it out of the wall.
Alex Albon (Williams) had a spell at the top of the times with 1m27.840s, before Perez retook it with 1m26.967s and Leclerc then lowered it to 1m26.888s.
Hamilton took P1 with 15 minutes to go with 1m26.633s, which remained the quickest time of the session, as George Russell went P2, two tenths off his teammate. Leclerc stayed third, ahead of Perez.
Lawson was fifth, and top rookie, ahead of Sebastian Vettel – at the other end of his F1 career in his final race weekend – for Aston Martin and Ferrari reserve Robert Shwartzman.
Of the other FP1 irregulars, Robert Kubica was 14th for Alfa Romeo, ahead of Sargeant, Fittipaldi, Pato O’Ward (McLaren), Jack Doohan (Alpine) and Felipe Drugovich (Aston Martin).
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Abu Dhabi Grand Prix FP2 results: Verstappen fastest from Russell
Cla Driver Chassis Laps Time Gap Interval km/h 1 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 25 1'25.146 223.282 2 George Russell
Mercedes 27 1'25.487 0.341 0.341 222.391 3 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 30 1'25.599 0.453 0.112 222.100 4 Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes 22 1'25.761 0.615 0.162 221.681 5 Sergio Perez
Red Bull 26 1'25.852 0.706 0.091 221.446 6 Carlos Sainz
Ferrari 31 1'25.932 0.786 0.080 221.240 7 Esteban Ocon
Alpine 28 1'26.038 0.892 0.106 220.967 8 Fernando Alonso
Alpine 29 1'26.043 0.897 0.005 220.954 9 Daniel Ricciardo
McLaren 14 1'26.124 0.978 0.081 220.746 10 Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo 29 1'26.300 1.154 0.176 220.296 11 Lando Norris
McLaren 28 1'26.377 1.231 0.077 220.100 12 Sebastian Vettel
Aston Martin 28 1'26.395 1.249 0.018 220.054 13 Zhou Guanyu
Alfa Romeo 30 1'26.479 1.333 0.084 219.840 14 Lance Stroll
Aston Martin 27 1'26.547 1.401 0.068 219.667 15 Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri 30 1'26.680 1.534 0.133 219.330 16 Alex Albon
Williams 29 1'26.750 1.604 0.070 219.153 17 Mick Schumacher
Haas 26 1'26.839 1.693 0.089 218.929 18 Kevin Magnussen
Haas 25 1'26.915 1.769 0.076 218.737 19 Pierre Gasly
AlphaTauri 29 1'27.036 1.890 0.121 218.433 20 Nicholas Latifi
Williams 30 1'27.262 2.116 0.226 217.868 View full results
What happened in Abu Dhabi GP Free Practice 2?
As the sun began to set, Leclerc made the early going at 1m26.045s – already faster than FP1 despite running medium tyres – ahead of Esteban Ocon’s Alpine and Carlos Sainz (Ferrari).
After missing FP1, Verstappen was first to use softs in this session, immediately jumping up to P1 with 1m25.449s and then lowering it to 1m25.335s. Perez went P2, half a second off, before Leclerc got to within 0.264s of Verstappen.
Russell grabbed P2, 0.152s off the pace, with Hamilton going fourth but setting the fastest first sector.
Verstappen ran again and reduced his laptime to 1m25.146s, putting him over three tenths clear with 20 minutes remaining under the floodlights. Russell stayed second, ahead of Leclerc, Hamilton, Perez and Sainz.
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