Romain Grosjean was the fastest in the first free practice for the Abu Dhabi GP. The Lotus racer overtook the second fastest racer, Lewis Hamilton, by 1 seconds with a time of 44.241: 0.192. Sebastian Vettel was third.
As the racers are slowly running out of new engines towards the end of the season (only eight can be used per season), there was a long lull at the beginning of the first free practice on the track. After almost half an hour, Sergio Perez made it to the fast lap, and was soon followed by the others.
At the top of the timeline, the names of the racers changed quickly, but at the end of an hour and a half of training, the fastest time belonged to Lotus racer Romain Grosjean. Lewis Hamilton and new-old world champion Sebastian Vettel came closest to the Frenchman.
Webber and Rosberg finished fourth and fifth, and Kimi Raikkonen, who caused a fuss among journalists with a late arrival in Abu Dhabi, was sixth.
Three reserve racers were given the opportunity to train. James Calado sat in Adrian Sutil’s race car and was XNUMXth, Heikki Kovalainen in Giedo van der Gard’s Caterham finished training in XNUMXth place, and Rodolfo Gonzales, who replaced Max Chilton, was almost two seconds worse than Jules B specifically the slowest.
Abu Dhabi GP results; 1. free training:
Racer | Team | Hour | Laps | |
1. |
Romain Grosjean | Lotus |
01:44.241 |
21 |
2. |
Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
01:44.433 |
23 |
3. |
Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull |
01:44.499 |
18 |
4. |
Mark Webber | Red Bull |
01:44.712 |
20 |
5. |
Nico Rosberg | Mercedes |
01:44.741 |
24 |
6. |
Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus |
01:44.929 |
23 |
7. |
Paul di Resta | Force India |
01:45.040 |
20 |
8. |
Jenson Button | McLaren |
01:45.099 |
20 |
9. |
Pastor Maldonado | Williams |
01:45.150 |
24 |
10. |
Sergio Perez | McLaren |
01:45.331 |
20 |
11. |
Nico Hulkenberg | Clean |
01:45.378 |
23 |
12. |
Fernando Alonso | Ferrari |
01:45.440 |
18 |
13. |
Valtteri Bottas | Williams |
01:45.823 |
22 |
14. |
James Calado | Force India |
01:45.924 |
20 |
15. |
Esteban Gutierrez | Clean |
01:46.068 |
18 |
16. |
Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso |
01:46.114 |
22 |
17. |
Felipe Massa | Ferrari |
01:46.124 |
18 |
18. |
Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso |
01:46.126 |
21 |
19. |
Charles Pic | Caterham |
01:47.600 |
22 |
20. |
Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham |
01:47.670 |
22 |
21. |
Jules Bianchi | Marussia |
01:47.723 |
23 |
22. |
Rodolfo González | Marussia |
01:49.565 |
22 |
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