Grosjeanu's first free practice

Author of the article: , published on November 1, 2013.

 

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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