Walter Bottas led Free Practice 2 for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix by 0.203 seconds from his returning Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton, Red Bull’s Max Verstapen P3, took part in the seventh-tenth – however, the picture is not clear. Meanwhile after the issues for all three drivers.
Bots, Hamilton and Worstapen’s FP2’s fastest time was set to medium tires, Hamilton and Worstapen were deleted for track boundary violations, while Botas’ error on a soft push lap meant a conclusion once in a session. Finn’s 1st lap of 36.276 seconds was the fastest under floodlights at Yas Marina.
FP1 Highlights: 2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Hamilton was knocked out of the fast 1st 36.097s, a five-time Abu Dhabi winner’s 0.203 from Bots’ fast-paced tire lap, while Verstapen lost 1m 37.029 seconds, while Red Bull was one step behind Mercedes at pure speed. Was. , As the Dutchman led the FP1, ending the decade of 0.770.
Hamilton was worried at the end of the season, although the seven-time champion was stuck in a pit alley for five minutes from the end, complaining of having no gear, apparently looking for one and going again.
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. Voltaire Botas B.O.T. Mercedes |
1: 36,276 |
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2 Lewis Hamilton Ham Mercedes |
+ 0.203s |
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3 Max Worstapen VER Red Bull Racing |
+ 0.770s |
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4 Alexander Alban ALB Red Bull Racing |
+ 0.987s |
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5 Lando Norris NOR McLaren |
+ 1.162s |
Following his spin in FP1 this morning, Alex Albane entered P4 behind his team-mate Worstapen, two-tenths of a second from the Dutchman. Behind the Thai driver, however, was a fierce battle going on in the central region, in which McLaren driver Lando Norris was singled out for the P5 by Lance Stroll’s P10 effort at a race point of just 0.122.
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Last week Renault’s Esteban con con, its first podium fresh, was closest to Norris in the P6, while Sergio Perez of Racing Point was the impressive P7 despite setting the fastest time on medium rubber – however, Sakhir G.P. Winner Perez’s pace was a bit educational, however, with Mexican and Kevin Magnussen of Haas due to starting from behind the grid after taking an engine penalty.
Alfa Romeo’s Kimi Rકikkનnen and Williams could be fined for returning George Russell, meanwhile, both drivers’ cars ignited after the failure – Ryકોkon was forced to bring a 10-minute red flag by whipping fire around his C39. , Finn scored the 14th fastest time, while Russell was the 18th fastest – Raikkon’s red flag hinders the teams’ long-term plans.
2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix FP2: Gasley spins on turn 1
Behind Perez, Charles Lackler was the eighth fastest for Ferrari, ahead of Daniel Riccardo – back on track after his fuel pressure issue in FP1 – and Stroll. Both Alphatauris made the top 10 in FP1, but could not repeat in the cold conditions of FP2, Daniel Cavat remained 13th to Gasley in 11th – the Frenchman made a mistake in his first push lap on the soft and spinning on turn 1 – Carlos Sanzni with the Alphatauri pair. The other is making sandwiches for McLaren.
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Behind Rykcon, Sebastian Vett found himself almost 2s at the final speed as a Ferrari driver in his final weekend, finishing 15th ahead of Magnusen. Leading the top 20 was Antonio Giovinazzi’s Alfa Romeo at 17, Russell at 18, and Nicolas Latfi’s second Williams ahead of Haas’s Petro Fittipaldi at 19.
So Friday evening was the state of the game. But with significant losses in the aftermath of Raikkonen’s red flag, many important lapses were deleted, and despite teams giving up eight time lapses to test the 2021 C4 Pirelli compound during the session, the picture is clearer than Saturday’s qualifying in Abu Dhabi.
