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The second practice of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix ending the season started early in the evening, but has already been completed in the light: In such circumstances, Sunday’s race will also take place., so the data collected today can be particularly helpful.
While Max Verstappen took the lead in the first practice, the Mercedes were already the fastest in the second practice. Valtteri Bottas closed in 1st place with a time of 1: 36,276 seconds, 2 tenths of a second before Lewis Hamilton recovered from his coronavirus infection.
Third, Max Verstappen closed almost 8 decimal places behind, his teammate Alex Albon finished fourth behind him.
The two Mercedes and the two Red Bulls were followed by Lando Norris in fifth and Esteban Ocon in sixth. With the other Renault, Daniel Ricciardo finished ninth, and Sergio Pérez, Daniel Ricciardo and Lance Stroll also finished in the top 10.
Preparing for his last race in Ferrari colors Sebastian Vettel only finished in 15th placeand Carlos Sainz, who took his place, drove the 12th fastest time with McLaren.
He was still able to fight for victory in Bahrain last weekend, but this time already George Russell starts over with Williams’ car. The British talent finished 18th with a 2.5-second lead, ahead of Pietro Fittipaldi and Nicholas Latif.
The competitors also tested it in the second free practice Pirelli 2021 tires: they had to do at least 8 measured laps with them during the hour and a half of training.
In the last third of training the red flags also appeared: Kimi Räikkönen’s Alfa Romeo caught fire, which is why training was interrupted.
The Abu Dhabi Formula 1 Grand Prix program will continue on Saturday at 11 am with the third free practice, while the time trial will take place from 2 pm
The result of the second free practice:
