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Then Max Verstappen’s best time At the hour and a half in the morning, the Mercedes drivers put things back in place in the second free practice session of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the last of the 2020 Formula 1 season.
The fastest was Valtteri Bottas, the Finn set a time of 1’36 ”276, ahead of his teammate and seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton by 203 thousandths, very fresh back after his Covid-19 positivity.
Third and fourth, but very far, the Red Bulls of Verstappen and Alexander Albon, separated by 770 and 987 thousandths respectively. Beyond second behind everyone else, including Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel, eighth and fifteenth respectively.
German, in the farewell step With the home of Maranello, he suffered almost two seconds behind Bottas and almost seven tenths of a second behind his partner from Monaco. Fifth was Lando Norris with the first of the two McLarens (the other, Carlos Sainz’s, is twelfth), sixth and ninth in the Renault of Esteban Ocon and Daniel Ricciardo.
Seventh was the Mexican Racing Point Sergio Pérez, who won last Sunday in the Bahrain semi-oval, sixteenth was the British George Russell, who returned to the Williams fold after replacing Hamilton in Mercedes a week ago in the Sakhir Grand Prix.
1 Valtteri BOTTAS Mercedes1: 36.276 5
2 Lewis HAMILTON Mercedes + 0.203 9
3 Max VERSTAPPEN Red Bull Racing + 0.770 5
4 Alexander ALBON Red Bull Racing + 0.987 5
5 Country NORRIS McLaren + 1,162 5
6 Esteban OCON Renault + 1,229 5
7 Sergio PEREZ Racing Point + 1,230 5
8 Charles LECLERC Ferrari + 1,232 7
9 Daniel RICCIARDO Renault + 1,232 5
10 Lance STROLL Racing Point + 1,284 5
11 Daniil KVYAT AlphaTauri + 1,320 5
12 Carlos SAINZ McLaren + 1,340 5
13 Pierre GASLY AlphaTauri + 1.624 5
14 Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN Alfa Romeo Racing + 1,792 5
15 Sebastian VETTEL Ferrari + 1,922 6
16 Kevin MAGNUSSEN Haas F1 Team + 2228 5
17 Antonio GIOVINAZZI Alfa Romeo Racing + 2,288 5
18 George RUSSELL Williams + 2,541 4
19 Pietro FITTIPALDI Haas F1 Team + 2,751 6
20 Nicholas LATIFI Williams + 2,856
OMNISPORT | 11-12-2020 16:15
