13:14
With 15 minutes gone in the session, the top 10 looks like:
- Norris
- Sainz
- Leclerc
- Piastri
- Russell
- Verstappen
- Colapinto
- Albon
- Hamilton
- Perez
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2024 F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Friday practice - LIVE!
Live text coverage of Friday practice at the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
The final round of the 2024 Formula 1 season begins on Friday with the last practice day of the campaign at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
While the drivers' championship has been wrapped up in favour of Max Verstappen, the fight for top billing in the constructors' standings is the main focus.
McLaren and Ferrari are split by just 21 points heading into the finale, with the latter able to force a title showdown last time out in Qatar.
Abu Dhabi marks the last race for Lewis Hamilton with Mercedes ahead of his switch to Ferrari in 2025, while a new face in the form of Jack Doohan makes his debut with Alpine this weekend.
The deepening rift between Max Verstappen and George Russell following the Qatar GP has dominated headlines so far this weekend, and could spill onto the race track should the pair be anywhere near each other in the race on Sunday.
FP2 begins at 1pm GMT.
06 Dec 2024
13:09
Norris finds a 1m24.332s, while Sainz moves into second ahead of Leclerc, Piastri and Hamilton.
13:08
Russell reports "quite a lot of vibration in the [steering] rack".
13:05
Indeed, Norris has now gone fastest with a 1m25.020s.
13:05
Charles Leclerc clocks a 1m25.438s in his Ferrari to take over top spot. As track evolves in this session, the times will keep chopping and changing.
13:04
Liam Lawson goes top now with a 1m25.537s.
13:03
Zhou puts the first lap on the board with a 1m26.179s.
13:02
Most have gone out on the medium tyre for the start of this session.
13:00
Green light
The pitlane is open and the second hour-long practice in Abu Dhabi is under way.
Tsunoda is first out ahead of Zhou and Magnussen.
12:58
This session will be more representative to what we'll see pace-wise in qualifying and the grand prix.
12:58
Worth noting that the grid for FP2 looks different again because six names have been swapped out after some rookie running took place this morning.
Verstappen is back in at Red Bull, Sainz is back in his Ferrari, Albon is back in his Williams, Tsunoda is back in his RB, Stroll is back in his Aston and Piastri is in at McLaren.
12:56
abu Dhabi FP2
While thing have been spicy again off-track, it's time to turn our attention back to what's happening on it.
FP2 is just five minutes away.
12:45
Christian Horner responds
12:38
Is Lando Norris too soft?
Zak Brown was asked if Lando Norris is too 'submissive' to Max Verstappen.
Brown told Sky Sports: “I think we’ve seen him race Max really hard,.
“Lando’s a different kind of character. I think he’s going to do his talking on the track, versus making a lot of comments off the track.
“That’s the nature, so I think he’s learning how to race Max.
“He raced him pretty hard but also knew he wasn’t going to be given a lot of space.
“I’m glad he was able to avoid incidents, but I think that’s something he’s going to have to decide how he wants to race Max next year.”
12:37
Grid penalties
12:34
Practice begins in 25 minutes
The second practice session of Friday starts shortly.
10:47
That's all from us for now, but join us again from 1pm GMT for FP2.
10:47
10:37
FP1 results
10:36
Leclerc penalty
Charles Leclerc, who has just topped FP1, will take a 10-place grid penalty after Ferrari had to change the battery on his car.
That's pretty disastrous in Ferrari's constructors' championship battle.
10:34
Alonso wasn't very happy with the traffic situation he found on track and let his Aston Martin team know about it.
10:32
FP1 order
- C.Leclerc
- Norris
- Hamilton
- Russell
- Gasly
- Hulkenberg
- Colapinto
- Magnussen
- Drugovich
- Perez
- Alonso
- Lawson
- Bottas
- Hirakawa
- Hadjar
- Zhou
- Iwasa
- A.Leclerc
- Doohan
- Browning
10:30
chequered flag
The chequered flag is out to bring FP1 in Abu Dhabi to a close.
Charles Leclerc leads the way with a 1m24.321s from Lando Norris, as McLaren and Ferrari lock horns for supremacy in the constructors' standings.
10:29
Both Williams drivers will be taking grid penalties for gearbox changes. Colapinto is currently seventh, while Browning is 20th.
10:26
The stewards have announced that there's no need for further investigation into Gasly not slowing under yellows after reviewing the incident. So, no penalty for the Alpine driver.
