13:54
Into the final five minutes
Charles Leclerc
How Friday practice for the F1 Abu Dhabi GP unfolded
- FP2 takes place at 1pm.
The final F1 weekend of the 2022 season is here with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
It's going to be an emotional weekend as F1 says goodbye to Sebastian Vettel, while Daniel Ricciardo, Mick Schumacher and Nicholas Latifi also bow out of the sport (for now at least).
Follow all the action from the Yas Marina Circuit here.
18 Nov 2022
14:16
That concludes our live coverage for Friday practice.
See you tomorrow morning for FP3.
14:00
Verstappen on top!
Verstappen, Russell, Leclerc, Hamilton, Perez, Sainz, Ocon, Alonso, Ricciardo and Bottas is the top 10
13:48
Russell team radio
"Derates are massive at the moment."
13:47
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13:46
Into the final 15 minutes so teams are completing their race simulations.
13:46
Quali runs under the lights
Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W13. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd…
13:42
Top 10 after quali sims
Verstappen, Russell, Leclerc, Hamilton, Perez, Sainz, Ocon, Alonso, Ricciardo and Bottas.
13:39
Verstappen finds more time on his latest lap to extend his advantage to 0.3s over Russell.
13:35
Alonso's first soft time of the session puts him seventh, level on pace with Ocon.
13:33
After a poor final sector, Hamilton only manages fourth.
13:32
Russell goes second, 0.1s off Verstappen's top time.
13:31
Hamilton goes quickest in sector one.
13:29
Need to see what the two Mercs can do on the softs now.
13:27
Current top 10
Verstappen, Leclerc, Perez, Ocon, Sainz, Bottas, Russell, Hamilton, Tsunoda and Albon.
13:24
Bottas slots into third, 0.9s off Verstappen.
13:21
FP2 shots
George Russell (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1 W13. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd…
13:20
Verstappen radio
"My brake pedal is very bad."
13:18
Russell moves up to third for Mercedes, 0.8s off.
13:17
Verstappen makes the most of his new soft tyres to go quickest with a 1m25.449s, 0.5s ahead of Leclerc.
13:15
Hamilton is blocked by the Haas of Magnussen on his first timed lap of the day.
13:11
Verstappen slots into third on the mediums, 0.3s off Leclerc.
13:09
Current top 10
Leclerc, Ocon, Russell, Sainz, Verstappen, Perez, Gasly, Magnussen, Vettel and Alonso.
13:09
Vettel moves up to ninth, 1.6s off Leclerc.
13:07
Russell's first time of the day puts him third overall, 0.8s off Leclerc's impressive early benchmark.
