Last free practice in Abu Dhabi in very hot conditions, 37ºC and 48ºC on track. It is expected, though, that temperatures will decrease as qualifying and the race take place at night.

At the begining of the session, the teams have tested the medium tyres with a mid amount of fuel. The Red Bulls and the Mercedes have been fastest with a very small difference of time between them. Finally Rosberg’s been the fastest with the hardest compound. Teams went back to the pits when Jules Bianchi spun and caused a yellow flag to get ready for testing for qualifying.

Qualifying simulations have been quite close compared to the previous GPs. Sebastian Vettel has set the fastest time, even though it’s been slower than the one he set yesterday in FP2. Webber was second followed by Hamilton, who made a mistake when he was improving his time, Rosberg and Grosjean. Button was 6th, showing the good pace McLaren’s having in this circuit.

P P Driver Team Time Diff. Laps
1 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:41.349 19
2 2 Mark Webber Red Bull 1:41.571 0.222 17
3 3 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:41.580 0.231 18
4 4 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:41.721 0.372 19
5 5 Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:41.832 0.483 19
6 6 Jenson Button McLaren 1:41.956 0.607 19
7 7 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber 1:42.055 0.706 19
8 8 Esteban Gutiérrez Sauber 1:42.282 0.933 19
9 9 Kimi Räikkönen Lotus 1:42.387 1.038 18
10 10 Jean Eric Vergne STR 1:42.457 1.108 21
11 11 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:42.516 1.167 15
12 12 Paul di Resta Force India 1:42.681 1.332 23
13 13 Valtteri Bottas Williams 1:42.698 1.349 19
14 14 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:42.702 1.353 16
15 15 Daniel Ricciardo STR 1:42.727 1.378 18
16 16 Pastor Maldonado Williams 1:42.798 1.449 18
17 17 Adrian Sutil Force India 1:42.989 1.640 22
18 18 Sergio Pérez McLaren 1:43.142 1.793 15
19 19 Giedo van der Garde Caterham 1:44.472 3.123 20
20 20 Charles Pic Caterham 1:44.728 3.379 21
21 21 Max Chilton Marussia 1:45.621 4.272 20
22 22 Jules Bianchi Marussia 1:47.506 6.157 15

 

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