October 30th, 2009

2009 Abu Dhabi GP: Friday Practice Results

The second Friday practice session for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend got underway as the sun dipped below the horizon, allowing the impressive lighting system taking over the task of illuminating the new 5.556km Marina Bay Circuit. Heikki Kovalainen saved his best to last, as he moved to the top of the time sheets in his McLaren Mercedes with a best lap of 1:41.307s just ahead of the checkered flag.

Lewis Hamilton was second fastest to make it a McLaren one-two, the duo using the KERS advantage down the long 1.2km back straight. Hamilton ended the day two-tenths off the ultimate pace with champion-elect Jenson Button close behind in third position in his Brawn Mercedes. Sebastian Vettel was fourth fastest in the leading Red Bull Renault, and frequently the quickest racer in the tighter segments of the circuit.

Friday Practice 1 Results:
PositionDriverTeamTimeLaps
1HamiltonMcLaren Mercedes1:43.93918
2ButtonBrawn GP1:44.03520
3VettelRed Bull Racing1:44.15328
4BarrichelloBrawn GP1:44.20723
5HeidfeldBMW Sauber1:44.66723
6BuemiScuderia Toro Rosso1:44.68732
7SutilForce India1:44.68814
8WebberRed Bull Racing1:44.80525
9AlguersuariScuderia Toro Rosso1:44.95533
10TrulliToyota1:44.95825
11KubicaBMW Sauber1:44.98822
12KovalainenMcLaren Mercedes1:45.12320
13RosbergWilliams1:45.64927
14NakajimaWilliams1:45.67925
15RaikkonenScuderia Ferrari1:45.70427
16AlonsoRenault1:45.86523
17LiuzziForce India1:46.23922
18FisichellaScuderia Ferrari1:46.26726
19KobayashiToyota1:46.36428
20GrosjeanRenault1:46.41127
Friday Practice 2 Results:
PositionDriverTeamTimeLaps
1KovalainenMcLaren Mercedes1:41.30735
2HamiltonMcLaren Mercedes1:41.50434
3ButtonBrawn GP1:41.54139
4VettelRed Bull Racing1:41.59137
5KobayashiToyota1:41.63634
6BuemiScuderia Toro Rosso1:41.68337
7WebberRed Bull Racing1:41.68434
8BarrichelloBrawn GP1:41.83138
9RosbergWilliams1:41.93139
10RaikkonenScuderia Ferrari1:41.98739
11SutilForce India1:42.18028
12NakajimaWilliams1:42.24536
13HeidfeldBMW Sauber1:42.27836
14TrulliToyota1:42.40930
15LiuzziForce India1:42.53033
16AlonsoRenault1:42.78229
17FisichellaScuderia Ferrari1:42.93237
18GrosjeanRenault1:43.02137
19AlguersuariScuderia Toro Rosso1:43.02239
20KubicaBMW Sauber1:43.70813
photo credit ©DPPI
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Author: Jeff

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