Hamilton quickest during first Abu Dhabi outing

F1 Grand Prix, GP Abu Dhabi, Yas Marina Circuit

McLaren's duo of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button have set the quickest times during the first free practice at the third to last round of this years championship, with RBR's Sebastian Vettel rounding out the top three. While the menacing Ferrari of Fernando Alonso lies fourth.

Results

Pos.	No	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:43.285	21
2	3	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:43.618	0.333	19
3	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:44.050	0.765	23
4	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:44.366	1.081	21
5	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:44.542	1.257	22
6	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes AMG	1:44.694	1.409	23
7	18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:45.115	1.830	26
8	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG	1:45.194	1.909	19
9	19	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	1:45.347	2.062	25
10	9	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	1:45.422	2.137	15
11	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:45.567	2.282	24
12	12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:45.587	2.302	20
13	14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1:45.722	2.437	20
14	10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:45.743	2.458	20
15	11	Jules Bianchi	Force India-Mercedes	1:45.769	2.484	22
16	15	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:45.811	2.526	22
17	16	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	1:46.649	3.364	24
18	17	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	1:46.708	3.423	26
19	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1:47.418	4.133	23
20	24	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1:47.891	4.606	21
21	22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	1:48.354	5.069	22
22	25	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	1:48.887	5.602	22
23	23	Qing Hua Ma	HRT-Cosworth	1:50.487	7.202	20
24	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	No time	3