Yas Marina, FP2: Hamilton edges out Rosberg again

Hamilton stays ahead in practice at Yas Marina

By Franck Drui

21 November 2014 - 15:35
Yas Marina, FP2: Hamilton edges (...)

After running quickest in the opening practice session for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton doubled up in the late afternoon, the championship leader beating team-mate and title rival Nico Rosberg to top spot in FP2.

The gap between the two was vanishingly low, however. In the morning just over a tenth of a second separated the pair but in the second session, on the option super soft tyre, Rosberg narrowed the deficit to 0.083s.

Third in the session was Kevin Magnussen, the McLaren driver getting to within 0.7s of Hamilton’s benchmark. In the morning Fernando Alonso occupied that position, though 1.7s down on the Hamilton’s best time. In the afternoon the Ferrari driver had an altogether more difficult time, with a suspected electrical problem halting his progress after just two laps.

With Magnussen third then, Red Bull Racing’s Sebastian Vettel finished fourth with Valtteri Bottas fifth. After his work in the first session ended after just eight laps due to a bodywork problem, Bottas had a more profitable run in the second outing, the Finn completing 34 laps and finishing just under a second off Hamilton’s time.

Daniel Ricciardo was sixth fastest for Red Bull ahead of Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen.

Like Bottas, McLaren’s Jenson Button had limited running in the morning due to a hydraulic issue and work on the problem kept him in the garage for part of the evening session. He eventually managed to take to the circuit and completed 20 laps to claim the eighth fastest time of the session.

Daniil Kvyat was ninth for Toro Rosso and the top 10 order was rounded out by Williams’ Felipe Massa.

Elsewhere, Lotus’ Romain Grosjean had been handed ad20-place grid penalty for Sunday’s race after his team made multiple changes to his engine for the race weekend.

Pos.DriverTeamTimeLaps
01 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes AMG 1:42.113 35
02 Nico Rosberg Mercedes AMG 1:42.196 37
03 Kevin Magnussen McLaren Mercedes 1:42.895 37
04 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Renault 1:42.959 33
05 Valtteri Bottas Williams Mercedes 1:43.070 34
06 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Renault 1:43.183 32
07 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1:43.489 33
08 Jenson Button McLaren Mercedes 1:43.503 23
09 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso Renault 1:43.546 38
10 Felipe Massa Williams Mercedes 1:43.558 34
11 Sergio Perez Force India Mercedes 1:43.746 37
12 Pastor Maldonado Lotus Renault 1:44.005 38
13 Nico Hulkenberg Force India Mercedes 1:44.068 32
04 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso Renault 1:44.157 39
15 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber Ferrari 1:44.316 38
16 Adrian Sutil Sauber Ferrari 1:44.763 37
17 Romain Grosjean Lotus Renault 1:44.986 35
18 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham Renault 1:45.505 38
19 Will Stevens Caterham Renault 1:47.057 34
20 Fernando Alonso Ferrari -:—.--- 2

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