Max Verstappen fastest in practice for Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen was fastest during practice for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina, the 22nd and final round of the 2022 Formula 1 World Championship.

mercedes benz‘ lewis hamilton Fastest in FP1, held in full daylight, before Verstappen surpassed FP2 when darkness fell.

Abu Dhabi GP FP1 results: Hamilton fastest from Russell

What happened in Abu Dhabi GP Free Practice 1?

red bullof Sergio Perez Set early benchmark for soft tyres, at 1m28.159s, ahead of ferrariof Charles Leclerc and Liam Lawson, the first of seven FP1 “rookies” who took part in Max Verstappen At Red Bull, it was the fastest hard-tyre car at the time.

Leclerc improved his P1 time to 1m27.917s before Perez beat it by 0.064s as the two drivers who were second in the standings swapped top spots.

Logan Sargent (williams) and Pietro Fittipaldi (Hass) jump to third and fourth before the half-distance, Sargeant then turned in Turn 1 but just stayed outside the wall.

alex albon (Williams) took the top spot with a time of 1:27.840, Perez regained it with a time of 1:26.967, before Leclerc lowered it to 1:26.888.

Hamilton took P1 in 15 minutes with a time of 1min 26.633s, still the fastest time of the tournament as george russell Went to P2, lost two-tenths of teammates. Leclerc was third, ahead of Perez.

Lawson is the fifth-best rookie, ahead of Sebastian Vettel – on the final weekend of his F1 career – driving for Aston Martin and Ferrari stand-in Robert Schwarzman.

Among other FP1 irregulars, Robert Kubica 14 years old^day for alfa romeoahead of Sergeant, Fittipaldi, Pato Owald (McLaren), Jack Doohan (high mountain) and Felipe Drugovich (aston martin).

Abu Dhabi GP FP2 results: Verstappen fastest from Russell

What happened in Abu Dhabi GP Free Practice 2?

As the sun began to set, Leclerc set off early with a time of 1m 26.045s – already faster than FP1 despite the medium tyres – ahead of the Esteban Oconthe mountains and Carlos Sainz (Ferrari).

After missing FP1, Verstappen went soft first in this section, jumping immediately to P1 in 1m25.449s before dropping it to 1m25.335s. Perez took P2, half a second behind Leclerc and Verstappen by 0.264 seconds.

Russell took P2 with a time of 0.152s, with Hamilton fourth but setting the fastest first section.

Verstappen ran again and cut his lap time to 1m25.146s, which gave him a three-tenths lead with 20 minutes remaining under floodlights. Russell was second, ahead of Leclerc, Hamilton, Perez and Sainz.