Lewis Hamilton finished the second free practice session ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with the fastest time with Nico Rosberg second and Kevin Magnussen a surprise third. Hamilton’s fastest time of the session was 1:42.113
As darkness fell over the Yas Marina circuit it was very close between the two Mercedes drivers. Less than a tenth of a second separated them. 3rd placed Kevin Magnussen’s best time of FP2 was about 0.7s slower. Magnussen, who was running the new version of the McLaren team’s front wing was around 0.7s faster than Button – although the British driver only managed half the session following on from his mechanical problems this morning so his pace was probably not representative.
After a good morning, Alonso managed no running in the afternoon session, although Williams managed to put their problems behind them with Bottas in 5th and Massa in 10th.
Will Stevens, Caterham F1 Driver
Debutant Will Stevens was the slowest driver again, but managed to reduce his gap to the rest of the field. Towards the end of the session he was lapping around 1.6s slower than Kamui Kobayashi.
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix FP2 Positions
- HAM Mercedes
- ROS Mercedes
- MAG McLaren
- VET Red Bull
- BOT Williams
- RIC Red Bull
- RAI Ferrari
- BUT McLaren
- KVY Toro Rosso
- MAS Williams
- PER Force India
- MAL Lotus
- HUL Force India
- VER Toro Rosso
- GUT Sauber
- SUT Sauber
- GRO Lotus
- KOB Caterham
- STE Caterham
- ALO Ferrari