Hamilton stays ahead at Abu Dhabi

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F1 Grand Prix, GP Abu Dhabi, Yas Marina Circuitae

Lewis Hamilton continued to have the edge in the second practice session at Abu Dhabi, going less than a tenth of a second faster than his team mate Nico Rosberg. Behind the Mercedes duo, the competition edged closed, even though still roughly 8 tenths behind.

McLaren enjoyed a much more fruitful session this afternoon with Magnussen completing a solid 37 laps to set the third fastest lap of the session. Team mate Jenson Button was 8th fastest following a dismal first session.

The Red Bulls were again in 4th and 5th positions while the Williams of Bottas and Massa also ran without problems following their bodywork fixture problems in FP1.

Most troubled was Fernando Alonso. Having set the third fastest time in the morning, his car came to a halt 20 minutes into FP2 with electrical issues. Despite getting the car recovered to the pits, Ferrari failed to make things right for the Spaniard to return to the track.

Alonso's lack of time also meant Caterham's Will Stevens did not get classified last, even though the rookie was still more than 1.5 seconds slower around Yas Marina than his teammate.

Results

Pos.No.DriverTeamTimeGapLaps
144Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:42.113-35
26Nico RosbergMercedes1:42.1960.08337
320Kevin MagnussenMcLaren-Mercedes1:42.8950.78237
41Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing-Renault1:42.9590.84633
577Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes1:43.0700.95734
63Daniel RicciardoRed Bull Racing-Renault1:43.1831.07032
77Kimi RäikkönenFerrari1:43.4891.37633
822Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:43.5031.39023
926Daniil KvyatStr-Renault1:43.5461.43338
1019Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes1:43.5581.44534
1111Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:43.7461.63337
1213Pastor MaldonadoLotus-Renault1:44.0051.89238
1327Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:44.0681.95532
1425Jean-Eric VergneStr-Renault1:44.1572.04439
1521Esteban GutierrezSauber-Ferrari1:44.3162.20338
1699Adrian SutilSauber-Ferrari1:44.7632.65037
178Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault1:44.9862.87335
1810Kamui KobayashiCaterham-Renault1:45.5053.39238
1946Will StevensCaterham-Renault1:47.0574.94434
2014Fernando AlonsoFerrariNo time2