Red Bull Abu Dhabi Friday Practice Report
By Ian Lockwood
November 1 2013
Mark & Seb views from FP1 & 2
CAR 1, SEBASTIAN VETTEL
First Practice Session: Position: 3, Best Time: 1:44.499, Laps: 18
Second Practice Session: Position: 1, Best Time: 1:41.335, Laps: 35
“It’s difficult to say today how we compare to the others, we know the Lotus is quick here, but we also had decent pace today. It’s not always so easy at this circuit with the conditions changing throughout the day; we start in the sun and finish at night and the track temperature changes during that time. But, no big issues, so I’m pretty happy.”
CAR 2, MARK WEBBER
First Practice Session: Position: 4, Best Time: 1:44.712, Laps: 20
Second Practice Session: Position: 2, Best Time: 1:41.490, Laps: 32
“The second session today was more representative of the race and qualifying than the first, due to the time of day and temperatures. It was a lot about the tyres today; I think the soft tyre will hold out better here than it did last week. It wasn’t a bad feeling for the first day, we got the information we needed, so let’s see how we get on tomorrow. We’ll go through everything tonight and try to understand the car on both tyre compounds.”