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The final
practice session for the 2013 Abu Dhabi would get underway with both
Williams F1 drivers, Pastor Maldonado and Valtteri Bottas, taking to the
track to complete a single installation lap prior to pitting. The Williams
team mechanics would complete their normal post installation checks with
Pastor's mechanics check the rear of his car.. Everyone was running on the
medium tyre for their first runs as several drivers returned to the track
for their first timed laps. It would be Pic who would set a 1m:50.512 but he
was quickly beaten by Van der Gar with a 1m:47.898. We had both Force India
and Lotus cars out on the track joined by both Marussia cars.
Both Torro Rosso cars were also out as Bianchi set a 1m:57.107 to be third.
Raikkonen would go fastest with a 1m:45.026 while behind him Di Resta was
second but was passed by Vergne with a 1m:45.285. Both Williams drivers were
out on the track running on the medium tyre as Vettel went fastest with a
time of 1m:44.117. Pastor's first lap was a 1m:45.658 to be fifth. Valtteri had set a 1m:50.504
on his first slow lap. Raikkonen would go fastest with a 1m:43.949 with
Vettel now second and Grosjean now third. Valtteri's next lap would be a
1m:44.727 to see him fourth while Pastor had dropped to eighth. Pastor would
find time with a 1m:44.895 to be sixth with Di Resta now seventh. Behind the
Force India was Ricciardo followed by Pic, and Van der Gar in tenth. Pastor
would go fastest in sector two while Valtteri was also on a quicker lap.
Pastor would fail to improve his time while Valtteri would set a 1m:44.346
but remained fourth. Button was now ninth with Rosberg now tenth. We had yet
to see times from Hamilton, Massa, Alonso, Perez, and Webber with thirty
four minutes remaining. Vergne was fifth but this would become sixth as
Hamilton went second with a 1m:43.872. Hulkenberg was now seventh as both Williams drivers
pitted. Valtteri was currently fifth and Pastor eighth as Webber went
fastest in sector two. Button would go sixth with a 1m:44.653 as Webber
would go second with a 1m:43.823. It was confirmed that both Williams cars
were running exhausts that came out of the bodywork rather than the
complicated system that they had tried previously. Some of these
developments were coming from the 2014 regulations.
Both Ferrari's were at the rear of the field as Rosberg went fourth with a
1m:43.896. Valtteri had dropped to seventh while Pastor was now eleventh.
Massa was now thirteenth and Alonso fifteenth with over half the session
completed. Rosberg would go fastest with a 1m:43.784 followed by Vettel and
Webber. Hamilton was fourth followed by Raikkonen, Button, Grosjean and
Valtteri. Everyone was out on the track except Button and Alonso. Hamilton
was now second with a time of 1m:43.785 to be just 0.001 behind his
team-mate. Valtteri was now on a run comparing front wings while at the
front Vettel would again go fastest with a 1m:43.541 but just as quickly
Rosberg would go faster with a 1m:43.465. Hamilton would pit with Perez back
in his garage with out having set a time. Twenty minutes remaining in the session with
both Hamilton and Rosberg pitting. Valtteri was currently eighth while
Pastor had dropped to thirteenth.
Vettel would go fastest in sector one but he would pit at the end of the
lap. Sutil was now ninth with a 1m:44.500 with Bianchi spinning at Turn one
ending up pointing the wrong direction with some damage to his car. This
would see a yellow flag come out and the field all pitting. Rosberg was
fastest with a time of 1m:43.465s, 0.054s ahead of Webber in second, with
Vettel third and Hamilton fourth. The track was now empty
as they recovered Bianchi's car. Drivers would start to come out on the
option tyre with Button out first joi9ned by both Sauber's and Rosberg.
Hamilton was next along with Alonso. Valtteri would be first back out for
Williams along with both Force India cars as Button went fastest in sector
one and two. Raikkonen was also out on the track as Rosberg went fastest in
sector one as Button set a 1m:41.956 to be quickest as Hulkenberg went
second with a 1m:42.055. The times were tumbling as Vettel was told he would
get three timed laps on the soft tyre.
Gutierrez was now third followed by Alonso as Hamilton went fastest with a
1m:41.580 as Rosberg finished with a 1m:42.039 to be third. Pastor was also
back out on the track as Valtteri went seventh with a 1m:42.698 as Vettel
went fastest in sector one. Ricciardo was now eighth as Raikkonen went fifth
with a 1m:42.387 with Alonso pitting with four minutes remaining. Vergne was now seventh as
Valtteri dropped to tenth. Vettel would go fastest with a 1m:41.351 with
Hamilton second and Grosjean now third. Webber was now up to fourth with a
time of 1m:41.860 with Alonso back out on the track. Button was now fifth
from Rosberg and Hulkenberg. Pastor would set a 1m:42.798 to be fifteenth
with Valtteri having dropped to twelfth. Hamilton would improve with a
1m:41.580 while Rosberg was now third, 1m:41.721.
Di Resta would improve to be twelfth pushing Valtteri down to thirteenth and
Pastor now sixteenth. The session would come to an end with Webber on his
final lap going fastest in sector one. He would finish with a 1m:41.571 to
be second 0,222 behind Vettel. Hamilton was third from Rosberg, Grosjean,
Button, Hulkenberg, Gutierrez, Raikkonen, and Vergne tenth. Alonso was down
in eleventh and Massa fourteenth. For Williams Valtteri would finish in
thirteenth and fifteenth with Valtteri faster than Pastor for the first time
this weekend. |
