Lewis Hamilton led a Mercedes one-two from George Russell with Ferrar’s Charles Leclerc rounding out the top three finishers in FP1 of the 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
The session was taken over by a wave of rookie drivers who took the wheel of the respective F1 teams as they fulfilled their season quota of rookie running.
READ MORE: F1 2022 Abu Dhabi GP – FP1 Report
Red Bull’s Liam Lawson was the rookie who topped the timing sheets, setting the fifth-fastest time of the session in Max Verstappen’s RB18.
Position | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps | |||
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Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:26.633 | 21 | |||
2 |
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George Russell | Mercedes | 1:26.853 | 0.220 | 30 | ||
3 |
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Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:26.888 | 0.255 | 22 | ||
4 |
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Sergio Perez | Red Bull | 1:26.967 | 0.334 | 23 | ||
5 |
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Liam Lawson | Red Bull | 1:27.201 | 0.568 | 22 | ||
6 |
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Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:27.268 | 0.635 | 20 | ||
7 |
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Robert Shwartzman | Ferrari | 1:27.429 | 0.796 | 24 | ||
8 |
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Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:27.619 | 0.986 | 21 | ||
9 |
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Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:27.655 | 1.022 | 23 | ||
10 |
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Alex Albon | Williams | 1:27.840 | 1.207 | 26 | ||
11 |
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Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:27.845 | 1.212 | 28 | ||
12 |
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Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 1:27.891 | 1.258 | 27 | ||
13 |
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Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:27.991 | 1.358 | 28 | ||
14 |
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Robert Kubica | Alfa Romeo | 1:28.064 | 1.431 | 22 | ||
15 |
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Logan Sargeant | Williams | 1:28.098 | 1.465 | 23 | ||
16 |
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Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:28.142 | 1.509 | 20 | ||
17 |
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Pietro Fittipaldi | Haas | 1:28.204 | 1.571 | 26 | ||
18 |
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Pato O'Ward | McLaren | 1:28.350 | 1.717 | 22 | ||
19 |
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Jack Doohan | Alpine | 1:28.484 | 1.851 | 25 | ||
20 |
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Felipe Drugovich | Aston Martin | 1:28.672 | 2.039 | 23 |