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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:26.633 | 21 | |||
| 2 |
| George Russell | Mercedes | 1:26.853 | 0.220 | 30 | ||
| 3 |
 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:26.888 | 0.255 | 22 | ||
| 4 |
 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | 1:26.967 | 0.334 | 23 | ||
| 5 |
 | Liam Lawson | Red Bull | 1:27.201 | 0.568 | 22 | ||
| 6 |
 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:27.268 | 0.635 | 20 | ||
| 7 |
 | Robert Shwartzman | Ferrari | 1:27.429 | 0.796 | 24 | ||
| 8 |
 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:27.619 | 0.986 | 21 | ||
| 9 |
 | Valtteri Bottas | Sauber | 1:27.655 | 1.022 | 23 | ||
| 10 |
 | Alex Albon | Williams | 1:27.840 | 1.207 | 26 | ||
| 11 |
 | Pierre Gasly | RB | 1:27.845 | 1.212 | 28 | ||
| 12 |
| Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 1:27.891 | 1.258 | 27 | ||
| 13 |
 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB | 1:27.991 | 1.358 | 28 | ||
| 14 |
 | Robert Kubica | Sauber | 1:28.064 | 1.431 | 22 | ||
| 15 |
 | Logan Sargeant | Williams | 1:28.098 | 1.465 | 23 | ||
| 16 |
 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:28.142 | 1.509 | 20 | ||
| 17 |
 | Pietro Fittipaldi | Haas | 1:28.204 | 1.571 | 26 | ||
| 18 |
| Pato O'Ward | McLaren | 1:28.350 | 1.717 | 22 | ||
| 19 |
| Jack Doohan | Alpine | 1:28.484 | 1.851 | 25 | ||
| 20 |
| Felipe Drugovich | Aston Martin | 1:28.672 | 2.039 | 23 |
