Abu Dhabi GP Friday and Saturday Practice Thread

[Red Rocket]

The usual suspects. Ferrari kept their cards quite close.

Good luck everyone here on getting a good nights sleep tonight.

[SanderV]

Ant optimistic about Alonso, McLaren gonna be up there as well.

[AvantiFer]

We're not screwed at all...if the race finish in the same order as the FP2, Alonso is WDC

Yes but FP2 is based in low fuel runs only, and looking at Vettel's time I think Webber can be there too for qualy. Anyway, it's still FP2, let's wait and see how it goes tomorrow :D

[Tifosi]

We look ok and i like the fact that Hami might actually come in useful for once

[RACERX11]

light up some candles folks.... we are going to need all kinds of help.............. from Massa, Hamster and a bit of luck...

[brava]

Yes, Lewis may play an important role...I wish Massa is up there to help too.

[elekvault]

InsideFerrari Soft tyres look to degrade significantly today

Lol, this TOTALLY looks like mind games to me...

[Hornet]

Can't believe I'm saying this but I hope they don't penalize Lewis by dropping his grid position for that incident at the pit entry.

Well, its not like they don't give Lewis reprimands only so yeah, at least they should be consistent

[AvantiFer]

When someone is ahead of RB's in FP he usually gets P3 in qualifying, so I wouldn't bet for Hamilton being useful yet...

[Alessandra]

Hasn't been a great season for Felipe and radios, has it?

[racingbradley]

Yes, Lewis may play an important role...I wish Massa is up there to help too.

That would be sooooooooo very ironic LH helping Alonso to win his 3rd title
Maybe he does want to become a Ferrari driver. Uncle Ron are you listening?????????????

[dfunk257]

Im abit worried about Lewis ruining Fernandos race. Unless ure at the front, stay away Lewis!!!!

[bonzo]

Im abit worried about Lewis ruining Fernandos race. Unless ure at the front, stay away Lewis!!!!

No way Lewis helping Fernando! They do not like each other and Lewis (as he said it already) would rather see Mark WDC than Nando for a third time. Lewis might play that tricky role, knowing his feelings towards Nando. Only Massa can be of help if he can sort his problems out tomorrow and make a quali that he used to do before.

[m schumy]

Free Practice 1 Results




Free Practice 2 Results

[m schumy]

BBC F1 analyst Karun Chandhok: "The McLarens are looking really good for a race win, more so than most people expected. A Hamilton victory puts Fernando Alonso in prime position for the championship."

Ferrari on Twitter: "Soft tyres look to degrade significantly today."

[ferrari4life]

Why would Hamilton prefer webber to win.. webber was the one that pretty much put hami out of the title in singapore.
he might help vettel.. hope he gets in between the bulls. if we cant do it.

[type056]

[img]http://www.4shared.com/photo/rj1R-Bv5/FP2.jpg[/imgl]

[racingbradley]

Hmm it all depends on how much Lewis would like to drive the red car

[Hornet]

I see no reason for Lewis to help anyone. He should just go out and win it for himself.

Would be a shame if he tries anything funny just because he wants to see a particular driver becomes the champion.

[Kingdom Hearts]

Hamilton want revenge on Alonso (2 overtakes in 2 races because Hamilton's own mistakes). Hamilton is dangerous enemy always, maybe this weekend more. We look good so far but Hamilton is on the mix and I doubt Reb Bull is showing their cards yet.

[Red is Best]

Not bad, but I didn't expect Lewser to be that fast. If he gets pole, no problem. But if he gets between the RB's and Alonso, we're in for a really complicated Sunday.
Also I'm glad that Massa is showing signs of improvement. He could turn out to be (finally) useful during the race.

[Stormsearcher]

I very much doubt that Lewis would deliberately sabotage Nandos race ( or of webber or vettel for that matter)... But he is a dangerous driver to get around or have behind. So best we keep away from him.. and take pole.

[Nova]

If FA doesnt win, then I prefer Ham to win....for this race, n this 1 alone, I dont mind seeing him win..providing of course that FA finishes 2nd....

And where did the silly notion of LH driving for Ferrari ever come from???

No, but really....I dont expect any change in Q...the RB's are still the fastest cars..dam, what do they got in those things???
N the RB's wont show their cards till tomorrow..

[RockyRaccoon]

I can't take the nerves! I hope for an Alonso Hamilton front row but I don't see it happening, I don't think we seem all that strong at this point, particularly on the long runs.

[Ferrari Man]

I m just hoping we have our engine revs turned down considerably to save the engine life to be able to tweek em back up to the max for quali 3.. No point in been top of the practice sessions .. They get you nothin..

[Ferrarichamp]

If Ham wins with Webber 2nd, alonso will only need to finish P5 to claim the title, Web & Alo would be tied on points but Alo would have 1 more win

[bonzo]

I m just hoping we have our engine revs turned down considerably to save the engine life to be able to tweek em back up to the max for quali 3.. No point in been top of the practice sessions .. They get you nothin..

The engine used today won't be the engine used tomorrow and the race. I think (correct me if I am wrong), Ferrari can use one engine on FA car for FP3 tomorrow and change it with a different one for quali and race, however, that is a lot risky....Just two hours between FP3 and quali

[Ferrari Man]

The engine used today won't be the engine used tomorrow and the race. I think (correct me if I am wrong), Ferrari can use one engine on FA car for FP3 tomorrow and change it with a different one for quali and race, however, that is a lot risky....Just two hours between FP3 and quali

Damn I think you might be right..

[racingbradley]

The engine used today won't be the engine used tomorrow and the race. I think (correct me if I am wrong), Ferrari can use one engine on FA car for FP3 tomorrow and change it with a different one for quali and race, however, that is a lot risky....Just two hours between FP3 and quali

I would imagine the engine used for practice 3 will be the one used for the weekend-------it would be a bit dangerous to have to change an engine in 2 hours------it wouldn't allow for any hiccups

[SanderV]

Indeed, as far as I know the engine used on Friday is different from the one used on Saturday and Sunday...