McLaren headed the final practice session in Abu Dhabi with almost half a second in hand over Red Bull.
But Sebastian Vettel only managed a single flying lap after missing much of the 60 minutes due to a braking problem.
Lewis Hamilton set a string of laps and comfortably headed the times early in the session. As was the case on Friday, McLaren were comfortably quickest on medium tyres, Hamilton over a second quicker than the next non-McLaren.
That was Romain Grosjean's Lotus, who was 1.113s slower than Hamilton but had visible damage on his front-right tyre from a lock-up when he was pushed back into the pits.
Vettel spent much of the session in the pits. After taking to the track for his first run he returned to the garage where the Red Bull mechanics went to work on his brakes.
Hamilton only managed to improve his time by 0.018s after switching to the soft tyres. He missed an opportunity to set another timed lap as the chequered flag came out before he could begin one. 'I wish you'd told me earlier,' he said to his engineer.
Even so Hamilton ended up quickest ahead of his team mate. Vettel's single flying lap was good enough to put him third ahead of team mate Mark Webber.
Nico Hulkenberg was fifth for Force India ahead of Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado.
For the second day running Ferrari had broken the curfew as they worked on their car. Fernando Alonso ended the session in eighth place, one second slower than Hamilton. Kimi Raikkonen and Paul di Resta completed the top ten.
Combined practice times
2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
- Hamilton on pole with title rivals off the front row
- 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix grid
- Hamilton quickest as brake problem delays Vettel
- Live: 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix qualifying
- Live: 2012 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix third practice
Image © McLaren/Hoch Zwei
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar