Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) a fost cel mai rapid pilot de pe noul circuit de Formula 1, Yas Marina, din Abu Dhabi, in prima sesiune de antrenamente libere. Campionul mondial din 2008 a fost cronometrat cu 1 minut si 43.939 secunde, stabilind cel mai bun timp de pe circuit. UPDATE: In cel de-al doilea antrenament liber de vineri Kovalainen a fost cel mai rapid, cu un timp de 1 minut si 41.307 secunde.

Rezultatele primului antrenament liber de pe circuitul Yas Marina, din Abu Dhabi:

1. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) 1:43.939

2. Jenson Button (Brawn-Mercedes) +0.096

3. Sebastian Vettel (RBR-Renault) +0.214

4. Rubens Barrichello (Brawn-Mercedes) +0.268

5. Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) +0.728

6. Sebastien Buemi (STR-Ferrari) +0.748

7. Adrian Sutil (Force India-Mercedes) +0.749

8. Mark Webber (RBR-Renault) +0.866

9. Jaime Alguersuari (STR-Ferrari) +1.016

10. Jarno Trulli (Toyota) +1.019

11. Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber) +1.049

12. Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren-Mercedes) +1.184

13. Nico Rosberg (Williams-Toyota) +1.710

14. Kazuki Nakajima (Williams-Toyota) +1.740

15. Kimi RAikkOnen (Ferrari) +1.765

16. Fernando Alonso (Renault) +1.926

17. Vitantonio Liuzzi (Force India-Mercedes) +2.300

18. Giancarlo Fisichella (Ferrari) +2.328

19. Kamui Kobayashi (Toyota) +2.425

20. Romain Grosjean (Renault) +2.472

Rezultatele celui de-al doilea antrenament liber:

1. Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren-Mercedes) 1:41.307

2. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) +0.197

3. Jenson Button (Brawn-Mercedes) +0.234

4. Sebastian Vettel (RBR-Renault) +0.284

5. Kamui Kobayashi (Toyota) +0.329

6. Sebastien Buemi (STR-Ferrari) +0.376

7. Mark Webber (RBR-Renault) +0.377

8. Rubens Barrichello (Brawn-Mercedes) +0.524

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