Lewis Hamilton was fastest in the first practice for this weekend\u2019s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The world champion beat his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg by .1 of a second with the Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen a further .6 of a second behind.<\/p>\n
The first practice session is not seen as the most representative session because temperatures will be a lot lower in the evening session as they will fall as the sunsets over the circuit.<\/p>\n
Red Bull\u2019s Daniil Kyvat was fourth fastest in between the two Ferrari\u2019s. Sebastian Vettel finished ahead of the Force India of Nico Hulkenberg with Daniel Riccardo seventh.<\/p>\n
Lotus reserve and race driver for 2016 Joylon Palmyer failed to run for most of the session because of a water leak. During his brief run the Englishman did make a harmless error spinning at turn 18. He finished the session eighteenth fastest.<\/p>\n
The session was rather straight forward with no major accident during the warm session. But the evening session may provide more drama as they transition into the night.<\/p>\n
Most of the focus was away from track with the saga over Red Bull engines continues but team boss Christian Horner has confirmed a deal has been done which understood to be continue with Renault.<\/p>\n
Also Renault is expected to announce this evening that it is taking over the Lotus team. But sources say it is being held up by a dispute over prize money with F1 commercial boss Bernie Ecclestone, which has been ongoing for some time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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