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[dre1982]

Result FP1.

1   33   Max Verstappen   RED BULL RACING HONDA   1:37.378      26
2   77   Valtteri Bottas   MERCEDES   1:37.412   +0.034s   32
3   31   Esteban Ocon   RENAULT   1:38.515   +1.137s   34
4   23   Alexander Albon   RED BULL RACING HONDA   1:38.547   +1.169s   25
5   44   Lewis Hamilton   MERCEDES   1:38.744   +1.366s   24
6   18   Lance Stroll   RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES   1:38.831   +1.453s   25
7   11   Sergio Perez   RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES   1:38.956   +1.578s   25
8   26   Daniil Kvyat   ALPHATAURI HONDA   1:39.150   +1.772s   27
9   10   Pierre Gasly   ALPHATAURI HONDA   1:39.160   +1.782s   30
10   7   Kimi Räikkönen   ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI   1:39.199   +1.821s   22
11   55   Carlos Sainz   MCLAREN RENAULT   1:39.330   +1.952s   27
12   16   Charles Leclerc   FERRARI   1:39.344   +1.966s   25
13   4   Lando Norris   MCLAREN RENAULT   1:39.352   +1.974s   28
14   5   Sebastian Vettel   FERRARI   1:39.670   +2.292s   19
15   88   Robert Kubica   ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI   1:39.905   +2.527s   19
16   63   George Russell   WILLIAMS MERCEDES   1:40.446   +3.068s   24
17   6   Nicholas Latifi   WILLIAMS MERCEDES   1:41.063   +3.685s   27
18   50   Mick SchumacherHAAS FERRARI   1:41.235   +3.857s   23
19   51   Pietro Fittipaldi   HAAS FERRARI   1:44.069   +6.691s   24
20   3   Daniel Ricciardo   RENAULT         3

Hamilton had some problems with the brakes so he didn't had time to do some good runs with the soft tyre.

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[coinlocket$]

At least Hamilton is not already in 1st position but it will be in the next hour  .
Sad to see again Russell so behind in the grid.

Ferrari is still bad in this track where the engine is important.

Perez the winner of the last GP will start at the end of the grip because he changed the engine exceeding the limit of 3/year.

[swogerino]

At least Hamilton is not already in 1st position but it will be in the next hour  .
Sad to see again Russell so behind in the grid.

Ferrari is still bad in this track where the engine is important.

Perez the winner of the last GP will start at the end of the grip because he changed the engine exceeding the limit of 3/year.

This track in the past has been quiet in terms of incidents and the Safety Car has not been deployed often here.This means it will almost impossible for Perez to try and win again from the back of the grid.Beside that I also doubt that Mercedes will screw up as big as they did in the past race so they are going to win this race.

[dre1982]

Red flag now. Kimi Raikkonen's car is on fire. First Russell's car had power unit problems with a lot of smoke and few seconds later Raikkonen's got on fire.

[Real-Duke]

First Russell's car had power unit problems with a lot of smoke and few seconds later Raikkonen's got on fire.

For Russell, unfortunately it seems he is back in "real life" 
So sad that we won't see him one more time with Mercedes...

[dre1982]

Result of FP2:



A lot of lap times were deleted due the track limit's.

[Koal-84]

First Russell's car had power unit problems with a lot of smoke and few seconds later Raikkonen's got on fire.

For Russell, unfortunately it seems he is back in "real life" 
So sad that we won't see him one more time with Mercedes...

Yes that's very sad he is back in the reality, and sorry that he won't win the last race with the only Chance to win in this year. But i wonder about Hamilton, last week Wolf says Hamilton is very ill and he came so fast back?

[tokeweed]

Well no more Russell ant Mercedes this year. Hamilton will race the last GP.

And yes it is official considering the Source



Source: https://twitter.com/MercedesAMGF1/status/1337090804419072003

I honestly do not understand how this is possible, if I remember correctly, for the regulation of formula 1 the cases of Covid, the drivers must pass 4 negative swabs.
Hamilton was positive last Friday and today he has already passed 4 negative tests, I think it is the only case of a sportsman who resumes his activity less than a week

Either that or this covid thing is somewhat of a hoax.  I mean it's real but I think all the stories from the news of how you could die from it is waaay overblown.  There's like over 10 UFC fighters that got covid but then fight a couple of weeks later like nothing happened.  Weird.

[marioantonini]

still negative news at Ferrari, which at the moment has not yet caused a sensation.
Louis Cammilleri, the CEO of Ferrari, who had taken over from Sergio Marchionne, has resigned and now Ferrari has to tackle this difficult problem as well. At the moment, John Elkann has taken his place, waiting to find someone

[fullhdpixel]

I am not sure if Hamilton should be back this early, and he has nothing to prove neither so there was actually no reason for him to get back neither. Think about it, dude got sick and had covid, he could still face some troubles with his health (known people who had high fever AFTER their covid became negative) and he is leading the league and already won the championship like a month ago or something, and team already won way earlier, basically everything is done, there is no need.

I think the only reason why he is not standing this one down is to keep Russel out, if he rests for another race he saw that Russel was a great racer and he would have maybe won the race this time and at such early age him winning a rance might mean Hamilton could get Russel instead of Bottas and Hamilton would want to keep Bottas since he just keeps everyone behind and lets Hamilton win.

[boltz]

I was hoping to see Russel back into the Mercedes but hey, if Hamilton is okay , it's his car and he has all the right to compete this weekend as we really can wish for a guy to be sick...it's not human in my opinion.

It's sad to see Grojean parting ways with Haas in such way but at least we're happy that he's still okay and as far as I know he has contract from indy car for next season and I think we gonna take it.

[marioantonini]

I was hoping to see Russel back into the Mercedes but hey, if Hamilton is okay , it's his car and he has all the right to compete this weekend as we really can wish for a guy to be sick...it's not human in my opinion.

It's sad to see Grojean parting ways with Haas in such way but at least we're happy that he's still okay and as far as I know he has contract from indy car for next season and I think we gonna take it.

Grosjean recently said that before making a decision for next year, he needs to figure out if he can still drive a race car without the fear of taking his foot off the accelerator. Mercedes has given him a "gift", he will be able to take a private test with their car to find out if he is still capable of racing. after such an accident it will not be easy to think of racing in Indy

[coinlocket$]

still negative news at Ferrari, which at the moment has not yet caused a sensation.
Louis Cammilleri, the CEO of Ferrari, who had taken over from Sergio Marchionne, has resigned and now Ferrari has to tackle this difficult problem as well. At the moment, John Elkann has taken his place, waiting to find someone

That is politic I don't thin it has anything to do with the Ferrari team.

The CEO now is Elkann and he is also the president, keep in mind they can continue without any CEO and John can work in both roles.

[AndySt]

I was hoping to see Russel back into the Mercedes but hey, if Hamilton is okay , it's his car and he has all the right to compete this weekend as we really can wish for a guy to be sick...it's not human in my opinion.
It's sad to see Grojean parting ways with Haas in such way but at least we're happy that he's still okay and as far as I know he has contract from indy car for next season and I think we gonna take it.

Grosjean recently said that before making a decision for next year, he needs to figure out if he can still drive a race car without the fear of taking his foot off the accelerator. Mercedes has given him a "gift", he will be able to take a private test with their car to find out if he is still capable of racing. after such an accident it will not be easy to think of racing in Indy

All the same, a real race and a private test, even from such a powerful team as Mercedes, is not a real fight with the drivers. I generally expected that after such a terrible accident, Grosjean would take a break for at least a year in the family circle and recharge his batteries, especially given his statements about the family. Hamilton's return was expected, so that there was no doubt who the number one driver in the team is, but it seems that clouds are beginning to gather over Bottas despite the signed one-year contract.

[LTU_btc]

Did you guys saw Alonso lap on Abu Dhabi in his legendary Renault R25?
https://youtu.be/L96tYRRF1qI
Damn, such nostalgia, what a sound!
Though, this car looks strange with slick tyres .

I am not sure if Hamilton should be back this early, and he has nothing to prove neither so there was actually no reason for him to get back neither. Think about it, dude got sick and had covid, he could still face some troubles with his health (known people who had high fever AFTER their covid became negative) and he is leading the league and already won the championship like a month ago or something, and team already won way earlier, basically everything is done, there is no need.

I think the only reason why he is not standing this one down is to keep Russel out, if he rests for another race he saw that Russel was a great racer and he would have maybe won the race this time and at such early age him winning a rance might mean Hamilton could get Russel instead of Bottas and Hamilton would want to keep Bottas since he just keeps everyone behind and lets Hamilton win.

Well, he got negative Covid test and he feels good, so, there is no reason for him to skip another race. I know that many of us would want to see Russel getting another chance. Same like Checo Perez returned immediately after negative test result.

[swogerino]

still negative news at Ferrari, which at the moment has not yet caused a sensation.
Louis Cammilleri, the CEO of Ferrari, who had taken over from Sergio Marchionne, has resigned and now Ferrari has to tackle this difficult problem as well. At the moment, John Elkann has taken his place, waiting to find someone

This has happened in a really bad moment for Ferrari,just after this horrible season for them ends and they needed to start heavily working for the 2021 car.I hope he has not resigned because he doesn’t believe things are not going to work out even in 2021 as that would be really bad for Ferrari.

[Real-Duke]

Here comes the official result from the 3rd F1 practice session in Abu Dhabi (the last pratice session for 2020)



Mercedes doesn't showed everything!

[dre1982]

Probably Mercedes was sandbagging again but we will see in the qualification.

[dre1982]

Verstappen on pole. Didn't expect that. First time this year that not a Mercedes engine is at pole.

He didn't even got purple sector's in his last run :-o

[Real-Duke]

Verstappen on pole. Didn't expect that. First time this year that not a Mercedes engine is at pole.

He didn't even got purple sector's in his last run :-o

The first time after 2013 when there is no Mercedes on the Pole! Great Job Max, first Pole Position in 2020.
Well deserved