1) Hamilton 2) Rosberg 3) Alonso 4) Vettel 5) Ricciardo 6) Vergne 7) Kvyat 8) Bottas 9) Perez 10) Hulkenberg

11) Magnussen 12) Raikkonen 13) Massa 14) Gutierrez 15) Maldonado 16) Ocon 17) Button 18) Kobayashi 19) Fong 20) Stevens

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Lewis Hamilton finishes fastest in first practice for the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg are evenly matched, as they have been all season. And their Mercedes is comfortably quicker than any other machine. Expect Williams to be closer, once they have sorted their bodywork issues, with Red Bull looking pretty handy, too.

Mercedes say they have spent the final part of the session working on longer runs, which is why Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg haven't been improving on their earlier times.

Mercedes:, external Story so far is Lewis Hamilton P1, Nico Rosberg P2 and Jenson Button is live tweeting.

McLaren driver Jenson Button:, external Tough start to the weekend for me with no proper running in FP1, but we'll find our feet pretty quickly in FP2 don't you worry!!

Will Stevens has finally got a few timed laps on the board, but his best time of 1:52.150 is four seconds off the pace of Sauber's Adderly Fong, and eight-and-a-half seconds behind pace-setter Lewis Hamilton.

Jennie Gow
BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter

"Qualification format has been tweaked again this weekend with the return of Caterham - 5 cars out on Q1 and Q2 then top 10 shoot out."

Allan McNish
BBC Radio 5 live analyst in Abu Dhabi

"McLaren is switching between the two front wing options. They've gone back to the old front wing now. A lot of it is trying to show there's constant development ahead of next season, but right now they're not sure if there is a definite improvement."

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Formula 1 in a social media age, ladies and gentleman.

Jenson Button, who could be competing in his final race weekend, is watching practice on the telly, rather than taking part in it because of an issue with his McLaren.

Both Mercedes, both Red Bulls, Lotus' Pastor Maldonado and Caterham's Will Stevens are the only drivers out on track at the moment.

While there's a bit of a lull in the action, why not give Lewis Hamilton's latest BBC Sport column on the F1 pages a look. He talks title fight, his Mercedes journey and his special fans.

Fran Christie F1:, external Watching #FP1 on #BBCF1 the cars look fabulous in the desert sun! Great to see Lewis Hamilton & Nico Rosberg trading fast laps.

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Good news for Will Stevens. Caterham report he is back in his car and will be out shortly. The Briton, who paid £500,000 for his drive this weekend, has yet to set a timed lap. Twenty minutes to go.

Lee McKenzie
BBC F1 pit-lane reporter

On both Williams drivers Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas out of practice one: "I asked to speak to both drivers, both drivers said no. I don't think it's a very happy camp in there at the moment."

It's all going swimmingly for Mercedes with Lewis Hamilton top after 19 laps, just clear of team-mate Nico Rosberg, who 18 laps under his belt. Fernando Alonso is their closest challenger, but he's a massive 1.6 seconds off the pace.

1) Ham 2) Ros 3) Alo 4) Vet 5) Ric 6) Ver 7) Kvy 8) Bot 9) Per 10) Hul

Kate:, external My highlight this season has been the return of Williams to its former glory.

Amit Mandalia:, external I don't have any single highlight of the season, I think the whole year has been filled with great racing throughout the field.

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Nico Rosberg snatches P1 back from Lewis Hamilton, but Hamilton responds almost immediately with a 1:43.476, just over a tenth quicker than his title rival and Mercedes team-mate.

"This has been a fantastic track for us, winning the first ever grand prix here and winning the world championship with Sebastian Vettel - there are a lot of happy memories," said Red Bull team boss Christian Horner.

When asked whether next season's car an Adrian Newey car, Horner added: "Adrian is as involved in the car as any of his predecessors. There is a lot of effort going into the car but Adrian is leading the layout and development of the car."

So both Williams are out of this session which means they will not have had a car in the top three in this session apart from when Valtteri Bottas achieved the feat at the opening round in Melbourne.

Williams F1:, external Fixings on both chassis need repairing so Felipe not expected to be back on track this session either - engineers adjusting plans for FP2.