How Abu Dhabi GP practice unfolded

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Rosberg fastest in second practice
Sainz breaks down
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Hamilton fastest in first practice

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Postpublished at 14:09
Drivers are getting properly stuck into their long runs now.
Pacesetter Nico Rosberg has done 14 laps on his set of supersofts tyres and is lapping in the 1.49s at the moment.
Postpublished at 14:07 Greenwich Mean Time 27 November 2015
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Sebastian Vettel heads in, switches to softs, and heads back out. His Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen, meanwhile, stays out on the supersofts tyres.
Postpublished at 14:02 Greenwich Mean Time 27 November 2015
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We saw BBW, that is brake by wire. He stopped the car straight away.
Postpublished at 14:01
Carlos Sainz is parked in the run-off at Turn 7. Replays show that he suffered a problem and was immediately told to switch the engine off.
He climbs out of the car and over the barrier and perches on top of a bench, chattiong with a couple of marshals.
Yellow flagpublished at 13:59
The yellow flags are waved for the first time in the session and it is for the Toro Rosso of Carlos Sainz.
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We're into long-run territory now so after the qualifying sims this is the top 10 with just over half an hour to go:
1) Rosberg 2) Hamilton 3) Perez 4) Ricciardo 5) Vettel 6) Kvyat 7) Raikkonen 8) Hulkenberg 9) Alonso 10) Maldonado
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Postpublished at 13:52
Talking about eyebrow-raising times, look at this from Fernando Alonso. His qualifying simulation run sees him put down a 1:42.955 and the McLaren is just one second off the pace of Mercedes.
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Postpublished at 13:49
Anyway, back to important matters. An eyebrow-raising lap from Sergio Perez, 1:42.610 seeing him storm up to P3. Great effort.
The entire field have made the switch to supersoft tyres now.
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Rick Astley
Come to think of it, has anyone seen James Allen and Rick Asltey in the same room?
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Postpublished at 13:45 Greenwich Mean Time 27 November 2015
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Postpublished at 13:41
As Mercedes' tweet a little earlier hinted at, Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton have indeed got their qualifying simulations under way. Rosberg improves with 1:41.983, a gain of 0.8s and he's into P1. Lewis Hamilton's first soft tyre run isn't as good, a 1:42.121, and he is P2.
Celeb spot!published at 13:38
A blast from the past in the paddock, with Rick Astley making an appearance. Those of a certain age will remember him well from his 80s classic "Never Gonna Give You Up". Younger followers might be more familiar with being "Rickrolled."
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Sebastian Vettel comes round on his first qualifying sim run, sparks beautifully kicking up as he screams round a corner.
He clocks 1:42.717, which faster than Nico Rosberg's best but not enough to knock Lewis Hamilton off top spot.