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Cars!! Nicholas Latifi has emerged from the garage and is taking his Williams for a whirl.
Summary
Max Verstappen takes Red Bull's first pole of season at final race
P2 Bottas, P3 Hamilton, P4 Norris, P5 Albon, P6 Sainz
Eliminated in Q2: Ocon, Ricciardo, Vettel, Giovinazzi, Perez
Eliminated in Q1: Raikkonen, Magnussen, Russell, Fittipaldi, Latifi
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Just over 15 minutes gone in this third practice session and there are still no cars on track.
Red Bull's Christian Horner tells Sky Sports are waiting for track temperatures to cool and be more like they'll be later in qualifying.
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Your thoughts are welcome on that. The one, slightly obvious, thing I'll say is watching that Alonso lap is a whole lot of fun.
F1 missing 'visceral emotions'?published at 10:12 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2020
Former F1 race mechanic, author and broadcaster Steve Matchett knows a thing or two about this sport to say the least, and his views on the thrills provided by Alonso's test drive in his title-winning R25 Renault yesterday certainly gives food for thought....
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End of twitter postHamilton reacquaints himself with Mercedespublished at 10:09 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2020
Image source, Getty ImagesLewis Hamilton was back in his Mercedes yesterday - and will be again today too - after missing last weekend's Sakhir Grand Prix with coronavirus.
"It's not something I really want to go into deeply about," the world champion said about his time with the virus. "It was an experience, for sure.
"I am just happy to be back and grateful to be back with the team."
The Briton said it had taken him much of the Friday to feel comfortable again in the car.
"It has taken a good session and a half to get back in the flow even though it was such a short amount of time not in the car.
"The car wasn't quite the way it was when I left it. The balance wasn't the same but I am working my way back to where I am comfortable with it."
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Gasly has won 39 more points than his Alpha Tauri team-mate Daniil Kvyat. As Tom says, he's been impressive.
get involved Get Involved - 2020 winners and loserspublished at 10:05 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2020
Tom Woolnough: The biggest winner of all this season has to be Pierre Gasly. What an unbelievable season he has had.
Postpublished at 10:04 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2020
There's no rush of cars to leave the garage. It's all quiet for now.
The track is bathed in afternoon sunshine under bright blue skies.
A reminder that, as with yesterday, the lap times in this session won't be too relevant because qualifying and Sunday's race will take place in cooler evening temperatures.
Go! Go! Go! - Third practice beginspublished at 10:01 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2020
We're practicing for the final time in F1 in 2020...
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Agree with Sean? Keep your thoughts coming.
get involved Get Involved - 2020 winners and loserspublished at 09:58 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2020
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Sean McDermott: Driver of the year: Has to be Hamilton. Weekend of the year: George Russell at Sakhir. Most improved: Checo Perez. Overperformer: Charles Leclerc. Underperformer: Alex Albon
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Don't forget you can listen to commentary of this practice session from Jennie, Jack and Jolyon by clicking the audio icon above.
We'll be getting under way very shortly.
Second session timespublished at 09:54 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2020
Here are your full timings from yesterday's second session. Mercedes to lead the way again today? Probably.
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Who knows, Tanya?! But there's still time...
get involved Get Involved - 2020 winners and loserspublished at 09:51 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2020
Tanya Smith: Winner: Grosjean for living tied with Russell for showing his real skills. Loser: Perez, how on earth has he not got a drive next year?
The story of second practicepublished at 09:48 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2020
Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writerValtteri Bottas led Lewis Hamilton as Mercedes dominated Friday practice at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Bottas was 0.203 seconds quicker than Hamilton on the first day of running at the season-closing race at Yas Marina. Red Bull's Max Verstappen was third.
Unusually, both Mercedes drivers set their best times on the medium tyre. Hamilton did surpass Bottas' time with a lap on the theoretically faster soft but had it deleted for exceeding track limits at the final corner.
The drivers were struggling with the soft tyres overheating in the twisty final sector around the Yas hotel, which contains the majority of the circuit's corners. Behind the usual top three, Red Bull's Alexander Albon was fourth fastest ahead of McLaren's Lando Norris.
The drivers from sixth to ninth - Renault's Esteban Ocon, Racing Point's Sergio Perez, Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Renault's Daniel Ricciardo - were separated by just 0.003 seconds.
get involved Get Involved - 2020 winners and loserspublished at 09:43 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2020
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Who are your winners and losers of 2020 in F1?
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Today's timingspublished at 09:38 Greenwich Mean Time 12 December 2020
Here are your timings for today. Whether you're at home with something festive beside you or out and about shopping we've got you covered. Stay with us.
Third practice: 10:00 - 11:00
Qualifying: 13:00 - 14:00
All times GMT.
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Good morning.
A loooong, long year is drawing to a close. This weekend the sun sets on a very different but entertaining Formula 1 season.
Today is qualifying day in Abu Dhabi. Stay with us for updates.
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An F1 Saturday for the final time in 2020?
Let's do it...