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FP2: A Mercedes one-two Friday
- Updated: November 25, 2016
Lewis Hamilton topped the second free practice session with a time of 1:40.861, while his team-mate Rosberg finished 0.079s behind him.
In the build up to the final race of the season, Mercedes dominated both practice sessions as Hamilton topped the times during the morning session when the Yas Marina Circuit lights weren’t even turned on.
Earlier in the session, both Hamilton and Rosberg tried the soft tyres, but went easy on their first run as the Brit occupied 21st place and Rosberg sixth.
However, once they were comfortable, the Championship title rivals came out hot and swept away their rivals on the time-sheets, with only Sebastian Vettel close to them.
During the opening laps of the session, Vettel posted promising fastest laps as he managed to keep his team-mate Kimi Raikkonen and the two Red Bulls at bay.
However, Vettel’s session ended early when he suffered a gearbox failure and had to retire.
Finishing behind the quadruple World …
