How Friday practice for the F1 Abu Dhabi GP unfolded

FP2 takes place at 1pm.

The final F1 weekend of the 2022 season is here with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

It's going to be an emotional weekend as F1 says goodbye to Sebastian Vettel, while Daniel Ricciardo, Mick Schumacher and Nicholas Latifi also bow out of the sport (for now at least).

Follow all the action from the Yas Marina Circuit here.

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10:37

Perez goes 0.6s clear of Bottas at the top of the timesheets. New soft tyres for the Mexican.

10:36

Bottas takes to the top for Alfa Romeo with a 1m27.655s, a tenth clear of Albon.

10:32

Albon goes top of the timesheets with a 1m27.840s.

10:32

Sargeant after his spin

"Tyres are gone. Apologies."

10:31

The order with 30 minutes to go: Perez, Leclerc, Tsunoda, Sargeant, Fittipaldi, Lawson, Ocon, Albon, Hamilton and Shwartzman.

10:29

A spin for Sargeant into Turn 1. A weird place to lose it.

10:25

A bit of a mare for Lawson in the pit lane, who misses his grid spot on his way into the pit lane.

10:24

O'Ward's first time of the day is a 1m30.392s, 18th overall.

10:22

O'Ward and Drugovich are back out on track.

10:19

Still no times from O'Ward (who had an issue at the start of the session) and Drugovich.

10:14

Leclerc takes to the top on the softs, 0.2s ahead of Perez.

10:14

Ocon nicks ahead of Leclerc for second.

The Ferrari driver is on a better lap now.

10:11

Perez improves by 0.5s to reclaim top spot with a 1m28.159s.

10:09

10 minutes gone

Leclerc is on top with a 1m28.724s ahead of Lawson, Perez, Bottas, Ocon, Tsunoda, Hamilton, Doohan, Magnussen and Russell.

10:07

Bottas moves up to second, within a tenth of Perez at the top of the timesheets.

10:06

Sergio Perez (MEX) Red Bull Racing at a team photograph. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 22, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas — Sergio Perez (MEX) Red Bull Racing at a team photograph. Formula 1 World…

Current order: Perez, Ocon, Hamilton, Lawson, Leclerc, Bottas, Albon, Russell, Gasly and Tsunoda.

10:03

19 of the 20 cars are out on track. Just Kubica is in the pit lane for Alfa Romeo.

10:02

An issue for O'Ward

"There's something wrong with the car," he reports on team radio.

09:59

The final FP1 of the year

FP1 is now underway in Abu Dhabi

09:49

Weather update

#F1 #BBCF1 #ABUDHABIGP FP1: It's 15 minutes to session start, with air temp 33.9C & the track at 45.7C. Breeze predominantly from a NW quarter. For qualifying tomorrow, track temp likely towards low-mid-30's C; for race start on Sunday (5pm local), probably high 30's C.
— Ian Fergusson (@fergieweather) November 18, 2022