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Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and Oracle Red Bull Racing looks on in the garage during practice. Getty Images

Abu Dhabi Grand Pix 2022 Formula 1 second practice session. Kevin Magnussen of Hass F1 Team in action. Victor Besa / The National

Abu Dhabi Grand Pix 2022 Formula 1 second practice session. Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes in action. Victor Besa / The National

Abu Dhabi Grand Pix 2022 Formula 1 second practice session. Max Vertappen of Red Bull in action. Victor Besa / The National

Race fans watch from Circuit's most iconic landmark – the Abu Dhabi Hill. Located opposite North Grandstand and adjacent to the Main Grandstand. Victor Besa / The National

Al Fursan aerobatics demonstration team of the United Arab Emirates Air Force at the Yas Marina Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Victor Besa / The National

Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing on his way to setting eh pace in second practice. Getty Images

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands makes a pit stop during practice. AP Photo

Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton pits during the first practice session ahead of the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at the Yas Marina Circuit. AFP

Zhou Guanyu of Alfa Romeo. Getty Images

AlphaTauri's French driver Pierre Gasly. AFP

Ferrari's Carlos Sainz Jr and Red Bull's Sergio Perez in action during practice. Reuters

Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and Oracle Red Bull Racing talks with race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase in the garage during practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi at Yas Marina Circuit. Getty Images

Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing prepares to drive in the garage during practice. Getty Images

Sergio Perez of Mexico and Red Bull Racing. Getty Images

Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing prepares to drive during practice. Getty Images

Charles Leclerc of Ferrari. Getty Images

Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc drives during practice for the Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, in Abu Dhabi. AP Photo

Mercedes driver George Russell of Britain leaves the pit lane during practice. AP Photo

British Formula One driver George Russell of Mercedes. EPA

Mercedes driver George Russell during practice. AP Photo

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands. AP Photo

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain talks to mechanics during practice. AP Photo

Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc exits the garage at Yas Marina Circuit for first practice ahead of the 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. EPA

Red Bull's Sergio Perez exits the pit lane during practice. Getty Images

Yuki Tsunoda of Japan and Scuderia AlphaTauri prepares to drive. Getty Images

Haas driver Kevin Magnussen. Getty Images

Red Bull's Mexican driver Sergio Perez in the pits during the first practice session. AFP

Scuderia AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly on track during practice. Getty Images

Red Bull reserve driver Liam Lawson on track during practice ahead of the Abu Dhabi GP at Yas Marina Circuit. Getty Images

Robert Kubica of Poland driving the Alfa Romeo F1 C42 Ferrari on track. Getty Images

Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton sits in his car in the pits. AFP

Ferrari's Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc sits in his car in the pits. AFP

Mercedes' George Russell in action during first practice. Reuters

General view of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc driving the Yas Marina Circuit. Reuters

Mercedes' British driver George Russell. AFP

Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and Oracle Red Bull Racing looks on in the garage during practice. Getty Images

Abu Dhabi Grand Pix 2022 Formula 1 second practice session. Kevin Magnussen of Hass F1 Team in action. Victor Besa / The National

Abu Dhabi Grand Pix 2022 Formula 1 second practice session. Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes in action. Victor Besa / The National

Abu Dhabi Grand Pix 2022 Formula 1 second practice session. Max Vertappen of Red Bull in action. Victor Besa / The National

Race fans watch from Circuit's most iconic landmark – the Abu Dhabi Hill. Located opposite North Grandstand and adjacent to the Main Grandstand. Victor Besa / The National

Al Fursan aerobatics demonstration team of the United Arab Emirates Air Force at the Yas Marina Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Victor Besa / The National

Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing on his way to setting eh pace in second practice. Getty Images

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands makes a pit stop during practice. AP Photo

Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton pits during the first practice session ahead of the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at the Yas Marina Circuit. AFP

Zhou Guanyu of Alfa Romeo. Getty Images

AlphaTauri's French driver Pierre Gasly. AFP

Ferrari's Carlos Sainz Jr and Red Bull's Sergio Perez in action during practice. Reuters

Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and Oracle Red Bull Racing talks with race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase in the garage during practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi at Yas Marina Circuit. Getty Images

Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing prepares to drive in the garage during practice. Getty Images

Sergio Perez of Mexico and Red Bull Racing. Getty Images

Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing prepares to drive during practice. Getty Images

Charles Leclerc of Ferrari. Getty Images

Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc drives during practice for the Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, in Abu Dhabi. AP Photo

Mercedes driver George Russell of Britain leaves the pit lane during practice. AP Photo

British Formula One driver George Russell of Mercedes. EPA

Mercedes driver George Russell during practice. AP Photo

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands. AP Photo

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain talks to mechanics during practice. AP Photo

Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc exits the garage at Yas Marina Circuit for first practice ahead of the 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. EPA

Red Bull's Sergio Perez exits the pit lane during practice. Getty Images

Yuki Tsunoda of Japan and Scuderia AlphaTauri prepares to drive. Getty Images

Haas driver Kevin Magnussen. Getty Images

Red Bull's Mexican driver Sergio Perez in the pits during the first practice session. AFP

Scuderia AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly on track during practice. Getty Images

Red Bull reserve driver Liam Lawson on track during practice ahead of the Abu Dhabi GP at Yas Marina Circuit. Getty Images

Robert Kubica of Poland driving the Alfa Romeo F1 C42 Ferrari on track. Getty Images

Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton sits in his car in the pits. AFP

Ferrari's Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc sits in his car in the pits. AFP

Mercedes' George Russell in action during first practice. Reuters

General view of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc driving the Yas Marina Circuit. Reuters

Mercedes' British driver George Russell. AFP

Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and Oracle Red Bull Racing looks on in the garage during practice. Getty Images

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2022: Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton tops first practice session at Yas

British driver confounded his own expectations at Friday's first session

Simon Wilgress-Pipe

November 18, 2022

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