Lap times 1st practice 2018 Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix
Shams Tower during the Abu Dhabi GP at Yas Marina Circuit
Event: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Track: Yas Marina Circuit
Weather: Sunny & dry
Air temp: 28.4ºC
Tarmac: Dry, 42.9ºC
Wind speed: 2.9 km/h
Humidity: 40.7%
Robert Kubica was driving this FP1 for Williams in Abu Dhabi. Yesterday the Polish driver was officially announced as Williams race driver for 2019. He was allowed to drive FP1 today with the FW41 instead of Sergey Sirotkin who will not be driving next year.
Antonio Giovinazzi drove FP1 in the Sauber C37 of Charles Leclerc to get some more experience in the car he will be racing next season.
Lewis Hamilton had a special helmet and drove around with no. 1 on his Mercedes W09 car, while Max Verstappen had a aero device on his Red Bull RB14 race car. A lot of teams were doing aero measurements, to calibrate their wind tunnel measurements.
After 51 minutes Verstappen run the fastest lap of this FP1 session with a 1:38.491 min. He drove it on the softest Hypersoft tyres fitted underneath his Red Bull RB14 Renault.
Last years quickest lap time 1:39,006 min was set by Sebastian Vettel with the Ferrari SF70H on Ultrasoft tyres.
See an overview of the used power unit elements in 2018.
Read our article on what to expect from the 2018 Abu Dhabi F1 GP.
FP1 Lap Times 2018 Abu Dhabi GP
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Lap Time | 1st Gap | Laps | Tyres |
| 1 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:38.491 | 26 | Hyper | |
| 2 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:38.945 | +0.454s | 18 | Hyper |
| 3 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:39.452 | +0.961s | 28 | Super |
| 4 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:39.543 | +1.052s | 25 | Ultra |
| 5 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Force India | 1:40.102 | +1.611s | 25 | Hyper |
| 6 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:40.235 | +1.744s | 20 | Hyper |
| 7 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:40.417 | +1.926s | 23 | Hyper |
| 8 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:40.453 | +1.962s | 20 | Hyper |
| 9 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:40.588 | +2.097s | 21 | Ultra |
| 10 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas | 1:40.663 | +2.172s | 23 | Hyper |
| 11 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso | 1:40.671 | +2.180s | 17 | Hyper |
| 12 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Renault | 1:41.023 | +2.532s | 23 | Ultra |
| 13 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:41.075 | +2.584s | 22 | Hyper |
| 14 | 28 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1:41.137 | +2.646s | 25 | Hyper |
| 15 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Williams | 1:41.493 | +3.002s | 21 | Hyper |
| 16 | 36 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Sauber | 1:41.662 | +3.171s | 23 | Hyper |
| 17 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber | 1:41.928 | +3.437s | 21 | Ultra |
| 18 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren | 1:42.114 | +3.623s | 21 | Hyper |
| 19 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren | 1:42.313 | +3.822s | 15 | Ultra |
| 20 | 40 | Robert Kubica | Williams | 1:42.992 | +4.501s | 25 | Hyper |
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Super hyper ultra anyone reading this, not a formula one fan, would be so confused. It's time they were numbered. 1 being softest and up.
They have realised that that is confusing. The work on fixing it is in progress. Next year three grades of medium will be added to the list: medium, ultra-medium, and the less-than-medium.
thanks for making me laugh Simon!
Don’t forget the superhard, ultrahard and hyperhard...:-)
@Alan: Next year there will be only hard, medium and soft tyres for each race.
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