The Mercedes driver was 0.343s quicker than Esteban Ocon’s Alpine during the qualifying﷽ simulation runs on soft tyres, with teammate Valtteri Bottas taking third after surviving a hit with the barriers when he got out of shape at Turn 14. 

Max Verstappen could only manage the🅘 fourth-fastest time in his Red Bull as he finis♒hed 0.641s adrift of his championship rival Hamilton. 

The two title rivals a𝔍re level on points going into Sunday’s winner-takes-all contest at the revised Yas Marina Circuit.▨ 

FP2 is the most representative and important p💃ractice session in Abu Dhabi given that it takes place under the lights at the same time as qualifying and the grand prix. 

Sergio Perez ended up less than a tenth꧂ behind Red Bull teammate Verstappen to 🌺take fifth, while Fernando Alonso put his Alpine sixth. 

Yuki Tsun♍oda continued hi🌃s impressive start to the weekend as he outpaced Ferrari pair Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz to finish seventh. 

His AlphaTauri teammate Pierre Gasly completed the top💛-10 order. 

Kimi Raikkonen, who is contesting the final race of his illustrious F1 career, brought o🦩ut a late red flag when he crashed his Alfa Romeo at Turn 14. 

After sitting out of FP1 for Jack Aitken🌼, George Russell return🌃ed to his FW43B to edge out Williams teammate Nicholas Latifi for the 17th-fastest time of the session. 

Latifi picked up rear wing damage with a spin into the barriers at Turn 13 but ♈was able to keep going in FP2. 

The Haa🍸s duo of Mick Schꩲumacher and Nikita Mazepin once again ended up with the slowest times of all as Friday’s action came to a close.