The Mercedes driver was 0.34🎉3s quicker than Esteban Ocon’s Alpine during the qualifying simulation runs on soft tyres, with teammate Valtteri Bottas taking thi𝓰rd after surviving a hit with the barriers when he got out of shape at Turn 14. 

Max Verstapꦡpen could only manage the fourth-fastest time in his Re꧟d Bull as he finished 0.641s adrift of his championship rival Hamilton. 

The two title rivals are level on points going into Su𝔍nday’s winner-takes-all contes﷽t at the revised Yas Marina Circuit. 

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

Sergio Perez endedꦡ up less than a tenth behind Red Bull teammate Ve💞rstappen to take fifth, while Fernando Alonso put his Alpine sixth. 

Yuki Tsunoda continued his impressive start to the weekend as he outpaced Ferrari pair Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz to fin🐻ish seventh. 

His AlphaTauri teammꦑate Pierre Gasly completed the top-10 order. 

Kimi Raikkonen, 🐎who is contesting the final race of his illustrious F1 career, brought out a late ဣred flag when he crashed his Alfa Romeo at Turn 14. 

After sitting out of FP1 for Jack Aitken, George Russell returned to his FW43B t෴o edge out Williams teammate Nicholas Latifi for the 17th-fastest time of the session.&🎶nbsp;

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

The Haas duo of Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin once agꦍain ended up with the slowest times of all as Friday’s action came tℱo a close.