Lewis Hamilton made an ideal start to this weekend's title-deciding season finale at Yas Marina by edging his Mercedes team mate and championship rival Nico Rosberg by 0.133s in first practice on Friday afternoon.Hamilton lapped in 1m 43.476s, Rosberg in 1m 43.609s, whilst their closest challenger, Fernando Alonso, was 1.708s behind for Ferrari, on 1m 45.184s.Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo were right with the Spaniard in their Red Bulls, on 1m 45.334s and 1m 45.361s respectively, before a small gap to Jean-Eric Vergne and Daniil Kvyat in their stablemate Toro Rossos on 1m 45.718s and 1m 45.835s. Williams had a horrible session; Valtteri Bottas managed 1m 45.913s before losing part...
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