The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix starts in the late afternoon and ends in the evening, meaning that unusually track temperatures tend to fall as the race goes on. Conditions in FP2, which began at 5pm, will be representative of the race but the earlier FP1 followed a different pattern, with track and air temperatures rising.This had an effect on tyre performance, with the two softest tyres in the range nominated for the final grand prix of the year on the low abrasion Yas Marina circuit: P Zero Yellow soft and P Zero Red supersoft. In the second session, there was some light graining with the supersoft only on the front-right tyre in particular.The teams concentrated on the afternoon session in...
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