The benign weather conditions enabled everyone to conduct their usual tyre testing and set-up work without interruption in Abu Dhabi on Friday. The gap between the softs and the supersofts was about 1.2s, though Pirelli expect that to come down to below a second as the track rubbers in. Two pits stops seem likely, though strategies may vary as teams gamble to try and take advantage of the double points here. What is certain is that there will be little to split the Mercedes cars of the two title contenders. We take a team-by-team look at day one at Yas Marina…MercedesLewis Hamilton, 1m 43.476s, P1/1m 42.113s, P1Nico Rosberg, 1m 43.609s, P2/1m 42.196s, P2Both drivers reported good...
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