+ Nico Rosberg broke Lewis Hamilton’s early stranglehold of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend, beating his team-mate and title rival to end third and final practice fastest. Rosberg posted a best lap of 1:41.424 on a late qualifying run to edge Hamilton to the top spot by 0.369s. Felipe Massa ended the hour-long session third fastest for Williams, but a second adrift of the Rosberg’s session topping time. Fernando Alonso elected to complete just eight laps early in the session on the super-soft tyre in an effort to conserve engine mileage, but his time was good enough to leave him fourth fastest. Outgoing world champion Sebastian Vettel was fifth in his final practice appearance for Red...
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