Marussia pilot Max Chilton reflects on day one in Abu Dhabi, discusses his season as a whole and reiterates he is 'pretty close' to signing a deal to remain with the Banbury-based outfit for the 2014 F1 season...Crash.netMax, how was Friday practice?Max Chilton:Today was very short. I missed FP1 to let Rodolfo [Gonzalez, Marussia's reserve driver] into the car. It wasn't a big problem because I know this circuit probably better than any other circuit this year. We started this afternoon and it's one of the most important sessions [of the weekend]. FP1 is in the middle of the day and whatever may happen to the car in that session we kind of put into the bin because it's not at the same time...
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