Practice and qualifying 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix



fernando alonso required top-two placing win title without having rely on other results. placed in top 6 in each of 3 free practice sessions, , qualified third race.


three practice sessions held before race; first on friday afternoon , second on friday evening. both sessions lasted 90 minutes. third session held on saturday afternoon , lasted hour. 3 sessions held in dry conditions, although first session held on damp drying track after pre-session downpour had not been anticipated. vettel quickest time of 1:42.760 in first session, on six-tenths of second faster hamilton. button 4 tenths off hamilton s pace, followed webber, robert kubica, , alonso. michael schumacher seventh, other driver within 1.5 seconds of vettel s time. in second practice session, hamilton fastest time of 1:40.888, around quarter of second quicker second-placed vettel. alonso took third place, ahead of webber, kubica , felipe massa. schumacher quick enough eleventh position in session, marginally slower mercedes teammate nico rosberg. saturday afternoon session held on warmer track, reached temperatures high 43 °c (109 °f), compared 29 °c (84 °f) , 31 °c (88 °f) track temperatures friday sessions. vettel again quickest, posting time of 1:40.696, narrowly faster teammate webber. hamilton, alonso, button , vitaly petrov rounded out top 6 positions.



sebastian vettel set fastest time in last 2 parts of qualifying session, , started pole position. tenth pole position of season enabled red bull team tie mclaren s single-season record of 15 pole positions, set during 1988 season.


the qualifying session held on saturday evening split three parts. first part ran 20 minutes , eliminated cars qualifying finished session 18th or lower. second part of qualifying lasted 15 minutes , eliminated cars finished in positions 11 17. final part of qualifying determined positions first tenth, , decided pole position. cars competed in final session of qualifying not allowed change tyres before race, , such started race on tyres set quickest lap on.




mark webber, following third qualifying session, in qualified farthest of 4 title contenders, in fifth.

vettel clinched tenth pole position season, time of 1:39.394. result, vettel became seventh driver record ten pole positions in season, , took team s 15th pole of season, equalling mclaren s tally 1988 season. joined on front row of grid hamilton. alonso qualified third, though happy grid position having outqualified webber. button qualified fourth, four-tenths of second behind vettel, , webber qualified fifth. massa, rubens barrichello, schumacher, rosberg , petrov rounded out top ten. kubica managed 11th – missing out on top ten time in 2010 – having struggled overall grip in session. kamui kobayashi best of saubers in 12th, ahead of german trio of adrian sutil, nick heidfeld , nico hülkenberg, vitantonio liuzzi qualifying 16th. rest of grid made toro rossos, lotuses, virgins , hispanias.








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