Abu Dhabi GP FP2 Results: McLaren hammers Ferrari with 1-2 finish, Hulkenberg stuns the Alpines

Practice session 2 is over and McLaren made a giant leap compared to their First practice session. They overshadowed the Ferrari machines by finishing 1 and 2 with  Lando Norris being the fastest man of the session ahead of his teammate Oscar Piastri. The British driver finished in P1 with a lap time of 1.23.517s.

The Ferrari driver Leclerc dominated the FP1 but was sixth in the second session behind his teammate Carlos sainz in fourth and Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton in fifth. Leclerc and sainz still have a chance to turn the tide in FP3 and Qualifying. Another stunning performance was given by the Haas driver Nico Hulkenberg who finished third. The Haas driver stunned his rivals Alpine with some spectacular pace and driving. Haas and Alpine are fighting for the 6th place in the constructors.

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Sauber driver Valtteri Bottas also impressed everyone with a P7 finish ahead of Kevin Magnussen and Alexander Albon in P8 and P9. Yuki Tsunoda was 10th on the grid ahead of his teammate Liam Lawson in 11th. Pierre Gasly was 12th and needed more work to take on the Haas to bring his team Alpine to 6th place in the constructors. George Russell finished 13th ahead of Red Bulls Sergio Perez and Zhou Guanyu of Sauber. Fernando Alonso was 16th ahead of world champion Max verstappen who finished 17th due to issues in his car's front axle. 

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Lance Stroll, Jack Doohan and Franco Colapinto are the final three drivers. We still have Practice Session 3 followed by Qualifying and then the Main race. McLaren and Ferrari are still on their hunt for the constructors title and we expect a thrilling race this weekend. Lewis Hamilton is racing his last for the Mercedes team so it is quite an emotional race for him at the same time he wants to give the team something to celebrate for one last time before moving to Ferrari.

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