F1 GP Abu Dhabi Free Practice 1 Live

Everything is ready for Free Practice 1 of the F1 Abu Dhabi GP. Follow the livetiming and live commentary with us from Yas Marina. In the first session the riders and teams will test the circuit and Pirelli's medium (white) compound while the soft (yellow) compound will probably be used in the second session.

After the victory of both 2013 world titles by Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing, attention now shifts to second place in the constructors' championship with Mercedes, Ferrari and Lotus fighting.

Free Chronicle 1
11.31 Returning to the pits Vettel risked running over one of his mechanics
11.30 Grosjean then closes in command ahead of Hamilton, Vettel, Webber, Rosberg, Raikkonen, Di Resta, Button, Maldonado, Perez. Ferrari back: Alonso 12th, Massa 17th
11.30 Checkered flag, session over
11.27 Grosjean in command with 1.44.241
11.21 Vettel improves and is second at 66 thousandths
11.05 Hamilton drops to 1.44.433
11.00 Hamilton first with 1.44.462. Webber second
10.58 Vettel back in command with 1.44.866 ahead of Hamilton and Raikkonen
10.56 Raikkonen in command with 1.45.108
10.56 Massa in tenth place, Alonso in 12th
10.54 Off-piste without consequences for Hamilton
10.53 Vettel immediately takes the lead with 1.45.172
10.52 Rosberg rises to third position, Hamilton fifth
10.45 Grosjean in front with 1.45.329. Raikkonen fourth at 8 tenths
10.42 Grosjean second ahead of Maldonado, Button, Bottas, Ricciardo, Vergne
10.35 Button second, Grosjean third. The Englishman informed the team that the grip is still low
10.34 Perez drops to 1.45.331
10.33 Grosjean is also on the track
10.30 Perez runs in 1.48.525, immediately improved to 1.45.889
10.26 Perez on the track.
10.21 Gonzalez back on track. But he returns to the pits
10.15 All drivers are in the pits
10.12 Gonzalez on track with Marussia in place of Chilton for this session
10.04 Alonso also on track for the installation lap
10.02 Installation laps gradually for all pilots
10.00 Immediately on track Gutierrez, Raikkonen, Hulkenberg, Grosjean
09.59 Kimi Raikkonen arrived late last night at Yas Marina after the controversy with his team and is ready to race. Evidently Lotus have temporarily resolved the differences due to unpaid payments to the driver
09.58 Welcome to the live coverage of Free Practice 1 of the Abu Dhabi GP