Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) a fost cel mai rapid pilot de pe noul circuit de Formula 1, Yas Marina, din Abu Dhabi, in prima sesiune de antrenamente libere. Campionul mondial din 2008 a fost cronometrat cu 1 minut si 43.939 secunde, stabilind cel mai bun timp de pe circuit. UPDATE: In cel de-al doilea antrenament liber de vineri Kovalainen a fost cel mai rapid, cu un timp de 1 minut si 41.307 secunde.
Rezultatele primului antrenament liber de pe circuitul Yas Marina, din Abu Dhabi:
1. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) 1:43.939
2. Jenson Button (Brawn-Mercedes) +0.096
3. Sebastian Vettel (RBR-Renault) +0.214
4. Rubens Barrichello (Brawn-Mercedes) +0.268
5. Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) +0.728
6. Sebastien Buemi (STR-Ferrari) +0.748
7. Adrian Sutil (Force India-Mercedes) +0.749
8. Mark Webber (RBR-Renault) +0.866
9. Jaime Alguersuari (STR-Ferrari) +1.016
10. Jarno Trulli (Toyota) +1.019
11. Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber) +1.049
12. Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren-Mercedes) +1.184
13. Nico Rosberg (Williams-Toyota) +1.710
14. Kazuki Nakajima (Williams-Toyota) +1.740
15. Kimi RAikkOnen (Ferrari) +1.765
16. Fernando Alonso (Renault) +1.926
17. Vitantonio Liuzzi (Force India-Mercedes) +2.300
18. Giancarlo Fisichella (Ferrari) +2.328
19. Kamui Kobayashi (Toyota) +2.425
20. Romain Grosjean (Renault) +2.472
Rezultatele celui de-al doilea antrenament liber:
1. Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren-Mercedes) 1:41.307
2. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) +0.197
3. Jenson Button (Brawn-Mercedes) +0.234
4. Sebastian Vettel (RBR-Renault) +0.284
5. Kamui Kobayashi (Toyota) +0.329
6. Sebastien Buemi (STR-Ferrari) +0.376
7. Mark Webber (RBR-Renault) +0.377
8. Rubens Barrichello (Brawn-Mercedes) +0.524
9. Nico Rosberg (Williams-Toyota) +0.624
10. Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) +0.680
11. Adrian Sutil (Force India-Mercedes) +0.873
12. Kazuki Nakajima (Williams-Toyota) +0.938
13. Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber) +0.971
14. Jarno Trulli (Toyota) +1.102
15. Vitantonio Liuzzi (Force India-Mercedes) +1.223
16. Fernando Alonso (Renault) +1.475
17. Giancarlo Fisichella (Ferrari) +1.625
18. Romain Grosjean (Renault) +1.714
19. Jaime Alguersuari (STR-Ferrari) +1.715
20. Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber) +2.401
