{"id":297358,"date":"2023-11-24T12:25:19","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T12:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=297358"},"modified":"2023-11-24T12:25:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T12:25:19","slug":"george-russell-finishes-quickest-in-opening-practice-for-abu-dhabi-gp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/racing\/f1\/george-russell-finishes-quickest-in-opening-practice-for-abu-dhabi-gp\/","title":{"rendered":"George Russell finishes quickest in opening practice for Abu Dhabi GP"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Mercedes star George Russell quickest in opening practice for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with one of TEN rookies finishing second&#8230; as Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton are among those to sit out the session<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Russell finished\u00a00.288 sec clear of Aston Martin stand-in Felipe Drugovich<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Hamilton, Verstappen, Lando Norris and Fernando Alonso missed the session<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Ten rookies took part in first practice, including three British junior stars<\/b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>George Russell finished fastest in opening practice for the concluding round of the Formula One season in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n<p>Triple world champion Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton sat out the first running with 10 rookie drivers blooded at the Yas Marina Circuit.<\/p>\n<p>Three Britons were among them with Zak O&#8217;Sullivan, 18, and Jake Dennis, 28, making their Formula One weekend debuts for Williams and Red Bull respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Ollie Bearman, 18, who in Mexico made history by becoming the youngest British debutant at a Grand Prix, was handed his second practice appearance by Haas.<\/p>\n<p>Dennis, in a Red Bull machine which Hamilton has described as the fastest ever seen in Formula One, finished 16th of the 20 runners, 1.1 seconds off the pace.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/11\/78194215-12787033-image-a-17_1700824028091.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>George Russell finished quickest in his Mercedes in opening practice, on a weekend where they will look to secure second in the constructors&#8217; championship ahead of rivals Ferrari<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/11\/78194237-12787033-image-a-18_1700824061941.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ten rookies took part in the session with Brazilian Felipe Drugovich impressing in second<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/11\/78194249-12787033-image-a-19_1700824089361.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton were among the big-hitters to sit out the opening session<\/p>\n<h3>Abu Dhabi FP1 results\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>\u00a01. George Russell &#8211; Mercedes<\/p>\n<p>2. Felipe Drugovich (R) &#8211; Aston Martin<\/p>\n<p>3. Daniel Ricciardo &#8211; AlphaTauri<\/p>\n<p>4. Valtteri Bottas &#8211; Alfa Romeo<\/p>\n<p>5. Lance Stroll &#8211; Aston Martin<\/p>\n<p>6. Oscar Piastri &#8211; McLaren<\/p>\n<p>7. Carlos Sainz &#8211; Ferrari\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>8. Robert Shwartzmann (R) &#8211; Ferrari<\/p>\n<p>9. Pierre Gasly &#8211; Alpine<\/p>\n<p>10. Yuki Tsunoda &#8211; AlphaTauri\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a011. Logan Sargeant &#8211; Williams<\/p>\n<p>12. Frederik Vesti (R) &#8211; Mercedes<\/p>\n<p>13. Jack Doohan (R) &#8211; Alpine<\/p>\n<p>14. Theo Pourchaire (R) &#8211; Alfa Romeo<\/p>\n<p>15. Patricio O&#8217;Ward (R) &#8211; McLaren<\/p>\n<p>16. Jake Dennis (R) &#8211; Red Bull<\/p>\n<p>17. Isack Hadjar (R) &#8211; Red Bull<\/p>\n<p>18. Zak O&#8217;Sullivan (R) &#8211; Williams<\/p>\n<p>19. Kevin Magnussen &#8211; Haas<\/p>\n<p>20. Oliver Bearman (R) &#8211; Haas\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Sullivan was 18th &#8211; seven tenths behind Williams&#8217; Logan Sargeant &#8211; with Bearman 20th and last, albeit only a tenth slower than Kevin Magnussen in the other Haas.<\/p>\n<p>Mercedes are facing up to ending the season without a single victory &#8211; the first time that has happened in 12 years.<\/p>\n<p>But the troubled Silver Arrows will take some confidence from ending the opening running at the top of the order.<\/p>\n<p>Russell finished 0.288 sec clear of Aston Martin stand-in Felipe Drugovich &#8211; who finished highest of the substitute drivers &#8211; with Daniel Ricciardo third for AlphaTauri.<\/p>\n<p>Valtteri Bottas was fourth in his Alfa Romeo, ahead of Lance Stroll and Oscar Piastri.<\/p>\n<p>The day&#8217;s concluding session &#8211; which will see the return of Verstappen, Hamilton and McLaren&#8217;s Lando Norris &#8211; gets under way at 5pm local time<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/11\/78194257-12787033-image-a-20_1700824107592.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Zak O&#8217;Sullivan &#8211; who finished second in the F3 championship &#8211; made his F1 debut with Williams<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/24\/11\/78194277-12787033-image-a-21_1700824148331.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jake Dennis, who won the last Formula E championship, filled in for Verstappen at Red Bull<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/formulaone\/article-12787033\/Mercedes-star-George-Russell-quickest-opening-practice-Abu-Dhabi-Grand-Prix-one-TEN-rookies-finishing-second-Max-Verstappen-Lewis-Hamilton-sit-session.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mercedes star George Russell quickest in opening practice for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with one of TEN rookies finishing second&#8230; as Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton are among those to sit out the session Russell finished\u00a00.288 sec clear of Aston Martin stand-in Felipe Drugovich Hamilton, Verstappen, Lando Norris and Fernando Alonso missed the session [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297357,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>George Russell finishes quickest in opening practice for Abu Dhabi GP - Sports Life Tale<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/racing\/f1\/george-russell-finishes-quickest-in-opening-practice-for-abu-dhabi-gp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"George Russell finishes quickest in opening practice for Abu Dhabi GP - Sports Life Tale\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mercedes star George Russell quickest in opening practice for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with one of TEN rookies finishing second&#8230; 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