Tfirst workout Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2021 was held on Friday and Max Verstappen topped the time sheets, setting the time to 1: 25.009. It was faster than Valtteri Bottas by 0.196 seconds and than the title contender Lewis Hamilton by 0.346 seconds.
Sergio Perez was the fourth fastest, while the pace AlphaTauris it was also good like Yuki Tsunoda was the fifth fastest and Pierre Gasly seventh.
Ferrari seems to have focused on their plans for 2022 while Charles Leclerc went out with an aero rake to the back of his car to collect some useful data.
Overall, the riders took the time to grope the track, with some modifications made to the Yas Marina circuit.
When the second training session takes place, we will have a clearer idea of who should qualify and race faster as FP2 kicks off at 17:00 local time, that is, at the same time as the two main events.