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Abu Dhabi 2011 - Free Practice 1 results - Button leads the way with Friday drivers in action behind him

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In glorious sunshine, the Free Practice action got underway at Yas Marina. Three faces made a return to the cockpit for some Friday running - with Robert Wickens, Romain Grosjean and Jean-Éric Vergne all taking over the seats of their respective cars. Both Ferrari drivers spun off track in very similar fashion, Timo Glock also went for quite a spin, whilst Rubens Barrichello came to a spluttering halt when his car gave up beneath him. Jenson Button put in the best time of the morning session to take an early lead.

PositionDriverTeamTimeLaps
1Jenson ButtonMcLaren1:40.26321
2Mark WebberRed Bull1:40.38926
3Lewis HamiltonMcLaren1:40.40327
4Sebastian VettelRed Bull1:40.75527
5Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:40.80125
6Felipe MassaFerrari1:41.26017
7Adrian SutilForce India1:41.34023
8Nico RosbergMercedes1:42.13026
9Paul di RestaForce India1:42.15128
10Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso1:42.37726
11Jean-Éric VergneToro Rosso1:42.63326
12Romain GrosjeanRenault1:42.68529
13Vitaly PetrovRenault1:43.11813
14Pastor MaldonadoWilliams1:43.25529
15Michael SchumacherMercedes1:43.38924
16Sergio PérezSauber1:44.41228
17Kamui KobayashiSauber1:44.48418
18Heikki KovalainenLotus1:44.56527
19Jarno TrulliLotus1:44.89825
20Tonio LiuzziHRT1:46.38528
21Daniel RicciardoHRT1:46.53227
22Timo GlockVirgin1:48.02420
23Robert WickensVirgin1:48.55123
24Rubens BarrichelloWilliamsNo Time3

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