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Practice One - Grosjean puts Lotus on top in Abu Dhabi

Man of the moment, Lotus’s Romain Grosjean, set the pace in Yas Marina on Friday afternoon in an opening practice session in which track conditions never really evolved, meaning everyone struggled for grip on the medium Pirellis. Lewis Hamilton looked to have things sewn up for Mercedes with a lap of 1m 44.433s, when Grosjean banged in 1m 44.241s right at the end to go fastest by 0.192s. The lack of grip meant that the times were very close. Right behind Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel was third for Red Bull on 1m 44.499s, chased by team mate Mark Webber on 1m 44.712s, Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg on 1m 44.741s and the second Lotus of Kimi Raikkonen on 1m 44.929s. Paul di Resta was...
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