Find out the results of Friday's testing at the Yas Marina Circuit

Dutchman Max Verstappen, driver of the "Red Bull-Honda" team, and British driver Lewis Hamilton, driver of the "Mercedes" team, exchanged control of the results of the first and second free practice sessions, in the "Etihad Airways Grand Prix", which begins on Sunday at the "Yas Marina Circuit" It is the final round of the Formula 1 World Championship.

The exchange of Verstappen and Hamilton, setting the fastest times for the circuit in the "Yas Marina" circuit in both tests, reflected the intensity of the competition that unites the drivers in their struggle for the title of the World Drivers' Championship for the current season, as they enter the "Abu Dhabi" race and they share the lead in the overall standings of the championship with 356.5 points each. who are they.

In the first free practice, Verstappen succeeded in setting fast times on the new track of the "Yas Marina Circuit", especially with his use of the softest tires, "soft", to lead at the end of these tests with a time of one minute and 25 seconds, and nine thousandths of a second, surpassing the Mercedes duo. Finland's Valtteri Bottas finished second, by 196 milliseconds, and Britain's Lewis Hamilton, who came third, 346 milliseconds behind the leader Verstappen.

In the second free practice, British Hamilton was able to regain his balance, recording the fastest time in the circuit and taking first place, achieving one minute and 24 seconds 691 milliseconds, 343 milliseconds ahead of the French Alpine driver Stepan Ocon in second place, and he fell Valtteri Bottas, the second driver in the Mercedes team, and Dutchman Max Verstappen in this session of testing, finished third and fourth, with a time of one minute 24 seconds and three milliseconds for Bottas, compared to one minute 24 seconds and 332 milliseconds for Verstappen.

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