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Times 1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:34.794 2 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 0.162s 3 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 0.331s 4 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 0.571s 5 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 0.607s 6 Max Verstappen Red Bull 0.795s 7 Romain Grosjean Haas 1.398s 8 Charles Leclerc Sauber 1.443s 9 Esteban Ocon Force India 1.746s 10 Nico Hulkenberg Renault 1.748s 11 Carlos Sainz Renault 1:36.982 12 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 1:37.132 13 Kevin Magnussen Haas 1:37.309 14 Sergio Perez Force India 1:37.541 15 Fernando Alonso McLaren 1:37.743 16 Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso 1:37.994 17 Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso 1:38.166 18 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren 1:38.577 19 Sergey Sirotkin Williams 1:38.635 20 Lance Stroll Williams 1:38.682

Ocon has lost his Racing Point Force India seat to Lance Stroll as part of the changes triggered by Stroll’s father Lawrence leading the consortium that rescued the team.

Kubica is back on the F1 grid and he will be racing for Williams from 2019.

McLaren team boss Zak Brown commented: “We’re incredibly pleased and proud to be able to race a special one-off livery for Fernando in Abu Dhabi this weekend.

McLaren and Fernando Alonso will return to the Indianapolis 500 next year as the Spanish driver continues his pursuit of motorsport’s triple crown.

POS Driver Team Time Laps 1 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:08.846 47 2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 0.003s 41 3 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 0.073s 42 4 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 0.318s 43 5 Max Verstappen Red Bull 0.493s 26 6 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 0.566s 42 7 Romain Grosjean Haas 0.923s 44 8 Charles Leclerc Sauber 1.097s 44 […]