Rubens Barrichello has explained that an engine issue was the reason behind him losing valuable track time in Abu Dhabi on Friday, with the Brazilian’s car needing a new power plant after the first practice session. The Williams man ultimately ended his day in 16th place, on spot ahead of team-mate Pastor Maldonado.
"We had a little set back up in the morning with a problem with the engine so we were playing catch up in the afternoon," said Barrichello. "The team did a good job to change the engine between sessions. The one we ran in the second session had quite a few kilometres on it already now that we are near the end of the season, but it did a good job."
Maldonado added his thoughts: "We covered all our scheduled running today. For me, that included working hard on optimising the set-up of my car for the race because of the grid penalty. We still have to do some more work in order to find a better balance.
"If we can do that, it will help our performance a bit. The tyres are doing well here; degradation is quite low, so that’s a positive."
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| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  L. Hamilton | McLaren | 01:39.586 | 31 |
| 2. | J. Button | McLaren | 01:39.785 | 30 |
| 3. | F. Alonso | Ferrari | 01:39.971 | 20 |
| 4. | F. Massa | Ferrari | 01:39.980 | 34 |
| 5. | M. Webber | Red Bull | 01:40.104 | 35 |
| 6. | S. Vettel | Red Bull | 01:40.132 | 26 |
| 7. | M. Schumacher | Mercedes | 01:40.553 | 34 |
| 8. | A. Sutil | Force India | 01:40.951 | 34 |
| 9. | P. di Resta | Force India | 01:41.021 | 37 |
| 10. | K. Kobayashi | Sauber | 01:41.490 | 34 |
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