Perez topped the final F1 practice session of 2022 from Verstappen and Mercedes duo Hamilton and Russell. Full report and results: AbuDhabiGP
entered the top four, splitting Hamilton and Russell, while Leclerc came to within half a tenth of Hamilton's leading time.
Ocon briefly came to a stop at Turn 14 after 25 minutes, causing a yellow flag, but the Frenchman managed to get going again. Red Bull joined the party fashionably late, with world champion Verstappen the last man to turn a wheel. As he stayed in the garage for the first half of the session, teammate Perez went top with a 1m25.861s on mediums., whose puncture tore off a piece of his AlphaTauri's right-front wheelbrow when he ran over the Turn 9 exit kerbs.
Gasly reported"strange vibrations" on the front axle before the incident, hinting at possible underlying suspension issues.
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