Abu Dhabi: Button nips Hamilton in practice 3
Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton were left to duke it out in the final minutes of Practice Three as the two Brits battled for supremacy.
In an near repeat of Friday's first session, it the new and the old F1 Champions who led the way around the new Yas Marina circuit in the daylight hours.
But while on Friday it was Hamilton who topped the charts, on Saturday it was Button who took control with his 1:40.625 in the dying seconds.
Results
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Pos |
Driver | Team | Time | Behind | Laps |
| 1. | Button | Brawn GP-Mercedes | 1:40.625 | +0.000 | 21 |
| 2. | Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:40.627 | +0.002 | 18 |
| 3. | Barrichello | Brawn GP-Mercedes | 1:40.907 | +0.282 | 20 |
| 4. | Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:40.934 | +0.309 | 22 |
| 5. | Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:41.241 | +0.616 | 18 |
| 6. | Kovalainen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:41.263 | +0.638 | 20 |
| 7. | Trulli | Toyota | 1:41.310 | +0.685 | 23 |
| 8. | Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:41.322 | +0.697 | 20 |
| 9. | Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:41.372 | +0.747 | 22 |
| 10. | Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1:41.373 | +0.748 | 23 |
| 11. | Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1:41.403 | +0.778 | 19 |
| 12. | Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 1:41.478 | +0.853 | 22 |
| 13. | Kobayashi | Toyota | 1:41.499 | +0.874 | 24 |
| 14. | Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1:41.675 | +1.050 | 20 |
| 15. | Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:41.682 | +1.057 | 15 |
| 16. | Alonso | Renault | 1:41.897 | +1.272 | 19 |
| 17. | Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1:42.156 | +1.531 | 21 |
| 18. | Grosjean | Renault | 1:42.213 | +1.588 | 19 |
| 19. | Fisichella | Ferrari | 1:42.351 | +1.726 | 23 |