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Abu Dhabi daytime sessions "a waste of time" - Raikkonen
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen dubbed the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend's daytime sessions a "waste of time" due to the qualifying and race being held in drastically different conditions. FP1 on Friday and FP3 on Saturday had kicked off at 1pm and 2pm local respectively, while FP2 on Friday, qualifying on Saturday and the race on Sunday all have a 5pm starting time. And the significant weather change between afternoon and evening sessions was what, according to Raikkonen's teammate Sebastian Vettel, led to Ferrari not getting the maximum out of qualifying. "We were probably a bit too aggressive trying to anticipate the conditions tonight, got caught out a little bit - it was...
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