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Summary Lewis Hamilton edged teammate Jenson Button in the second practice at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton drove mistake-free to edge McLaren teammate Jenson Button in the second practice at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Friday, while Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel was unhurt when he slid into a wall.Hamilton clocked 1 minute, 39.586 seconds on the 5.5-kilometer (3.5-mile) Yas Marina circuit, 0.199 seconds quicker than Button, who was fastest in the first practice.The solid run by Hamilton was in stark contrast to his last race at the Indian GP, where his aggressiveness in practice got the best of him and he was penalized three grid places for ignoring yellow flags.Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso, despite also sliding into a wall midway through the session, finished third on the dry track.Vettel ended up sixth after crashing nearly an hour into the second practice.I lost the car on the entrance to Turn 1, said Vettel, who appeared shaken after the crash but was smiling when he talked to reporters. I think I was too wide and too far on the curb, so I lost the rear and couldnt catch the car anymore. If you just touch the curb there then its fine, but I went too far on to it.Having already been crowned champion, Vettel is focused on getting his name into the history books.The two-time F1 champ has already won twice in Abu Dhabi, and another victory this weekend will leave him needing to take the checkered flag in the final race of the season in Brazil to match Michael Schumachers record of 13 wins in a season.Vettel can also equal the record for the most pole positions in a season (14) at Yas Marina.But after a rare mistake in the second session and a mediocre run in the first, Vettel has plenty of work to do in Saturday qualifying to put him in position to tie those two coveted marks.
