Max Verstappen has ended the second free practice session from the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on top of the timesheets, setting a 1:25.146.
The Dutchman was over three-tenths of a second in front of George Russell, who formed a 1-2 finish with team-mate Lewis Hamilton at the end of FP1 earlier this afternoon.
Verstappen was one of eight F1 drivers that got their first on-track action of the day as a number of rookies took part in the opening session.
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Charles Leclerc was third fastest for Ferrari, ahead of the second Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton in fourth.
Sergio Perez and Charles Leclerc were fifth and sixth respectively.
The Alpine duo of Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso set the seventh and eighth fastest lap times, while Daniel Ricciardo and Valtteri Bottas rounded out the top 10.
In his final ever FP2 outing, Sebastian Vettel was 12th for Aston Martin, finishing marginally behind Lando Norris.
Lance Stroll followed his team-mate in 14th, with Zhou Guanyu sitting between the Aston Martin duo.
Yuki Tsunoda was 15th, with Alexander Albon 16th on the timesheet.
The Haas pairing of Mick Schumacher and Kevin Magnussen were 17th and 18th, with Pierre Gasly 19th for AlphaTauri.
Nicholas Latifi, who will leave Williams at the end of the weekend, rounded out the times.
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