PRACTICE DEBRIEF: Will Red Bull face a fight in Abu Dhabi after a disrupted opening day?

F1 Correspondent & Presenter

Lawrence Barretto
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Formula 1 teams have a lot of work ahead of them overnight on Friday in Abu Dhabi after a disrupted day that saw very limited running in representative conditions. For the final time in 2023, here’s what we learned after practice at Yas Island.

World champions Red Bull have work to do

This wasn’t the smoothest of Fridays for Red Bull, who opted to use both cars in Abu Dhabi to fulfil their obligations to run young drivers in at least two FP1 sessions during a season.

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