The final practice session for the 2013 Abu Dhabi would get underway with both Williams F1 drivers, Pastor Maldonado and Valtteri Bottas, taking to the track to complete a single installation lap prior to pitting. The Williams team mechanics would complete their normal post installation checks with Pastor's mechanics check the rear of his car.. Everyone was running on the medium tyre for their first runs as several drivers returned to the track for their first timed laps. It would be Pic who would set a 1m:50.512 but he was quickly beaten by Van der Gar with a 1m:47.898. We had both Force India and Lotus cars out on the track joined by both Marussia cars.

Both Torro Rosso cars were also out as Bianchi set a 1m:57.107 to be third. Raikkonen would go fastest with a 1m:45.026 while behind him Di Resta was second but was passed by Vergne with a 1m:45.285. Both Williams drivers were out on the track running on the medium tyre as Vettel went fastest with a time of 1m:44.117. Pastor's first lap was a 1m:45.658 to be fifth. Valtteri had set a 1m:50.504 on his first slow lap. Raikkonen would go fastest with a 1m:43.949 with Vettel now second and Grosjean now third. Valtteri's next lap would be a 1m:44.727 to see him fourth while Pastor had dropped to eighth. Pastor would find time with a 1m:44.895 to be sixth with Di Resta now seventh. Behind the Force India was Ricciardo followed by Pic, and Van der Gar in tenth. Pastor would go fastest in sector two while Valtteri was also on a quicker lap.

Pastor would fail to improve his time while Valtteri would set a 1m:44.346 but remained fourth. Button was now ninth with Rosberg now tenth. We had yet to see times from Hamilton, Massa, Alonso, Perez, and Webber with thirty four minutes remaining. Vergne was fifth but this would become sixth as Hamilton went second with a 1m:43.872. Hulkenberg was now seventh as both Williams drivers pitted. Valtteri was currently fifth and Pastor eighth as Webber went fastest in sector two. Button would go sixth with a 1m:44.653 as Webber would go second with a 1m:43.823. It was confirmed that both Williams cars were running exhausts that came out of the bodywork rather than the complicated system that they had tried previously. Some of these developments were coming from the 2014 regulations.

Both Ferrari's were at the rear of the field as Rosberg went fourth with a 1m:43.896. Valtteri had dropped to seventh while Pastor was now eleventh. Massa was now thirteenth and Alonso fifteenth with over half the session completed. Rosberg would go fastest with a 1m:43.784 followed by Vettel and Webber. Hamilton was fourth followed by Raikkonen, Button, Grosjean and Valtteri. Everyone was out on the track except Button and Alonso. Hamilton was now second with a time of 1m:43.785 to be just 0.001 behind his team-mate. Valtteri was now on a run comparing front wings while at the front Vettel would again go fastest with a 1m:43.541 but just as quickly Rosberg would go faster with a 1m:43.465. Hamilton would pit with Perez back in his garage with out having set a time. Twenty minutes remaining in the session with both Hamilton and Rosberg pitting. Valtteri was currently eighth while Pastor had dropped to thirteenth.

Vettel would go fastest in sector one but he would pit at the end of the lap. Sutil was now ninth with a 1m:44.500 with Bianchi spinning at Turn one ending up pointing the wrong direction with some damage to his car. This would see a yellow flag come out and the field all pitting. Rosberg was fastest with a time of 1m:43.465s, 0.054s ahead of Webber in second, with Vettel third and Hamilton fourth. The track was now empty as they recovered Bianchi's car. Drivers would start to come out on the option tyre with Button out first joi9ned by both Sauber's and Rosberg. Hamilton was next along with Alonso. Valtteri would be first back out for Williams along with both Force India cars as Button went fastest in sector one and two. Raikkonen was also out on the track as Rosberg went fastest in sector one as Button set a 1m:41.956 to be quickest as Hulkenberg went second with a 1m:42.055. The times were tumbling as Vettel was told he would get three timed laps on the soft tyre.

Gutierrez was now third followed by Alonso as Hamilton went fastest with a 1m:41.580 as Rosberg finished with a 1m:42.039 to be third. Pastor was also back out on the track as Valtteri went seventh with a 1m:42.698 as Vettel went fastest in sector one. Ricciardo was now eighth as Raikkonen went fifth with a 1m:42.387 with Alonso pitting with four minutes remaining. Vergne was now seventh as Valtteri dropped to tenth. Vettel would go fastest with a 1m:41.351 with Hamilton second and Grosjean now third. Webber was now up to fourth with a time of 1m:41.860 with Alonso back out on the track. Button was now fifth from Rosberg and Hulkenberg. Pastor would set a 1m:42.798 to be fifteenth with Valtteri having dropped to twelfth. Hamilton would improve with a 1m:41.580 while Rosberg was now third, 1m:41.721.

Di Resta would improve to be twelfth pushing Valtteri down to thirteenth and Pastor now sixteenth. The session would come to an end with Webber on his final lap going fastest in sector one. He would finish with a 1m:41.571 to be second 0,222 behind Vettel. Hamilton was third from Rosberg, Grosjean, Button, Hulkenberg, Gutierrez, Raikkonen, and Vergne tenth. Alonso was down in eleventh and Massa fourteenth. For Williams Valtteri would finish in thirteenth and fifteenth with Valtteri faster than Pastor for the first time this weekend.

Pos  Driver         	  Team		        Time     Laps
 1.  Sebastian Vettel     Red Bull-Renault      1m41.349s 19
 2.  Mark Webber          Red Bull-Renault      1m41.571s 17
 3.  Lewis Hamilton       Mercedes              1m41.580s 18
 4.  Nico Rosberg         Mercedes              1m41.721s 19
 5.  Romain Grosjean      Lotus-Renault         1m41.832s 19
 6.  Jenson Button        McLaren-Mercedes      1m41.956s 19
 7.  Nico Hulkenberg      Sauber-Ferrari        1m42.055s 19
 8.  Esteban Gutierrez    Sauber-Ferrari        1m42.282s 19
 9.  Kimi Raikkonen       Lotus-Renault         1m42.387s 18
10.  Jean-Eric Vergne     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m42.457s 21
11.  Fernando Alonso      Ferrari               1m42.516s 15
12.  Paul di Resta        Force India-Mercedes  1m42.681s 23
13.  Valtteri Bottas      Williams-Renault      1m42.698s 19
14.  Felipe Massa         Ferrari               1m42.702s 16
15.  Daniel Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m42.727s 18
16.  Pastor Maldonado     Williams-Renault      1m42.798s 18
17.  Adrian Sutil         Force India-Mercedes  1m42.989s 22
18.  Sergio Perez         McLaren-Mercedes      1m43.142s 15
19.  Giedo van der Garde  Caterham-Renault      1m44.472s 20
20.  Charles Pic          Caterham-Renault      1m44.728s 21
21.  Max Chilton          Marussia-Cosworth     1m45.621s 20
22.  Jules Bianchi        Marussia-Cosworth     1m47.506s 15