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There's a bit more to come from the car, and we must do some hard work tonight to refine our set-up, but we're comfortable with where we are.

It had been a normal Friday until the last lap.

The short runs didn't go to plan, we are lacking a bit of pace but the long runs were more competitive so that's important.

As always, there is a lot to look at tonight and there are definitely further improvements to come from the car and the drivers.

Of some concern here are the kerbs, especially at exit of turns 5 and 9, as they are quite high and pointed. We are talking with the FIA about this.

In terms of pace, we did a good job with the race simulation and still have a little work to do to prepare for qualifying.

The challenge tonight is to understand the effect of the changes we've been making and to find the right compromise between the low and the high fuel running.

It was really the Friday practice we needed with a pair of relatively uneventful sessions.

We look fairly happy on low fuel and high fuel and so we are looking forward to the rest of the weekend.

We have learned a lot across the two sessions, so now it is about reviewing the data and trying to extract some more performance ahead of qualifying .

Following media reports that Mercedes might gamble on an engine change for Lewis Hamilton, the team's trackside engineering director, Andrew Shovlin has ruled out the move.

Our short run competitiveness wasn't quite where we typically are for a Friday.

Ferrari boss, Mattia Binotto dismisses reports of Jean Todt's return to Maranello in a consulting role as media speculation.

In more representative conditions, Lewis Hamilton leads the way in second practice as Red Bull pair appear strong on race pace.

Times from today's second free practice session for the Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.