McLaren's Lewis Hamilton headed the timesheets in the second practice session ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, edging out Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, who was quickest in the first session.

Hamilton, who still has the slimmest chance of winning the world title for a second time, impressed round the Yas Marina circuit, being more than two tenths of a second faster than Vettel.

Standings leader Fernando Alonso was third quickest in his Ferrari, with Mark Webber bringing the second Red Bull home in fourth.

The first session had seen Vettel record a time more than half a second qu8icker than the rest of the field, with Hamilton and Jenson Button second and third, Webber fourth and Alonso down in sixth.

Alonso, who can complete a world title hat-trick at the weekend, heads the standings by eight points going in to the season's finale, with Webber second and Vettel 15 points behind the Spaniard.

Hamilton is 24 points adrift of Alonso and requires a minor miracle to capture the title.

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