Formula 1 First Free Practice Results Yas Marina Abu Dhabi Friday November 18
| P | Driver | Team | Lap time | Laps |
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 01:26.633 | 21 |
| 2 | George Russell | Mercedes | 01:26.853 | 30 |
| 3 | Charles Leclerc | Scuderia Ferrari | 01:26.888 | 22 |
| 4 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull Racing | 01:26.967 | 23 |
| 5 | Liam Lawson* | Red Bull Racing | 01:27.201 | 22 |
| 6 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 01:27.268 | 20 |
| 7 | Robert Shwartzman^ | Scuderia Ferrari | 01:27.429 | 24 |
| 8 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 01:27.619 | 21 |
| 9 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 01:27.655 | 23 |
| 10 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 01:27.840 | 26 |
| 11 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 01:27.845 | 28 |
| 12 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 01:27.891 | 27 |
| 13 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 01:27.991 | 28 |
| 14 | Robert Kubica° | Alfa Romeo | 01:28.064 | 22 |
| 15 | Logan Sargeant+ | Williams | 01:28.098 | 23 |
| 16 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 01:28.142 | 20 |
| 17 | Pietro Fittipaldi~ | Haas | 01:28.204 | 26 |
| 18 | Patricio O'Ward** | McLaren | 01:28.350 | 22 |
| 19 | Jack Doohan^^ | Alpine | 01:28.484 | 25 |
| 20 | Felipe Drugovich°° | Aston Martin | 01:28.672 | 23 |
*Substitute for Max Verstappen
^Substitute for Carlos Sainz
°Substitute for Guanyu Zhou
+Substitute for Nicholas Latifi
~Substitute for Mick Schumacher
**Substitute for Lando Norris
^^Substitute for Fernando Alonso
°°Substitute for Lance Stroll