Lewis Hamilton set the pace heading into qualifying with the quickest time in final practice at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Completing the final preparations before the all-important session later under the lights, the Briton posted a 1m37.176s to hold almost three-tenths advantage over Kimi Raikkonen as Ferrari turned up the wick.

Sebastian Vettel was third with Max Verstappen getting ahead of Valtteri Bottas into fourth for Red Bull, a position his team would be very happy with if he can repeat later.

There was problems for teammate Daniel Ricciardo, however, as the Australian was nine-tenths off the pace in six and pulled off the track in the closing minutes with his engine appearing to lose power.

In the midfield, Romain Grosjean was half a second clear of the rest in seventh but would be involved in a strange collision with Pierre Gasly after the chequered flag, coming together with his fellow countryman entering Turn 17.

The two Renault's of Nico Hulkenberg and Carlos Sainz sat eighth and ninth with Esteban Ocon, despite losing most of the session to an engine problem, moving upto 10th with his first flying lap.

Down the order, Charles Leclerc would hit the barrier at Turn 19 damaging his rear wing early in the session, requiring a change, but was still 13th in the Sauber and seven-tenths clear of teammate  Marcus Ericsson.

Fernando Alonso was also seen looking for every ounce of performance from his McLaren as he drifted through the corners, but it would be to little avail as he sat 16th.

Full results from the final practice session of 2018 can be seen below: