O inglês Lewis Hamilton liderou a dobradinha da Mercedes, no terceiro e ultimo treino livre para o GP de Abu Dhabi. As Ferraris de Kimi RÁ¤ikkÁ¶nen e Sebastian Vettel vieram logo em seguida.
| POS | NO | PILOTO | EQUIPE | TEMPO | DIF. | VTS |
| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | MERCEDES | 1:37.627 |  | 19 |
| 2 | 77 | ValtteriÂBottas | MERCEDES | 1:37.900 | +0.273s | 21 |
| 3 | 7 | Kimi RÁ¤ikkÁ¶nen | FERRARI | 1:38.157 | +0.530s | 22 |
| 4 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | FERRARI | 1:38.174 | +0.547s | 22 |
| 5 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER | 1:38.340 | +0.713s | 16 |
| 6 | 33 | Max Verstappen | RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER | 1:38.587 | +0.960s | 14 |
| 7 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | MCLAREN HONDA | 1:39.155 | +1.528s | 15 |
| 8 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | MCLAREN HONDA | 1:39.277 | +1.650s | 18 |
| 9 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | RENAULT | 1:39.340 | +1.713s | 15 |
| 10 | 11 | Sergio Perez | FORCE INDIA MERCEDES | 1:39.367 | +1.740s | 19 |
| 11 | 19 | Felipe Massa | WILLIAMS MERCEDES | 1:39.383 | +1.756s | 16 |
| 12 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | RENAULT | 1:39.396 | +1.769s | 18 |
| 13 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | FORCE INDIA MERCEDES | 1:39.500 | +1.873s | 18 |
| 14 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | HAAS FERRARI | 1:39.831 | +2.204s | 19 |
| 15 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | HAAS FERRARI | 1:40.079 | +2.452s | 19 |
| 16 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | SAUBER FERRARI | 1:40.307 | +2.680s | 20 |
| 17 | 18 | Lance Stroll | WILLIAMS MERCEDES | 1:40.572 | +2.945s | 16 |
| 18 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | TORO ROSSO | 1:40.737 | +3.110s | 21 |
| 19 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | SAUBER FERRARI | 1:40.789 | +3.162s | 21 |
| 20 | 28 | Brendon Hartley | TORO ROSSO | 1:40.883 | +3.256s | 23 |
