Charles Leclerc was quickest in Formulation 1’s sole day of post-season testing, as he once more shared the monitor along with his brother Arthur.
The Ferrari driver who completed third on the planet championship set a quickest time of 1’23.510 and coated 134 laps.
Mercedes junior driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli, who was initially scheduled to do a full day’s working, missed the start of the take a look at however joined in time to cowl 62 laps, getting inside four-tenths of a second of Leclerc’s finest time. The pair have been separated by Carlos Sainz Jnr, making his debut for Williams, George Russell within the different Mercedes and Nico Hulkenberg, on his first day with Sauber.
Frederik Vesti substituted for Antonelli early on within the session. He coated 55 laps and ended the take a look at on the backside of the occasions with Ferrari’s Antonio Fuoco, one other driver who solely ran earlier within the day when monitor circumstances have been much less beneficial.
Pink Bull used the take a look at to present Yuki Tsunoda his first alternative to drive one among their automobiles. He and Isack Hadjar’s finest lap occasions have been inside hundredths of a second of one another, the Formulation 2 runner-up having already pushed the RB20 in follow periods twice this yr.
Tsunoda raved about his first run in Max Verstappen’s world championship-winning machine. “It’s the primary time up to now 4 years that I’ve pushed a unique automotive,” he mentioned.
“You may bodily really feel why the RB20 has been preventing for a championship this yr, it appears like a really totally different automotive to drive. We’ve had a really [productive] day at present so I’m actually pleased with that.”
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“I really feel just like the automotive fits my driving model and I haven’t struggled a lot in any respect to adapt,” he added, “even on the lengthy runs I’ve been capable of run persistently at present and was capable of really feel the constraints of the automotive which, if you happen to don’t trust within the automotive, you might be unable to check.”
Whereas McLaren’s IndyCar star Pato O’Ward had his newest run in one of many MCL38s, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri shared the opposite. Norris had a short spin early on within the session with out inflicting injury.
Abu Dhabi post-season take a look at occasions
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