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Leclerc quickest as Abu Dhabi F1 take a look at ends
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Leclerc quickest as Abu Dhabi F1 take a look at ends

By Miles Cooper December 10, 2024
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Leclerc quickest as Abu Dhabi F1 take a look at ends

Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc ended the final day of 2024 Components 1 working on high at Abu Dhabi’s post-season take a look at.

Whereas testing 2025 tyre compounds for Pirelli, Leclerc set the quickest time over Tuesday’s nine-hour take a look at on the Yas Marina circuit that hosted the season finale two days earlier.

Within the cooler afternoon circumstances after sundown Leclerc clocked a 1m23.510s to go high, finishing 134 laps. On the time he demoted Mercedes driver George Russell who turned the identical variety of excursions.

On his full Williams debut, which comprised 146 laps, Carlos Sainz additionally went faster than Russell to go second one tenth behind the Briton, with Nico Hulkenberg taking fourth on his first day aboard the Sauber.

After sitting out the morning as he recovers from the flu, 2025 Mercedes rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli went fifth -quickest within the second W15 designated for younger drivers.

Instances from Tuesday’s take a look at are all however meaningless given there isn’t a actual data over which of Pirelli’s six tyre compounds groups have been working when, and that’s with out contemplating gas hundreds and different parameters.

Groups loved a comparatively trouble-free day, aside from a really temporary crimson flag on the finish for unknown causes, handing Pirelli a satisfying quantity of information and driver suggestions to work with.

As was the case for Sainz and Hulkenberg, Tuesday’s post-season take a look at was an important alternative for Esteban Ocon to get his ft beneath his desk at his new Haas crew, with the Frenchman sitting out the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to be launched for the take a look at. Ocon turned 119 laps within the VF-24 to finish the day in tenth.

Hulkenberg’s 2025 Sauber team-mate and F2 champion Gabriel Bortoleto additionally made his debut for his new outfit.

Different notable appearances embrace Yuki Tsunoda, who was lastly handed a primary take a look at in a Purple Bull automobile and accomplished 127 laps, whereas the opposite Purple Bull went to 2025 Racing Bulls hopeful and F2 runner-up Isack Hadjar.

McLaren IndyCar star Pato O’Ward obtained one other testing likelihood for the just lately topped world champions, finishing two full grand prix distances.

The Tuesday take a look at brings down the curtains on the 2024 F1 season, with the following on-track motion scheduled at Bahrain’s three-day winter take a look at between 26-28 February.

The 2025 season opener will kick off with Melbourne’s Australian Grand Prix on 16 March.

Pictures from the Abu Dhabi Check

Abu Dhabi F1 take a look at – full outcomes:

Pos
Driver
Workforce
Time
Laps

1
Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
1m23.510s
134

2
Carlos Sainz
Williams
1m23.635s
146

3
George Russell
Mercedes
1m23.789s
134

4
Nico Hulkenberg
Sauber
1m23.859s
113

5
Andrea Kimi Antonelli
Mercedes
1m23.873s
62

6
Ayumu Iwasa
RB
1m24.100s
110

7
Pato O’Ward
McLaren
1m24.222s
116

8
Jack Doohan
Alpine
1m24.268s
137

9
Paul Aron
Alpine
1m24.275s
121

10
Esteban Ocon
Haas
1m24.305s
119

11
Luke Browning
Williams
1m24.375s
105

12
Ryo Hirakawa
Haas
1m24.435s
133

13
Liam Lawson
RB
1m24.440s
159

14
Arthur Leclerc
Ferrari
1m24.576s
68

15
Isack Hadjar
Purple Bull
1m24.632s
125

16
Lando Norris
McLaren
1m24.678s
84

17
Yuki Tsunoda
Purple Bull
1m24.689s
127

18
Gabriel Bortoleto
Sauber
1m24.738s
130

19
Oscar Piastri
McLaren
1m24.838s
72

20
Jak Crawford
Aston Martin
1m24.997s
109

21
Felipe Drugovich
Astin Martin
1m25.010s
146

22
Frederik Vesti
Mercedes
1m25.159s
55

23
Antonio Fuoco
Ferrari
1m25.238s
73

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