Leclerc quickest as Abu Dhabi F1 take a look at ends

Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc ended the final day of 2024 Formulation 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 situations 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 any precise data over which of Pirelli’s six tyre compounds groups have been working when, and that’s with out contemplating gasoline hundreds and different parameters.

Groups loved a comparatively trouble-free day, apart from a really transient pink flag on the finish for unknown causes, handing Pirelli a lovely quantity of knowledge and driver suggestions to work with.

As was the case for Sainz and Hulkenberg, Tuesday’s post-season take a look at was an excellent alternative for Esteban Ocon to get his toes 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 Crimson Bull automotive and accomplished 127 laps, whereas the opposite Crimson Bull went to 2025 Racing Bulls hopeful and F2 runner-up Isack Hadjar.

McLaren IndyCar star Pato O’Ward obtained one other testing probability 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.

Photographs from the Abu Dhabi Check

Abu Dhabi F1 take a look at – full outcomes:

Pos
Driver
Group
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