2023-11-28 12:29:14
Official closing of the season in Abu Dhabi, test of testers and veterans, both of the Pirelli 2024 and of parts and news for the cars that They will be released in a couple of months and will roll in March in the first tests in Bahrain.
For now the ‘hype’ is in Abu Dhabi among the Latin American community with the presence of two Mexicans as Checo Pérez and Pato O’Ward (McLaren), as well as the Argentine Franco Colapinto in the Williams, who had his country very aware of his first driver in F1 in years. Importantly, he has completed more than 300 kilometers of filming, so he is now eligible to have a super license, an essential requirement to be a pilot of the Great Circus.
The rookies, one per team, have a car just for them and take the opportunity to ride all day, some as a reward, others by contract and some as preparation.
And above all he commanded Carlos Sainz, exceeding 60 laps, with Pirelli tires without tread for a long time running at 1.30, and then doing short runs at 1.24. Validating tires but also predictably some piece or aerodynamic solution to be tested at constant speed for the upcoming car.
The world champion was not with him, Max Verstappen, the only big shot missing in Abu Dhabi since Fernando Alonso, for example, will be in the game laterafter the work of Stroll, very similar to that of Sainz during the sunny morning on the Emirati track (aerodynamic tests of the parts released in the last race on this same circuit, and other comparisons) that saw Its start was delayed half an hour due to the lack of a medical helicopter and then a red flag due to a water leak that soaked the circuit.
The best among the debutants, who already did free practice 1 in last Sunday’s Grand Prix, was precisely Felipe Drugovich with the Aston Martin, although two seconds behind the best time set by the Ferrari. Theo Pourchaire, the current Formula 2 champion, had worse luck, who was unable to ride a good part of the session with the Alfa Romeo due to a mechanical problem.
THE TIMES OF THE FIRST TEST
Sainz (Ferrari) – 1:24.799 – 69 laps
Pérez (Red Bull) – 1:25.724 – 49 laps
Piastri (McLaren) – 1:25.930 – 48 laps
Drugovich (Aston Martin) – 1:26.265 – 53 laps
Shwartzman (Ferrari) – 1:26.267 – 61 laps
Russell (Mercedes) – 1:26.641 – 58 laps
Dennis (Red Bull) – 1:26.441 – 62 laps
O’Ward (McLaren – 1:26.499 – 72 laps
Stroll (Aston Martin) – 1:26.775 – 35 laps
Colapinto (Williams) – 1:26.832 – 65 laps
Bearman (Haas) – 1:26.928 – 45 laps
Ocon (Alpine) – 1:26.958 – 63 laps
Ricciardo (AlphaTauri) – 1:26.965 – 55 laps
Vesti (Mercedes) – 1:27.041 – 58 laps
Doohan (Alpine) – 1:27.176 – 53 laps
Fittipaldi (Haas) – 1:27.368 – 54 laps
Pourchaire (Alfa Romeo) – 1:27.783 – 12 views
Albon (Williams) – 1:28.747 – 51 laps
Zhou (Alfa Romeo) – 1:28.747 – 54 laps
Iwasa (AlphaTauri) – 1:30.538 – 41 laps
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