Leclerc and Ferrari conclude F1 tests in first place

As a reminder, these two days of testing aimed to offer the teams a first job with the 2019 tires, as well as to validate them completely on the side of Pirelli.

Even if the range of this rolling is to relativize outside the tire gives, Leclerc will have at least had the pleasure of seeing the number 1 next to his name for his first day in red. The Monegasque signed his time in the morning and did not lower it thereafter, browsing a total of 135 times the Yas Marina circuit. This remains the best time of the two days but far from the pole position of Lewis Hamilton last Saturday in 1'34 "794.

As this morning, it is Pierre Gasly who follows him, the French having improved his mark only 60 thousandths compared to this morning, and this in the last hour of driving. The Red Bull driver is ahead of Lance Stroll by 128 thousandths. The Canadian has still not been officially confirmed by Racing Point Force India.

Valtteri Bottas finishes fourth, with a time unchanged from this morning. Carlos Sainz, now McLaren, however, jumped by signing 1'38 "547 and finishing fifth.

Artem Markelov, in the Renault, is half a tenth of the Spaniard while George Russell has risen to seventh after taking over Robert Kubica in the final hours. Then come Daniil Kvyat, Louis Delétraz between the two Williams and Antonio Giovinazzi. The Sauber driver was behind a red flag after stopping in the pit exit tunnel in the afternoon.

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