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Robert Kubica has already started work for the 2019 season. In Abu Dhabi, he is checking out Pirelli's new tire mixes. The pole will appear at the wheel of Williams FW41 in the afternoon. For more than three hours, he travels 28 days, which is the best result of the day. The Pole got a better time, 0.25 seconds, unbeatably compared to George Russell, with whom he will go to Williams for next season. They both had the fastest time on the same tire mix. The Briton drives 42 shots, rolls in the morning.
Kubica does not say anything after Tuesday's races, but George Russel would be happy with his training. – I feel more and more confident and check the limits of the car. For the driver, the steering wheel is very important. It's my first morning with Williams and it would be a good time. We set up our program, there was no problem, we gathered a lot of information – said Russell.
The second day of testing in Abu Dhabi. Robert Kubica will come from 6 am, Polish time and after The car will be taken over by George Russell.
The best individual time was given by Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) – 1: 36.812. It was 2.5 seconds better than Kubica's score. Germany will beat the 69th Sean Gelael, who tests for Toro Rosso, spends most of his time on the track. Overcoming 150 years 138 "kek" is driven by Lando Norris, new McLaren driver, and 10 less than Renault's Nico Hulkenberg. For the first time in the Force India team costume, we saw Lance Stoll, who spends her first two seasons at Williams. His time – 1: 37.416, the third result of the day, after Vettel and Bottas.
The results of the first day of F1 tests in Abu Dhabi:
However, no serious application can be obtained over time. In Abu Dhabi, the pilots have at their disposal this year's cars with parts used in the season ended on Sunday, the possibilities of configuration are limited and it is forbidden to mount additional sensors to collect aerodynamic data. These tests are mainly for Pirelli, she gives maps here in theory. Cho a team, as you can. Mercedes rides Sunday in Abu Dhabi in Lewis Hamilton's car to install additional sensors at the back of the car to collect as much data as possible Tuesday and Wednesday.
Drivers tested different mixtures, had different vehicle settings and fuel levels. In addition, the main objective of these tests is to know the tire mixes prepared by Pirelli for the following season. After Abu Dhabi, the team will have to decide on the allocation of tires for the first four lifts and winter tests in Barcelona (February 2019).
Kimi Raikkonen returns to Sauber
The event of the day in Abu Dhabi would bring Kimi Raikkonen to Sauber. Finn in this team starts his career in F1 and probably spend his last years in this sport. He has a two-year contract with Sauber. Raikkonen on Tuesday drives 102 determines, the best result 1: 39,878 by 11. result of the day.
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The 2007 World Champion had a technical problem at the last hour of the session and was going to stop on the track. Failure ends his races in turn number seven and he stops testing for 15 minutes.
Three colors of tires. Pirelli wants to reduce the number of mixtures
Instead of a full color shade on the tire sidewalls during the next season, we will see on the tracks three colors: white for hard tires, you for intermediate tires and red for tender tires. The teams will have more types of mixes at their disposal – probably pi, but Pirelli is determined not to complicate things for the fans. This season, only the most loyal fans of F1 knew what type of tires the drivers used.
In Abu Dhabi, different blends are available. – The tests will be important for us, because we want to give up a mixture. We have six options available, and it would be ideal if Pirelli Mario Isola's head before driving. During the 2018 season, seven mixes were available, but the very difficult ones were not nominated for any race. Hard drives were only available on Silverstone.
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