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With a pleasant temperature of 28 degrees and a slightly cloudy sky, Formula 1 arrived in Abu Dhabi in its last day of work, in 2018. At half-time, at 14 pm local time (11 pm MEZ) was the only day-time race. man at the front, the Vettel inside the next season must fear:).
The Monegasse, who dropped last Sunday with a seventh place and 39 points in the Sauber Championship after just 21 races, immediately felt comfortable in the Ferrari.
The Ferrari striptease …
After a few minutes of testing, the red team was stressed. Leaving the stands, part of the panel fell. The interior was visible, but four mechanics immediately covered the car, covering the "bare" Boliden …
On Sunday, the winner Hamilton had undressed on the podium, there is only one car in striptease. After that was done with pleasure. And Monegas has become faster from one lap to the next.
After just an hour, Leclerc improved the best time of the day for teammate Vettel on Tuesday (1: 36.821) with a time of 1: 36.559. Yes, we can expect a great team duel in 2019.
The first Swiss F1 since 2015
For Louis Delétraz (21), based in Geneva, a dream came true at 9am. He made his first rounds of Formula 1 racing in the current Ferrari Haas. "I felt good right away, but I will move on to the next step after the break," Welsche said.
After 53 laps, his best time was 1: 39.751 – about half a second slower than the day before, Pietro Fittipaldi, grandson of the double champion of 1972 and 1974.
For Switzerland, the Deletraz test was the first official appearance of an Autogenossen since August 2015, by which time the Argentine Fabio Leimer had been allowed to play in Budapest for the first 90 minutes of training.
How is Giovinazzi?
In Sauber, the Italian Antonio Giovinazzi (25) has replaced the Finn Kimi Raikkonen (39) in the cockpit. The Finn had said goodbye to a smoky C37 (hydraulic leak) when he returned to Hinwiler after 17 years spent in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. Yes, he even kneels behind the car with the fire extinguisher.
Team leader Beat Zehnder: "He would not have used this thing, we would have noticed …" Of course, Sauber would have been wrapped in white.
Giovinazzi, who did not make friends with two accidents in Hinwil in the spring of 2017 (as Wehrlein's replacement) at GP China, has now remained calm at the next official appearance in Hinwil. He traveled 55 laps with the same tire material as Kimi for the moment, was a bit slower.
Only the material decides
Lance Stroll (from Williams to Racing Point) and Pierre Gasly (from Toro Rosso to Red Bull) showed after a few laps that new toys can inspire. And newcomers to the team, like Carlos Sainz (McLaren) or Robert Kubica (Williams), will not have an easy life in the wrong boxes.
test results
1. Leclerc (Ferrari) 1: 36,450
2. Gasly (Red Bull) 1: 37,976
3rd Drive (Racing Point) 1: 38,044
4. Bottas (Mercedes) 1: 38,590
5. Markelow (Renault) 1: 39,590
6. Kvyat (Toro Rosso) 1: 38,862
7. Deletraz (Haas) 1: 39,751
8. Sainz (McLaren) 1: 40,383
9. Giovinazzi (Sauber) 1: 40,435
10. Kubica (Williams) 1: 44,208
Pole Time 2018: Hamilton 1: 34,794
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