The Ocon maneuver "was a revenge for Brazil"

Until there!

And we arrived in the live ticker for today at the end. Maria Reyer, thank you for your reading and hope that you will be back with us tomorrow, on the occasion of the second Pirelli test day. For a nice job, you should always be at the heart of our photo gallery of the day. Until then, goodbye!

Just sleep one more time …

… so Charles Leclerc can ride in the Ferrari – so really as a regular driver. Today, he could already try to wear a red uniform.

These drivers will be used on Wednesday:
Mercedes: Valtteri Bottas
Ferrari: Charles Leclerc
Red Bull: Pierre Gasly
Renault: Artem Markelov
Haas: Louis Deletraz
McLaren: Carlos Sainz
Force India: Sergio Perez / Lance Stroll
Clean: Antonio Giovinazzi
Toro Rosso: Daniil Kwjat
Williams: Robert Kubica / George Russell

The test will start again at 9 am local time (6 am) and continue until 18 hours. In the live ticker, we keep you posted on the second day of testing!

From zero to seven

The former Force India team already had 59 points on the World Cup count before the summer break, but everything was reset. By taking over the race team, Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon started again in Belgium at the beginning. At the end of the season, they scored 52 points in the remaining nine races. In total, you have accumulated 111 championship points. However, it would have landed only in fifth place behind Renault (122). The team finally finished seventh.

The boss of the team, Otmar Szafnauer, said that too many mistakes cost the sixth World Championship standings. He missed ten points in McLaren. "I think sixth place would have been possible, but we made too many mistakes in the last races," said Szafnauer. In Singapore and Mexico, one wrote a zero. In addition, Ocon was a victim of an oil leak Sunday. "I think from where we started at Spa, sixth place was reached, but seventh place is not bad either," says Szafnauer.

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In the wings

Nico Rosberg was in the final of the season in Abu Dhabi two years after the victory of his title on this course back on site and met many old acquaintances. He has also worked for Sky Sports F1 and RTL as a television expert. In the video, he takes us through the paddock – enjoy the visit!

Criticism of Pirelli

Pirelli extended its partnership with Formula 1 just a few days ago. The drivers were only moderately satisfied. Vettel also reiterated his criticisms of the gums, which were the subject of a few weeks ago at a meeting of drivers.

"You can not expect anything now, these discussions took place only three weeks ago, which had no effect on the tires in the coming year, which is more of a long-term idea, "said Vettel. "When you talk to all the riders, you hear that we are not completely satisfied with the tires, we would like to push further, but of course, it is very difficult to meet all the riders," said Ferrari driver. understand too.

Vettel: I would have liked to do more tricks

Sebastian Vettel has already spoken to the press after the test. The Ferrari driver was able to make a total of 67 laps today, which was difficult for the German. "The test was particularly important to get a first impression of the tires, the impressions of the weekend are still pretty cool, so we were able to make good comparisons, but unfortunately we had some problems today. took more time in It was nothing, but we lost time, "he says.

After his spell in the morning, he could still set the fastest time with the Hypersoft 2018 tire. What is the first impression of the new Pirelli tires for 2019? "Overall, there was no big surprise, the tires seem to work pretty well like the old ones." Vettel thinks that the bandwidth between the individual mixes has become smaller. He would have liked to drive longer, but now hopes that his Neo team mate, Charles Leclerc, will make more miles tomorrow.

The "Iceman" smiles!

Yes indeed! He did it, he smiled. Kimi Raikkonen rolls clean for the first time in 17 years and seems to enjoy it. After all, he ran over 100 laps.

First day of testing: Check!

The first day of Pirelli tests has just completed. Sebastian Vettel keeps his best time in 1: 36.812 minutes. This places him two seconds from Lewis Hamilton's pole time on Saturday. He has four tenths of Valtteri Bottas and six tenths ahead of Lance Stroll in Force India (you have to get used to this combination of words). Kimi Raikkonen is in the penultimate Sauber with three seconds behind.

The busiest driver: Sean Gelael in Toro Rosso with 150 laps! Valtteri Bottas (120), Max Verstappen (133), Lando Norris (136) and Nico Hulkenberg (128) were also good. Robert Kubica (32) was the least numerous.

– The result of the first day of testing in Abu Dhabi!

Stop, basta!

… thinks Robert Kubica and gets out of his Williams. He has already finished his tire test for today and soon follows his colleagues. Because it's already 3:15 pm (CET). Kubica will be back in the car tomorrow morning, George Russell will take over in the afternoon. Also for Kimi Raikkonen was after his technical defect already prematurely finished. The Finn was able to finish 102 laps at Sauber today.

Kimi just stay Kimi

Unfortunately, Kimi Raikkonen did not finish his last run in red. Nevertheless, he remains at the start of the last Ferrari world champion, the last Ferrari winner and the latest Ferrari Polsetter – not a bad performance. If the "Iceman" is sad about his move to Sauber? Whatever it is, he did not tear his tears. "It's just a different color." As he is right 😉

Last laps

Pietro Fittipaldi hit the road after replacing the Ferrari training. The Brazilian must now travel a few kilometers, since he was able to complete only 18 laps until he failed. By the way, his taillight is flashing green because he's still a rookie. This should help the following pilots to recognize that this is an inexperienced pilot.

Update: It will be a little longer today. Only at 3:15 pm, it should be finished.

Green!

One last time the engines are started. At 27 minutes, the traffic light is again green. Robert Kubica consults his engineers before leaving for the last time. Until 3 pm is always conducted.

Marko: Gasly must deliver in 2019

Today, Max Verstappen explained how he had mentioned Pierre Gasly about the Red Bull mission. Finally, Helmut Marko created facts and brought the French into the team. The Austrian is confident that the French has matured and that he will do a good job in the best team. However, the motor racing boss also said: if Gasly does not run, he takes the plane. (Daniil Kwjat sends greetings!)

Interesting: While Sebastian Vettel had only 25 races under his belt, Max Verstappen 23 years old and Daniil Kwjat only 19 years old, Gasly can draw on rich experience gained in 26 Grand Prix. Nevertheless, he must prove next to Verstappen 2019. "In football, you sit on the bench if you do not deliver," says Marko, in front of "Motorsport-Total.com". "That's exactly what's happening in Formula 1. Gasly has shown some speed, but we'll still need to introduce some discipline."

Red: Raikkonen is in turn 7

We take another look at Abu Dhabi, where the last hour of the tire test began. All the time, a red flag is reported again. This time, Kimi Raikkonen is taken to Sauber. He stopped in his turn.

Incidentally, the "Iceman" is on the road with a new helmet design and leads with a pure white suit without sponsor logos, since he is currently under contract with Ferrari until the end of the year. ;year.

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Formula 1 will soon be back on Sky?

By the end of 2017, RTL had obtained Formula 1 rights for Germany. The competitor Sky was out of the race with. The pay-TV channel wanted to broadcast only the first category, but it had to back down. He decided not to extend the rights.

As the "photo" indicates, Sky could transfer Formula 1 but soon again. In the background, a strong comeback is underway. According to the newspaper, discussions have already taken place between the owner of Sky, Comcast, and Liberty Media. By 2021, Formula 1 could be back in the program. By 2019, the streaming service "F1 TV" could run on Sky Q. Sky herself did not comment on the report. The fact is that many German fans want the return of the duo of commentators Sascha Roos and Marc Surer. Recently, FIA President Jean Todt also commented critically on RTL's coverage.

Mick Schumacher trains Formula 2

The European Formula 3 champion will enter Formula 2 in 2019, after all, the highest junior series in Formula 1. Mick Schumacher will race for the Prema team. So he goes one step closer to the upper class. Do not forget: the new Formula 2 champion, Georg Russell, leads after his title win in 2019 at Williams.