Sebastian Vettel, after the first day of testing: "The differences were quite small"

The year 2018 ends for the German Ferrari driver, Sebastian Vettel. The second of the season concluded its work on the track with the test Pirelli which took place Tuesday in Abu Dhabi. And, to tell the truth, he hardly differed from what his championship was, that of Ferrari managed to end the day with the best time of the day in his pocket. However, during the morning session, he caused the red flag on the track with an accident in the first curve of the track. On impact, the German damaged the rear wing and the floor of his car, but fortunately did not have any consequences for the driver. After what happened, the team went to work and tried to repair the car as quickly as possible, although, with the incident, a lot of time on the track was lost.

At the end of the day, the German climbed to the top of the standings, although the number of laps was significant. As the Ferrari managed to give 67 laps to the Yas Marina route, only half gave the Mercedes around. Vettel considers that the important thing of this session is to get an idea of ​​the tires of the coming season and to have recently experienced this year to make a good comparison. The German explains that the differences are quite small for now, the similarities with the compounds of 2018 being remarkable for the pilot of the Rampante Cavallino, but we will have to wait for other important decisions for 2019. Decisions such as the new regulations and their impact on the speed, or types of compounds Pirelli includes in his choices for each GP. The Heppenheim begins to rest after setting the best time of the day: 36.812, it will be the turn of his new partner. Charles Leclerc will drive the Ferrari for the first time as an official Scuderia rider.

Fear and good result, all day Sebastian

"The purpose of this test is mainly to give a first idea of ​​the new tires.The impressions of the last race weekend are still fresh in our mind, which gives us the opportunity to compare." For lack of luck, we lost today a little time on the track to repair the car, but in general, I think that there were no big surprises, because these tires seem to work and are quite similar to the ones we used this season. We will now see how the new regulations for 2019 affect the speed of All cars and how they work in combination with the new compounds will also depend on the tire options offered by Pirelli to the different tracks. "

"Unfortunately, we had some problems, even though they were small, and we had to use a little more precaution and time to change the broken pieces, nothing important, but we lost a little bit of time, it's important especially for tires, it's nice to be able to finish the year with a previous idea for next season, the truth is that the differences were quite small, when talking with Pirelli, the The entire range is a bit more compressed, so the Hiperblando is closer to the rest and the hard tire, which does not use, should be more geared towards softer tires.We will now see what tire options for the next year is the most important thing to keep in mind, what tracks Pirelli will take with the different compounds. "time, it may mark more differences than the passage of the beach from 2018 to 2019 . "

Trust in your new partner and your new team

"I would have liked to do a little more, especially longer races, so we took a few, I think Charles will have more time on the track today and will find more answers about tires for 2019. For the moment, there is not much difference.We will analyze everything more closely, we have a lot of people specialized in this area, so I'm sure we will have answers. soon. "