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Leclerc had already raced for Ferrari before, including some runs at Monza earlier this year, but he predicted that his first attempts as an official race driver would be an "emotional" and "special" experience.
He began by recording Wednesday the fastest time of the first four hours of the day, which will last another five hours, until 18:00 (local time).
Leclerc climbed to the top in the second hour with a lap in 1: 36.938, then dropped two hundredths later, remaining one-tenth slower than Sebastian Vettel's time on Tuesday.
The 21-year-old was even faster shortly after noon, scoring 1: 36.559, almost three-tenths less than the best of Vettel, although his weight and setup conditions are unknown.
Like Leclerc, Pierre Gasly is testing with one of the three current F1 teams, as he was at the wheel of Red Bull, with which he will participate in 2019.
Gasly, who drove for the last time a Red Bull in the tests of August 2017, set the second fastest time, 1s4 slower than Leclerc after upgrading to the fourth hour.
Lance Stroll, the rider not yet confirmed but expected Racing Point Force India, has reappeared for the team after wearing the rose for the first time on Tuesday.
Stroll clocked the third fastest time, improving, as the first two, afternoon and remaining 0.070 seconds behind Gasly.
Valtteri Bottas continued during the second day of testing at the controls of the Mercedes and was the fourth fastest after the first four hours.
Daniil Kvyat has taken the wheel of a Toro Rosso for the first time since his dismissal after the 2017 US Grand Prix. The Russian has completed the top five at 2.3 seconds from Leclerc.
His compatriot Artem Markelov was sixth with Renault, while Louis Deletraz made his F1 debut with Haas in seventh place, with a best time of 1: 40.153, recorded in the second hour.
That leaves him two tenths of the new McLaren man, Carlos Sainz, who has traveled the first kilometers with the Woking team.
Antonio Giovinazzi replaced Kimi Raikkonen in Sauber and recorded the ninth fastest time, ahead of Robert Kubica, who did not set a representative time in the morning and will make room for his teammate for 2019, George Russell, the rest of the day. .
F1 – Test of Abu Dhabi – Wednesday – Morning sitting
| Pos. | Pilot | car | The weather | Returns |
| 1 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari SF71H | 1 & # 39; 36,559 | 54 |
| 2 | Pierre Gasly | Red Bull RB14 | 1 & # 39; 37,976 | 63 |
| 3 | Lance Stroll | Force India VJM11 | 1 & # 39; 38.044 | 47 |
| 4 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes F1 W09 EQ Power + | 1 & # 39; 38,590 | 78 |
| 5 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso STR13 | 1 & # 39; 38,862 | 52 |
| 6 | Artem Markelov | Renault R.S.18 | 1 & # 39; 39,240 | 47 |
| 7 | Louis Deletraz | Haas VF-18 | 1 & # 39; 40,154 | 51 |
| 8 | Carlos Sainz | McLaren MCL33 | 1 & # 39; 40.383 | 59 |
| 9 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Sauber C37 | 1 & # 39; 40.435 | 41 |
| 10 | Robert Kubica | Williams FW41 | 1 & # 39; 44,208 | 39 |
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