Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Post-Season Testing
Leclerc quickest as Abu Dhabi F1 test ends
2024 Formula 1 running comes to a close in Abu Dhabi
Filip Cleeren
Edited: Dec 10, 2024, 2:34 PM
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Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc ended the last day of 2024 Formula 1 running on top at Abu Dhabi's post-season test.
While testing 2025 tyre compounds for Pirelli, Leclerc set the fastest time over Tuesday's nine-hour test at the Yas Marina circuit that hosted the season finale two days earlier.
In the cooler afternoon conditions after sunset Leclerc clocked a 1m23.510s to go top, completing 134 laps. At the time he demoted Mercedes driver George Russell who turned the same number of tours.
On his full Williams debut, which comprised 146 laps, Carlos Sainz also went quicker than Russell to go second one tenth behind the Briton, with Nico Hulkenberg taking fourth on his first day aboard the Sauber.
After sitting out the morning as he recovers from the flu, 2025 Mercedes rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli went fifth -quickest in the second W15 designated for young drivers.
Times from Tuesday's test are all but meaningless given there is no exact information over which of Pirelli's six tyre compounds teams have been running when, and that is without considering fuel loads and other parameters.
Teams enjoyed a relatively trouble-free day, other than a very brief red flag at the end for unknown reasons, handing Pirelli a pleasing amount of data and driver feedback to work with.
As was the case for Sainz and Hulkenberg, Tuesday's post-season test was a great opportunity for Esteban Ocon to get his feet under his desk at his new Haas team, with the Frenchman sitting out the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to be released for the test. Ocon turned 119 laps in the VF-24 to end the day in 10th.
Hulkenberg's 2025 Sauber team-mate and F2 champion Gabriel Bortoleto also made his debut for his new outfit.
Other notable appearances include Yuki Tsunoda, who was finally handed a first test in a Red Bull car and completed 127 laps, while the other Red Bull went to 2025 Racing Bulls hopeful and F2 runner-up Isack Hadjar.
McLaren IndyCar star Pato O'Ward received another testing chance for the recently crowned world champions, completing two full grand prix distances.
The Tuesday test brings down the curtains on the 2024 F1 season, with the next on-track action scheduled at Bahrain's three-day winter test between 26-28 February.
The 2025 season opener will kick off with Melbourne's Australian Grand Prix on 16 March.
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Abu Dhabi F1 test - full results:
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1m23.510s 134 2 Carlos Sainz Williams 1m23.635s 146 3 George Russell Mercedes 1m23.789s 134 4 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber 1m23.859s 113 5 Andrea Kimi Antonelli Mercedes 1m23.873s 62 6 Ayumu Iwasa RB 1m24.100s 110 7 Pato O'Ward McLaren 1m24.222s 116 8 Jack Doohan Alpine 1m24.268s 137 9 Paul Aron Alpine 1m24.275s 121 10 Esteban Ocon Haas 1m24.305s 119 11 Luke Browning Williams 1m24.375s 105 12 Ryo Hirakawa Haas 1m24.435s 133 13 Liam Lawson RB 1m24.440s 159 14 Arthur Leclerc Ferrari 1m24.576s 68 15 Isack Hadjar Red Bull 1m24.632s 125 16 Lando Norris McLaren 1m24.678s 84 17 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull 1m24.689s 127 18 Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber 1m24.738s 130 19 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1m24.838s 72 20 Jak Crawford Aston Martin 1m24.997s 109 21 Felipe Drugovich Astin Martin 1m25.010s 146 22 Frederik Vesti Mercedes 1m25.159s 55 23 Antonio Fuoco Ferrari 1m25.238s 73
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