DAY ONE OVERVIEW 

Date	Tuesday 3 December 2019
Driver	Lando Norris
Location	Yas Marina Circuit (5.554km/3.451 miles)
Laps/km/miles	125 laps/694.25km/431.38 miles
Best laptime	1:39.741s

   

LANDO NORRIS, #4

“It’s a Pirelli test so obviously we’ve been trying out lots of tyres today, 2019 and 2020 compounds, and conducting back-to-back comparisons. Short performance runs but also long runs without changing anything on the car so that tyres can be compared.

“But it was also a good day for me to explore different driving styles and techniques. Overall, it’s been a productive day with good mileage achieved and with both the team and I learning a lot. Carlos takes over tomorrow so another opportunity for data gathering for next year.”

 

ANDREA STELLA, Performance Director

“It’s been a very productive testing day. We’ve run without any problems or delays and we were able to get through our programme, which was very busy. We’re happy that we could conclude it with all the test items having been done.

“We had test items related to measurements with rakes in the first hour, as allowed by the regulations, and then we started to go through the programme associated with understanding candidate tyres for 2020, comparing them with 2019. I think we have very valuable information, and we hope to have another good day tomorrow and finish this season positively.”

 

TODAY'S OFFICIAL TESTING TIMES

1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:37.124s	138 laps
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:37.991s	136 laps
3	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:38.183s	72 laps
4	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	1:38.434s	120 laps
5	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:39.526s	146 laps
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:39.741s	125 laps
7	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:39.926s	153 laps
8	Esteban Ocon	Renault	1:39.962s	77 laps
9	George Russell	Williams	1:40.368s	87 laps
10	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:40.903s	93 laps
11	Sean Gelael	Toro Rosso	1:41.640	44 laps
12	Roy Nissany	Williams	1:44.760s	41 laps

 

WHAT'S NEXT?

Carlos Sainz gets behind the wheel of the MCL34 for the last time on the second and final day of the post-season Abu Dhabi Pirelli tyre test at Yas Marina Circuit. 

 

TEST DATES

Two days (Tuesday 3 and Wednesday 4 December). 

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