Yas Marina Circuit, Saturday 22 November

Hear from McLaren Formula 1 driver Lando Norris, 2023 driver Oscar Piastri, and Executive Director, Racing Andrea Stella after the post-season test.

Laps	115 (607km/377m)
Best lap time	1:26.890s

"Useful day. It was good to get some time with these tyres to help Pirelli’s development of them into 2023 and to gather important data on how they operate. It was a productive day to round out the season. Big thanks to Pirelli and the team for their hard work. We’ll now head into the winter focused on preparing for the 2023 season, doing everything we can to start next year on the front foot."

Laps	123 (650km/404m)
Best lap time	1:26.340s

"A good first day with McLaren, I think we learnt a lot. It was great to finally join up with the team, and thanks to them for a good day of running. We did a lot of laps and experimented a lot, which is exactly what today is all about. I've got a good idea where to improve for next year. I really enjoyed it, it’s nice to finally be back out on track finally and experience the 2022 cars. I’m looking forward to next year now, I’ll be in the factory next week to meet the whole team, after that I'll take a short break before getting back to work with McLaren to prepare for next year."

ANDREA STELLA, Executive Director, Racing

"It’s been a productive day of testing here in Abu Dhabi at the post-season test, where we’ve managed to complete a lot of important work. Firstly, it’s been great to get Oscar into the MCL36 and start his integration into the team. The main objective for him today has been to get as much mileage under his belt as possible, and to start to get him used to working with the team. On Lando’s side, it was useful to gather information on these Pirelli tyres ahead of next year.

"Our thanks go to Pirelli for their support during this test. Having completed 123 laps with Oscar and 115 with Lando, my thanks go to the team, both here at track and at MTC, and to the drivers for their hard work today. After a long season of Formula 1, the race team will now head back to MTC and take the time for a well-deserved rest and reset before putting all our efforts into the 2023 season."

Today's official testing times

1	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:25.245s	65 laps
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:25.383s	56 laps
3	Robert Shwartzman	Ferrari	1:25.400s	116 laps
4	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:25.689s	130 laps
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:25.845s	76 laps
6	Alex Albon	Williams	1:25.959s	118 laps
7	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:26.063s	82 laps
8	Nyck De Vries	AlphaTauri	1:26.111s	151 laps
9	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:26.263s	70 laps
10	Liam Lawson	Red Bull Racing	1:26.281s	111 laps
11	Jack Doohan	Alpine	1:26.297s	111 laps
12	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:26.312s	97 laps
13	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	1:26.333s	88 laps
14	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:26.340s	123 laps
15	Felipe Drugovich	Aston Martin	1:26.595s	106 laps
16	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	1:26.709s	129 laps
17	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:26.750s	67 laps
18	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:26.890s	115 laps
19	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas	1:27.000s	110 laps
20	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	1:27.123s	135 laps
21	Pietro Fittipaldi	Haas	1:27.172s	99 laps
22	Frederik Vesti	Mercedes	1:27.216s	124 laps
23	George Russell	Mercedes	1:27.240s	73 laps
24	Théo Pourchaire	Alfa Romeo	1:27.591s	106 laps

What's next?

Testing has now concluded following the 2022 season finale in Abu Dhabi. The team will return to the McLaren Technology Centre and start preparations for the 2023 season and pre-season testing in Bahrain.

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