Mercedes chief race engineer Andrew Shovlin has confirmed the Silver Arrows enjoyed a “fault-free” post-season testing, meaning his side will be eager to go in the new campaign.
“This work is important as we need to select tyres for the early races based on the information we find at this test,” Shovlin said.
“It was a good day of running and the car ran without any issues. It’s nice to get to the end of the test has had a fault-free and productive two days with Valtteri. It’s also the last proper laps we will do with the W09. We have a lot of good memories working with this car over the last season, it certainly hasn’t been easy but the racing has been great fun and it’s a year we won’t forget for a long time.”
Abu Dhabi testing day 1 results
- Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, 1:36.812 (68 laps)
- Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes, + 0.419s (120)
- Lance Stroll, Force India, + 0.603s (56)
- Max Verstappen, Red Bull, + 1.135s (132)
- Sergio Perez, Force India, + 1.164s (67)
- Lando Norris, McLaren, + 1.375s (136)
- Nico Hulkenberg, Renault, + 1.977s (128)
- Pietro Fittipaldi, Haas, + 2.389s (55)
- Robert Kubica, Williams, + 2.457s (32)
- George Russell, Williams, + 2.700s (42)
- Kimi Raikkonen, Sauber, + 3.066s (102)
- Sean Gelael, Toro Rosso, + 3.623s (150)
Abu Dhabi testing day 2 results
- Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, 1:36,450s (133 laps)
- Pierre Gasly , Red Bull, +1.466s (128)
- Lance Stroll, Force India, +1.594s (122)
- Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes, +1.998s (143)
- Carlos Sainz, McLaren, +2.097s (147)
- Artem Markelov, Renault, +2.140s (129)
- George Russell, Williams, +2.386s (36)
- Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso, +2.412s (155)
- Louis Deletraz, Haas, +2.619s (115)
- Robert Kubica, Williams, +3.815s (56)
- Antonio Giovinazzi, Sauber, +3.985s (125)
