Alonso already faster than Ocon and Ricciardo

As much as there has been talk in recent days, we could almost have called them the “Alonso test” and they have been until the end. The Spaniard was, in fact, the fastest at the end of the day in Abu Dhabi, which was originally designed for young drivers, but was later also open to those who had not competed in Formula 1 in 2020, precisely to favor the return. from the driver to Renault.

If in the morning Stoffel Vandoorne had managed to overtake him with his Mercedes, in the afternoon session Alonso, on soft tires, managed to go down to 1’36 “333 in the best of his 104 laps, which was 26 thousandths faster than the qualifying performance from Esteban Ocon, eleventh on the Yas Marina grid with the RS20.

Behind him were the two Mercedes, with the Dutch Nyck de Vries not bad in his absolute debut in Formula 1, completing 110 laps with a better of 1’36 “595. In the afternoon he improved. Also Vandoorne, down to 1 ‘ 36 “840, but Brackley’s team’s reserve has dropped less, stopping at 82 laps with a couple of hours to go before the checkered flag.

Another of the veterans present at the Abu Dhabi event, Robert Kubica, rose in fourth position. The Pole completed his Alfa Romeo reserve duties with 89 laps under his belt and a best of 1’37 “446. In the other C39, Formula 2 vice-champion Callum Ilott took eighth place in 1’37”. 826 and with 93 laps completed.

Behind the Polo is the Red Bull “quarry”. In fifth place we find the Japanese Yuki Tsunoda who, despite a stain that in the morning had also led him to “kiss” the barriers, has 122 laps with a better of 1’37 “557. A good way to introduce himself to whoever it will be his team in 2021.

Juri Vips did well too, who will be in Formula 2 next year and juggled at the wheel of Red Bull with sixth time in 1’37 “770 in the best of his 100 laps. Sebastien Buemi was more distant, in change. a comparison job between the simulator and the RB16: the Swiss finished 12th and in the morning he also went to the wall, damaging the rear wing. The image of the “cans” is then completed with the 13th time of the other AlphaTauri scored by Marino Sato.

Like Buemi, Antonio Fuoco was also called to do a comparative work with the simulator at the wheel of the Ferrari SF1000 and the Italian finished seventh with a time of 1’37 “817, adding 126 laps. His today’s boxing partner, the Russian Robert Shwartzman, was the busiest of the day with 129 laps, but failed to pass 11th place, also behind Guanyu Zhou’s Renault and Jack Aitken’s Williams.

At the end of the group there is another of the most anticipated names, specifically Mick Schumacher, with the son of art who only licked at 1’39 “947, also being behind Roy Nissany’s Williams with his Haas Many kilometers, however, to the German, who put together the beauty of 125 laps.

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