[F1] – Good morning dear readers of FormulaPassion.it and welcome back with the appointment dedicated to the direct written by Abu Dhabi post-season testing. Absent only McLaren and Racing Point. Great expectations obviously for Fernando Alonso, Mick Schumacher and Yuki Tsunoda, without forgetting the other two drivers of the Ferrari Driver academy Callum Ilott and Robert Shwartzman.
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11.15 – Mick Schumacher wastes no time and gets back on track. The German driver is currently penultimate ahead of only Roy Nissany.
Time for the afternoon laps to BEGIN! @SchumacherMick is back on track – his best time so far is ⏱ 1:40.106. # HaasF1 #F1Testing pic.twitter.com/35lQpDTRNL
— Haas F1 Team (@HaasF1Team) December 15, 2020
11.05 – Romain Grosjean will have to undergo a small operation.
Grosjean will be operated on his thumb
10.55 – If in the afternoon – the session lasts until 15.00 Italian time – Alonso will be able to do better than the Mercedes of the former box mate Vandoorne will take home a first decent result in view of 2021 in which he will be the bearer of the one who will take to the track with the name Alpine and a mainly blue livery in honor of the French tricolor.
10.40 – According to Montezemolo, the Ferrari problem lies in the horizontal structure introduced by Sergio Marchionne.
Montezemolo at Ferrari: “Horizontal organization devoid of humility”
10.35 – Mercedes closed the morning with Stoffel Vandoorne in first position and with Nyck De Vries in third place, more than a second the gap between the two with the Dutchman who – it should be remembered – is today making his absolute debut at the wheel of a car of F1.
One last day with the W11. ❤️ Stoffel and Nyck are testing today in Abu Dhabi. Who wants to see the ????? ???? pic.twitter.com/721K4Pz9To
— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) December 15, 2020
10.30 – Just over half a second is the gap between Yuki Tsunoda and Marino Sato at Alpha Tauri.
Lunch time in Abu Dhabi! ???????? ????
Both Yuki and Marino have been busy this morning ???? @ yukitsunoda07 – 1:39.328 (60 laps)@SATO_MARiNO – 1:39.970 (65 laps) pic.twitter.com/CJq6GDYToc
– Scuderia AlphaTauri (@ AlphaTauriF1) December 15, 2020
10.25 – This is the balance at the halfway point of the day at Ferrari. Shwartzman and Fuoco are separated by a few tenths and pay Vandoorne two seconds.
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Halfway stage of testing, @ShwartzmanRob and @Anto_Fuoco have completed 113 laps ????Plenty of valuable data gathered ???? #beFerrari ???? #F1Testing pic.twitter.com/IxVmSPXGCQ
– Scuderia Ferrari (@ScuderiaFerrari) December 15, 2020
10.20 – Stoffel Vandoorne does what is expected of those who drive the Mercedes W11: take it to the top of the times table.
10.15 – 60 laps set by Yuki Tsunoda in the morning.
A nice round 6⃣0⃣ laps from @ yukitsunoda07 in this mornings running ???? Now, who wants lunch at ours? ????????#PoweredByHonda pic.twitter.com/bFxB5wNTzN
– Honda Racing F1 (@ HondaRacingF1) December 15, 2020
10.10 – Lunch break at Williams too, Jack Aitken’s single, 39 laps completed by Roy Nissany.
Morning complete ✅@JaitkenRacer – 4⃣5⃣ laps@RoyNissany – 3⃣9⃣ laps#WeAreWilliams ???? pic.twitter.com/QEfVBpPJbB
— Williams Racing (@WilliamsRacing) December 15, 2020
10.05 – Sergio Perez continues to confidently await news from Red Bull in view of 2021.
Perez: “It doesn’t mean it was my last GP”
09.55 – 53 laps for Mick Schumacher, who has completed almost a GP this morning so far.
Time for ???? at @ymcofficial
5️⃣3️⃣ laps from @SchumacherMick and a whole lot of learning in the # VF20!
Back out this afternoon ????#F1Testing # HaasF1 # F1 pic.twitter.com/AbiA2UpI0a
— Haas F1 Team (@HaasF1Team) December 15, 2020
09.40 – Spin also for Guan Yu Zhou always at Turn-19. No damage for the Renault RS20 # 45.
One of the red flags of the morning test session. Turn 19 exit, the@ RenaultF1Teamde Zhou. #AbuDhabiTest pic.twitter.com/7IuaaJ7l6u
– Noemí de Miguel (@Noemidemiguel) December 15, 2020
09.35 – Among the drivers who said goodbye to F1 at the end of 2020 is Kevin Magnussen, his social greeting below.
Magnussen, the social greeting: “An extraordinary journey”
09.30 – Other images of Fernando Alonso engaged in dance in the S at the end of the second extension of the Yas Marina circuit.
Go on then! Here’s another one…
Looking good, @alo_oficial #RSspirit pic.twitter.com/cKKEm93XqS
— Renault F1 Team (@RenaultF1Team) December 15, 2020
09.20 – Robert Shwartzman and Antonio Fuoco will certainly be engaged in a 2021 work for Ferrari (even if the obligation to run in race configuration with the 2020 Pirelli tires does not leave great room for maneuver for the teams), which in the next season will have to redeem a 2020 in which several statistical items have been updated in the negative. In fact, the kilometers traveled in the lead were zero, it had not happened since 1973, a season after which a revolution took place in Maranello with Forghieri, Montezemolo, Regazzoni and Lauda who from 1974 opened a golden cycle that continued until 1979.
09.10 – Fernando Alonso, the great protagonist of the day together with Mick Schumacher and Yuki Tsunoda, continues to grind laps. All three will be on the starting grid in 2021, with only Nikita Mazepin missing, who will have to wait for the Barcelona tests scheduled for early March to make his debut at the wheel of the Haas.
It’s laps, laps and more laps for @alo_oficial at Yas Marina!#RSspirit pic.twitter.com/jWGQMIY7cl
— Renault F1 Team (@RenaultF1Team) December 15, 2020
09.00 – Errors for Buemi and Tsunoda at Curva-19, the double one to the left after passing under the hotel. Both went into a spin and then hit the barriers. The contact was particularly violent for the Swiss rider who damaged the rear. No consequences for Buemi.
08.50 – Beautiful photo of Tsunoda and Sato, a touching ‘yesterday and today’. Tomorrow Tsunoda will be made official as Alpha Tauri factory driver alongside Pierre Gasly for 2021.
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– Scuderia AlphaTauri (@ AlphaTauriF1) December 15, 2020
08.40 – Today the Haas is all in the service of Mick Schumacher, who is accumulating precious kilometers in view of 2021.
Working through the morning run-plan! ???????????? #F1Testing @SchumacherMick #SloMo # F1 pic.twitter.com/FtHwMKL08B
— Haas F1 Team (@HaasF1Team) December 15, 2020
08.30 – Below is a gallery dedicated to the drivers of the Ferrari Driver Academy on track today, Robert Shwartzman (Ferrari), Mick Schumacher (Haas) and Callum Ilott (Alfa Romeo)
08.00 – These are the times after an hour of testing.
This new guy Alonso has made a promising start ????# F1 #F1Testing pic.twitter.com/T1mDgkftdH
– Formula 1 (@ F1) December 15, 2020
07.30 – Let’s remember the list of drivers on track today.
Abu Dhabi 2020 test, the drivers on the track
07.00 – Green light at the end of the pit lane.
It’s not over just yet…
We’re back on track for one more day at the Young Driver Test.# F1 pic.twitter.com/ySeOX5jeZP
– Formula 1 (@ F1) December 15, 2020
