Fernando Alonso and Oscar Piastri partook in their most memorable trips with their new Equation 1 groups on Tuesday as the post-season test in Abu Dhabi started off.
Alonso and Piastri make new group debuts as F1 testing starts.
Groups remained on at the Yas Marina Circuit for Tuesday’s test.
Running from 9am to 6pm to allow them an opportunity to finish a few last runs with their 2022 vehicles.
Bargains were struck for drivers to trade groups for the test, including double cross title holder Alonso, who showed up with Aston Martin interestingly in front of his change from Snow capped in 2023.
Alonso was the main driver out of the pit path on Tuesday morning, wearing clear overalls, a camo stun cap plan and a support less vehicle uniform because of his current concurrences with Elevated.
Alonso said on Sunday night that the test day was “like gold” to allow him an opportunity to find a good pace speedier with Aston Martin, resolving components, for example, seat position, pedals and guiding wheel controls prior to joining full-time on January 1.
There will be a comparable advantage for Piastri, whose agreement adventure including McLaren and High overwhelmed the titles over the mid year before F1’s Agreement Acknowledgment Board in the end controlled in support of McLaren.
Recipe One (F1) title holder Max Verstappen of Red Bull group won the season finishing F1 Abu Dhabi race in Abu Dhabi, Joined Bedouin Emirates.
The fight for runner up stayed a significant story with Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez entering the race tied at 290 places, yet it was Leclerc who beat the competition with a runner up finish on the Yas Marina Circuit.
The Australian was out ahead of schedule for McLaren, partaking in his most memorable time in a F1 vehicle since he informed Elevated he wouldn’t race for the group one year from now and his testing program was ended.
Another driver joining their new group for the test was Pierre Gasly, who was allowed to interface up with Elevated, again wearing clear overalls for the afternoon. His substitution at AlphaTauri, Nyck de Vries, has been advanced to the group by Mercedes for the running.
Nico Hulkenberg made his presentation with Haas following his affirmation at the group last week, getting the entire day of running in the VF-22 to find a workable pace in front of his F1 rebound one year from now.
The main driver making their F1 meeting debut today is Frederik Vesti, who is finishing Mercedes’ young driver necessity for the running in the W13.
All groups are handling two vehicles on Tuesday: one for youthful drivers who have made something like two thousand prix starts, and one for Pirelli tire testing that should be driven by those with more experience.