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Abu Dhabi Vettel, lapped 0.298s quicker than Red Bull’s errari’s Kimi Raikkonen set the quickest lap in tyre , who will hand over to Max testing at Yas Marina yesterday, as the teams got Verstappen tomorrow after clocking 109 laps. theirF first taste of Pirelli’s 2018 compounds. However, it World champion was was who received the most media attention, another to do more than a century of circuits, the former Grand Prix winner completing what appeared though the Briton’s 123 were dwarfed by the to be a successful programme with Williams. 137 completed by Haas driver Romain Grosjean, Kubica, who is being considered for a potential who finished marginally ahead of Lance Stroll, 2018 comeback with the team, clocked up 100 the Canadian having taken over from Kubica at Robert Kubica (file pic) laps in the FW40, equivalent to almost two Williams in the afternoon. Abu Dhabi Grand Prix distances, ending McLaren were the only team permitted to run the day eighth on the timesheet. two cars at the test, following their aborted post- Raikkonen, who did only one lap race tyre test in Brazil, and fewer than the pole, set his table- and Oliver Turvey chalked up a combined 220 topping time – a 1m 37.768s – on laps, despite an crash for the Spaniard which Pirelli’s new hypersoft compound, temporarily brought out the red flags. which is two steps softer than the Of the two young drivers in action, Force 2017 ultrasoft. India’s Nikita Mazepin ended up quicker than Raikkonen, who is splitting Toro Rosso’s Sean Gelael, with the duo eighth and driving duties with team mate tenth respectively. (formula1) Kimi Raikkonen (file pic)

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