F1 Abu Dhabi post-season test: How to follow, and who’s driving?
Info🍌rmation about what the 2024 F1 Abu Dhabi postseason test is for, who will drive, and how to follow.
The 2024 F1 Abu Dhabi post-season te♔st will bring an end to this year’s ✨action.
On Tuesday December 10, two days after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, drivers and teams will be back at 🧔the Yas Marina Circuit.
I꧙t is an important date on the calendar with all eye⛎s on 2025 already.
What is the F1 Abu Dhabi postseason test?
A test after the final grand prix goes back as far as 2009. It has been held i🅘n Abu Dhabi every year since 2010.
F1 teams will run their 2024 cars for the final time, seeking a last bit of information before t༒ur✅ning their attention to next year’s machine.
Some drivers will appear for the first time with the new team🦹 that they will officially join from 2025.
For those drivers wearing their new colours and testing their new team’s car, it is a vita🦩l day of preparation.
Not every F1 driver is obliged to take part.
Each team will give one of its cars to a young ꦚdriver (defined by having no more than two grand prix start🃏s).
Their other car is for a 🦄driver with a superlicence and must be used for Pirelli tyre testing.
Howev✃er, if they choose, a team can run both of its full-time drivers by splitting duties and track time.
Who is driving at the F1 Abu Dhabi postseason test?
| Tyre test | Young driver | |
| McLaren | Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri | Pato O'Ward |
| Ferrari | Charles Leclerc | Antonio Fuoco, Arthur Leclerc |
| Red Bull | Yuki Tsunoda | Isack Hadjar |
| Mercedes | George Russell | Frederik Vesti, Andrea Kimi Antonelli |
| Aston Martin | Felipe Drugovich | Jak Crawford |
| Alpine | Jack Doohan | Paul Aron |
| Haas | Esteban Ocon | Ryo Hirakawa |
| RB | Liam Lawson | Ayumu Iwasa |
| Williams | Carlos Sainz | Luke Browning |
| Sauber | Nico Hulkenberg | Gabriel Bortoleto |
Cru🅰cially, Lewis Hamilton wꦓill not drive a Ferrari for the first time. His debut for his new team must wait until next year.
Hamilton remains contracted to Mercedes for the rest of this year and still has some promotional duties to complete for his current team, b𓆏efore exiting.
Hamilton had said he was in♎ two minds about drivin🅠g for Ferrari at the test. Ultimately, the decision has been taken out of his hands.
Some drivers will drive for their new teams.
Carlos Saiꦬnz will turn out for Williams, Nico Hulkenberg for Sauber. Esteban Ocon 😼will debut for Haas.
Interestingly, Yuki Tsunodꦍa will get his fir𒆙st chance to drive a Red Bull.
Some top names are not expected to drive at all. These in𝐆clude Hamilton, Max Verstappeꦛn and Fernando Alonso.
How to watch F1 Abu Dhabi postseason test?
꧒The F1 Abu Dhabi postseason test is not televised.
The best way to 🅠follow the action is via’s mahbx.com’s live𒉰 blog which will include all the key information, lap times and photos from the day.
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