Renault’s Fernando Alonso managed the fastest time as he topped the young drivers test in Abu Dhabi on the final day of Formula 1 track running in 2020.
The two-time world champion posted a 1m36.333 to end the test originally intended for junior drivers quickest as he continued to get up to speed ahead of his return to the F1 grid next season following a two-year hiatus. Alonso’s time was 0.026 seconds quicker than the fastest Renault qualifying lap last weekend.
Ferrari development driver Antonio Fuoco was seventh, ahead of Ferrari Driver Academy member Callum Ilott in the second Alfa Romeo and Renault’s Guanyu Zhou, who lapped well over a second slower than what Alonso managed. 2019 Formula 3 champion Robert Shwartzman was just 0.004s behind in the other Ferrari, ahead of Red Bull reserve Sebastien Buemi and F2 driver Marino Sato, who made his maiden F1 appearance for AlphaTauri. Fellow F2 races Roy Nissany and 2020 champion Mick Schumacher propped up the timesheets for Williams and Haas, with the latter getting in more running ahead of his F1 debut next year with the American team.
| F1 ABU DHABI YOUNG DRIVERS TEST | ||||
| POS | DRIVER | NAT. | TEAM | TIME |
| 1 | Fernando Alonso | SPA | Renault F1 Team | 1m 36.333 |
| 2 | Nyck de Vries | NED | Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team | 1m 36.595 |
| 3 | Stoffel Vandoorne | BEL | Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team | 1m 36.840 |
| 4 | Robert Kubica | POL | Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen | 1m 37.446 |
| 5 | Yuki Tsunoda | JAP | Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda | 1m 37.557 |
| 6 | Juri Vips | EST | Aston Martin Red Bull Racing | 1m 37.770 |
| 7 | Antonio Fuoco | ITA | Scuderia Ferrari | 1m 37.817 |
| 8 | Callum Ilott | GBR | Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen | 1m 37.826 |
| 9 | Guanyu Zhou | CHI | Renault F1 Team | 1m 37.902 |
| 10 | Jack Aitken | GBR | Williams Racing | 1m 38.153 |
| 11 | Robert Shwartzman | RUS | Scuderia Ferrari | 1m 38.157 |
| 12 | Sebastien Buemi | SWI | Aston Martin Red Bull Racing | 1m 38.284 |
| 13 | Marino Sato | JAP | Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda | 1m 38.495 |
| 14 | Roy Nissany | ISR | Williams Racing | 1m 39.800 |
| 15 | Mick Schumacher | GER | Haas F1 Team | 1m 39.947 |






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