Today is the Abu Dhabi test at the end of the F1 season.

F1 ended its season with last weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. But the blinds actually don’t come down until this Tuesday. Today at the Abu Dhabi circuit, teams will complete their final on-track work before the Christmas break, focusing solely on work at their respective factories ahead of 2024. The test will take place at the Yas Marina Circuit, with 13 of the official drivers lined up on the asphalt grid.

For this postseason test in Abu Dhabi, teams will use two cars with two very different purposes. One of them is for young drivers to take a test, which is why this day is known in Abu Dhabi as the “Young Driver Test”. Another car from each team will test Pirelli tires.

Seven of the official drivers were absent from this test. Verstappen, Hamilton, Norris, Bottas, Gasly, Magnussen and Hulkenberg are no longer at the Yas Marina circuit and taking part in no races.

Among the young people, it is necessary to highlight the figure of the Argentine Williams. Franco Colapinto makes his debut driving F1. Colapinto shares the day with Zach O’Sullivan. As for him, the Mexican duck o’ward He will drive a McLaren again. The young man holding the silver arrow in his Mercedes Frederick Vesty. At Ferrari, robert schwartzmanhas already taken part in free practice 1 this weekend. felipe durgovic do it with Aston Martin, Alpine’s Jack Doohan, AlphaTauri’s Ayumu Iwasa, Oliver Bearman, With Haas and other drivers.