And just like that, the F1 2024 season is over - with the day of post-season testing having now taken place in Abu Dhabi.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli made it into the Mercedes cockpit in Abu Dhabi testing in the afternoon session.
The afternoon session saw Kimi Antonelli well enough to take the place of Frederik Vesti for Mercedes, having been ill in the morning, with Arthur Leclerc stepping in for Ferrari in place of Antonio Fuoco and Oscar Piastri jumping in the Constructors’ title-winning McLaren, in place of Lando Norris.
His best effort had been within a tenth of new team-mate George Russell heading into the final half-hour of the day, but beyond the headline times was the reliability of the cars on show – with the drivers racking up more than 2,500 laps between them come day’s end. Charles Leclerc, sharing the track for Ferrari with his brother once again after their historic FP1 outing on Friday, went quicker still on a 1:23.510 heading into the final 15 minutes, but his now-former team-mate Sainz was not far behind, putting himself second in his Williams a tenth back.
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