Wehrlein in the lead, McLaren at a standstill

For the first session of this final day of end-of-season testing on the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, it is the Mercedes W05 Hybrid from the German Pascal Wehrlein who was the fastest. The young 20-year-old pilot, representative of the star in DTM, achieved the best performance of the morning in 1’44″557 and is ahead of the Dutchman Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso), the most diligent on the track with 63 laps completed this morning and a best time of 1’45″222.

The Italian Raffaele Marciello, aligned with the Ferrari F14 T, ranks third, 154 thousandths behind Verstappen and ahead of the Australian Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) and the Brazilian Felipe Nasr (Williams), author of only 21 rounds. French Esteban Ocon, back in the seat of the Lotus E22 after the first free practices of the last Grand Prix of the year, took sixth place. He will be replaced for the final session by Briton Alex Lynn, very recent GP3 ​​Series champion. Marcus Ericsson (Sauber), Will Stevens (Caterham) and Richard Goddard (Force India), passed through F3 European in 2014, complete the ranking of the morning.

A ranking from which the McLaren-Honda from Stoffel Vandoorne. The Belgian remained stuck in his stand, the car from Woking being the victim of electrical problems.

Mid-day leaderboard Day 2:

1. Pascal Wehrlein (Mercedes) 1’44″557 – 42 laps
2. Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso) 1’45″222 – 63 laps
3. Raffaele Marciello (Ferrari) 1’45″376 – 48 laps
4. Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) 1’45″666? 59 rounds
5. Felipe Nasr (Williams) 1’45″937 – 21 laps
6. Esteban Ocon (Lotus) 1’47″013 – 34 laps
7. Marcus Ericsson (Sauber) 1’47″173 – 61 laps
8. Will Stevens (Caterham) 1’48″348 – 43 laps
9. Spike Goddard (Force India) 1’48″738 – 33 laps