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McLaren’s Vandoorne quickest in record-breaking test

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McLaren’s Stoffel Vandoorne topped the timing screens during Pirelli’s record-breaking non-stop 12-hour tyre test in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.

The session started with all the drivers running some laps on either the supersoft or yellow compound tyre to confirm the set-up of the cars, before switching to Pirelli’s new purple ultrasoft tyre.

Testing with the prototype tyres started around one and a half hours into the session. The teams tested several different potential variations of the new ultrasoft compound, from which one will eventually be selected for the 2016 season.

Prototype tyres were not marked with any colours or other visible markings to ensure teams were unaware of what they were running, to avoid a team gaining any particular advantage.

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Pirelli’s Paul Hembery said the Italian tyre manufacturer was satisfied with the data it managed to collect, but admitted it was too early to predict if their decisions would lead to an increase in pit stops.

“We had one shot when it came to testing tyres for next season, and we can be satisfied by what we’ve achieved in this test, even if we have to fully analyse the data,” he said.

“We’ve tested different versions of the new ultrasoft compound for 2016, which was one of the targets for this session. The ultrasoft’s target for 2016 is to introduce a compound softer than the supersoft and mainly designed as agressive choice for street circuits: with better performance than the latest version of the supersoft tyre and faster degradation, in order to allow the teams to take a more aggressive approach to race strategy.

“Whether this will produce more pit stops, or any difference in strategies, it’s too early to say for now. We will fully analyse our data and team telemetry once we get back to base. But it seems we are heading in the right direction: the ultrasoft is expected to offer more possibilities for certain races.”

Whilst the times are unrepresentative of pace, as they were unaware of what compound they were running, it gave several rookie drivers vital time behind the wheel, including Vandoorne, Jolyon Palmer, Pascal Wehrlein, Adderly Fong, Alfonso Celis, Rio Haryanto and Jordan King.

Pirelli Abu Dhabi Test Times:

# Driver Team Time Gap Laps
01 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren 1:44.103   99
02 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1:44.456 0.353 56
03 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 1:44.480 0.377 50
04 Jolyon Palmer Lotus 1:44.568 0.465 90
05 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:44.940 0.837 56
06 Pascal Wehrlein Mercedes 1:45.605 1.502 107
07 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 1:45.805 1.702 57
08 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso 1:45.849 1.746 54
09 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 1:45.852 1.749 71
10 Valtteri Bottas Williams 1:45.940 1.837 103
11 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull 1:46.309 2.206 48
12 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso 1:46.995 2.892 56
13 Adderley Fong Sauber 1:48.439 4.336 57
14 Alfonso Celis Force India 1:48.545 4.442 65
15 Rio Haryanto Manor 1:49.593 5.490 56
16 Jordan King Manor 1:49.661 5.558 59
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