Abu Dhabi Young Drivers Test: Day Three

The final day of the Young Driver Test concluded with Jean-Eric Vergne topping again.

From 15th to 17th November, young drivers will be testing cars for the Formula One teams in the annual Young Drivers Test at Abu Dhabi. Some teams have their test drivers, others have reserve drivers, while some have drivers from other series. Here's how day three went:


Charles Pic, tipped for a seat at Virgin in 2012

Jean-Eric Vergne was fastest on the third and final day of the Young Drivers Test at Abu Dhabi, repeating Daniel Ricciardo's 2010 feat of being fastest on all three days of the test. Red Bull's Vergne set a brilliant 1.38.917, nearly two seconds faster than second place Sam Bird for Mercedes. Over the three days, Jules Bianchi drove 282 laps for Ferrari, as Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes were the only teams to use just one driver. Force India's Max Chilton imprssed with fifth fastest time, but no-one could get anywhere near Frenchman Vergne, whose time today was just half a second slower than Sebastian Vettel's pole time on Sunday.

Full times:

Driver	Team	Time
Jean-Eric Vergne	Red Bull	1.38.917
Sam Bird	Mercedes	1.40.897
Jules Bianchi	Ferrari	1.41.347
Oliver Turvey	McLaren	1.41.513
Max Chilton	Force India	1.41.575
Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber	1.42.049
Mirko Bortolotti	Williams	1.43.277
Kevin Ceccon	Toro Rosso	1.43.686
Alexander Rossi	Lotus	1.44.283
Jan Charouz	Renault	1.44.470
Stefano Coletti	Toro Rosso	1.44.545
Nathanael Bethon	Hispania	1.45.839
Robert Wickens	Virgin	1.45.934
Charles Pic	Virgin	1.46.348