A mix of 2025-specification System 1 automobiles and ‘mule’ chassis supposed to imitate the brand new guidelines for 2026 shared the monitor on the ultimate day of testing.
F1 groups divided their operating between common drivers in 2026 take a look at hacks and younger drivers in present automobiles. 5 members of the latter group set the quickest occasions, headed by Jak Crawford for Aston Martin.
The 2026 mule automobiles fitted with the outgoing Drag Discount System had been restricted to a most velocity of 300kph. These utilizing subsequent 12 months’s ‘Straight Line Mode’ weren’t speed-limited and had been capable of decrease their wings in designated SLM activation zones across the Yas Marina circuit.
Mercedes driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli was quickest of these within the 2026 growth automobiles. He additionally coated essentially the most laps of anybody over the 9 hours of operating. Antonelli accomplished 157 excursions of the monitor, greater than two-and-a-half 58-lap grand prix distances.
New world champion Lando Norris was amongst these in motion, sporting the quantity 4 for the final time earlier than he switches to the champion’s primary subsequent 12 months. He shared McLaren’s 2026 mule automotive with group mate Oscar Piastri.
The drivers ran Pirelli’s definitive vary of recent, smaller tyres for the 2026 season. “Through the use of the identical mule automobiles as throughout the growth exams, with the identical velocity limits, groups had been simply capable of evaluate the info captured in Yas Marina with that from the person take a look at days over the previous few months,” mentioned Pirelli’s motorsport director Mario Isola.
“For our engineers, this take a look at was elementary to verify the efficiency gaps between the compounds and the degradation ranges, which has been the main target of our work all year long. Analysing the brand new tyres, which have a smaller footprint towards the floor, has additionally allowed us to verify their publicity to graining and overheating: two results that may doubtlessly improve because of the smaller floor space.”
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