While IndyCar driver Pato O’Ward was fastest in the morning, in the afternoon, driving the superior Mercedes car, reserve driver Nyck de Vries set the fastest overall time at the Yas Marina Circuit on Tuesday.
de Vries set a time of 1m23.194s as the young drivers running 2021-spec cars finished in the leading positions.
AlphaTauri’s Liam Lawson was second, 1.3s behind de Vries, ahead of Alpine’s Oscar Piastri and McLaren IndyCar front-runner Pato O’Ward.
IndyCar Driver not strong Enough
“Today was awesome! The car exceeded my expectations of what it’s capable of – it’s ridiculous how much grip there is, specifically in the fast corners – it’s unbelievable,” said Pato O’Ward.
“For sure, in the morning, my head was still on my neck. But towards the end of the day, I really think what ended up limiting me being able to go quicker was just not being able to hold my head up and see fully where I was going. My head actually was just looking down because I couldn’t hold it up! It’s such an awesome car. What a great experience, I didn’t want the day to finish. I’d like to thank Zak, Andreas and everyone in the F1 team for supporting me through this incredible day.”
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Day 1 Overall Results
Pos
Driver
Team
Time
Laps
Car
1.
Nyck de Vries
Mercedes
1m23.194s
77
2021
2.
Liam Lawson
AlphaTauri
1m24.517s
125
2021
3.
Oscar Piastri
Alpine
1m24.523s
131
2021
4.
Pato O’Ward
McLaren
1m24.607s
92
2021
5.
Guanyu Zhou
Alfa Romeo
1m25.142s
119
2021
6.
Juri Vips
Red Bull
1m25.198s
97
2021
7.
Nick Yelloly
Aston Martin
1m25.333s
118
2021
8.
Daniel Ricciardo
McLaren
1m26.252s
95
2018 Mule
9.
Lance Stroll
Aston Martin
1m26.579s
143
2018 Mule
10.
Robert Shwartzman
Ferrari
1m26.694s
73
2021
11.
Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
1m26.989s
87
2018 Mule
12.
Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo
1m27.183s
127
2018 Mule
13.
Antonio Fuoco
Ferrari
1m27.324s
146
2021
14.
Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri
1m27.348s
131
2018 Mule
15.
Logan Sargeant
Williams
1m27.476s
92
2021
16.
Esteban Ocon
Alpine
1m27.553s
128
2018 Mule
17.
Max Verstappen
Red Bull
1m28.013s
124
2018 Mule
18.
George Russell
Mercedes
1m28.062s
132
2018 Mule
19.
Mick Schumacher
Haas
1m28.499s
100
2018 Mule
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