Ferrari continue to set pace

Abu Dhabi : Sebastian Vettel continued to keep Ferrari at the top of the timesheet in Abu Dhabi after a productive morning session on the final day of tyre testing.

The new range of 2018 tyres are in use at the Yas Marina circuit, including the hypersoft tyres which are two steps quicker than the 2017 ultrasoft compound.

Kimi Raikkonen topped the standings at the end of day one and Vettel has picked up where his team-mate left off.

At the lunch break, Vettel had completed 53 laps with a best time of 1:37.551 – a second and a half quicker than Esteban Ocon in the Force India.

Valtteri Bottas sits third with 65 laps under his belt, with Max Verstappen moving up to fourth late in the session ahead of Carlos Sainz in the Renault.

Kevin Magnussen put himself sixth in the standings before heading back to the Haas garage, while Sergey Sirotkin, in P7, got through 51 laps before he hands the car back over to Robert Kubica later this afternoon.

McLaren are once again able to run two cars because of their cancelled test in Brazil, so Stoffel Vandoorne (P8) and Lando Norris (P10) are on double duty with the latter completing the most laps of any driver so far with 84.