Sebastian Vettel has set the fastest lap of the two-day Abu Dhabi tyre test on the final day of on-track Formula 1 action for 2017.
Despite a spin which saw him make contact with the barriers, Vettel used Pirelli’s new hypersoft compound to lap the Yas Marina Circuit in 1:37.551s during the morning.
His time best his Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen’s Day 1 benchmark and anyone else on Day 2.
Valtteri Bottas was second-fastest and nearly a second away in the Mercedes, and Max Verstappen third-fastest in the Red Bull.
Robert Kubica was back in action in the Williams, taking on hypersoft tyres for a later-day effort which put him seventh-fastest.
Sergey Sirotkin had driven the FW40 earlier in the day and set his personal best lap on soft tyres, good enough for 10th-fastest.
Charles Leclerc drove the Sauber, the team which he is expected to drive for next year, to 11th with a day-high 149 laps.
New McLaren reserve driver Lando Norris was 12th-fastest as he performed development work for Pirelli.
Brendan Hartley and Pierre Gasly shared the Toro Rosso to 13th and 14th respectively.
Results: Abu Dhabi tyre test: Day 2
| Pos | Driver | Car | Time | Laps |
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1:37.551 | 118 |
| 2 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:38.490 | 141 |
| 3 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull/Renault | 1:38.736 | 132 |
| 4 | Sergio Perez | Force India/Mercedes | 1:38.818 | 52 |
| 5 | Esteban Ocon | Force India/Mercedes | 1:39.148 | 72 |
| 6 | Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1:39.444 | 109 |
| 7 | Robert Kubica | Williams/Mercedes | 1:39.485 | 28 |
| 8 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren/Honda | 1:39.782 | 105 |
| 9 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas/Ferrari | 1:39.810 | 124 |
| 10 | Sergey Sirotkin | Williams/Mercedes | 1:39.947 | 86 |
| 11 | Charles Leclerc | Sauber/Ferrari | 1:40.666 | 149 |
| 12 | Lando Norris | McLaren/Honda | 1:41.714 | 118 |
| 13 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso/Renault | 1:43.345 | 61 |
| 14 | Pierre Gasly | Toro Rosso/Renault | 1:44.827 | 63 |
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