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Pirelli test: Vettel leads the way at midday

Ahead of Massa and Kubica

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19 November 2010 - 10:48

The Formula One teams are back on track today in Abu Dhabi, with their regular drivers at the wheel, for a two-day test with Pirelli.

This test is meant for them to get to grips with the Italian manufacturers’ tyres and gather as much data as possible.

World Champion Sebastian Vettel is on duty for Red Bull and currently leads the way ahead of Ferrari’s Massa and Renault’s Kubica.

The German’s fastest time remains 1.5s slower than his pole position time, and 2.7s slower than Ricciardo’s best time (set on Wednesday afternoon with Bridgestone tyres).

Massa had been quick all morning and set the pace before Vettel took over at the front. Kobayashi and Paffett complete the top five.

Only one incident was reported this morning: Adrian Sutil had to prematurely stop because of a broken exhaust on his Force India. The mechanics will fix the car during the lunch break and Paul di Resta should be able to test this afternoon.

You can find all the Pirelli test pictures in our live updated gallery here.

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
01	S. Vettel	Red Bull RB6	1.40.861		34
02	F. Massa	Ferrari F10	1.40.913	+0.052	29
03	R. Kubica	Renault R30	1.41.032	+0.171	25
04	K. Kobayashi	Sauber C29	1.41.466	+0.605	33
05	G. Paffett	McLaren MP4-25	1.41.588	+0.727	49
06	N. Rosberg	Mercedes GP W01	1.41.978	+1.117	40
07	J. Alguersuari	Toro Rosso STR5	1.42.642	+1.781	33
08	R. Barrichello	Williams FW32	1.42.655	+1.794	44
09	A. Sutil	Force India VJM03	1.42.859	+1.998	20
10	T. Glock	Virgin VR-01	1.45.057	+4.196	41
11	H. Kovalainen	Lotus T127	1.46.201	+5.340	42
12	P. Maldonado	HRT F110	1.46.534	+5.673	46