2011 Young Driver Test

The 2011 Young Driver Test was a end of season test held at the Yas Marina Circuit involving many of the sport's up-and-coming young drivers. The test took place between the 15th and 17th November 2011 on the F1 layout of the Yas Marina Circuit.

Red Bull's Jean-Eric Vergne set the fastest time on the first day, 0.949 seconds ahead of Jules Bianchi in the Ferrari.

On day two, it was the same top two with Vergne setting the fastest time of 1:40.188 but it was only 0.091 seconds away from Bianchi.

On the last day, Jean-Eric Vergne set the quickest time of the test with a 1:38.917 but it was Sam Bird who was second place, a full 1.980 seconds away.

Driver Running Order[]

Team	Chassis	Day 1 (Tue)	Day 2 (Wed)	Day 3 (Thu)
Red Bull-Renault	RB7	Jean-Éric Vergne
McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-26	Gary Paffett Oliver Turvey		Oliver Turvey
Ferrari	150° Italia	Jules Bianchi
Mercedes	MGP W02	Sam Bird
Renault	R31	Robert Wickens	Kevin Korjus	Jan Charouz
Force India-Mercedes	VJM04	Max Chilton	Johnny Cecotto, Jr.	Max Chilton
Sauber-Ferrari	C30	Fabio Leimer	Esteban Gutiérrez
Toro Rosso-Ferrari	STR6	Stefano Coletti	Kevin Ceccon	Stefano Coletti Kevin Ceccon
Williams-Cosworth	FW33	Valtteri Bottas		Mirko Bortolotti
Lotus-Renault	T128	Rodolfo González	Luiz Razia	Alexander Rossi
HRT-Cosworth	F111	Dani Clos	Jan Charouz Nathanael Berthon	Nathanael Berthon
Virgin-Cosworth	MVR-02	Charles Pic Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	Charles Pic	Charles Pic Robert Wickens

Summary[]

The following tables show the best times set over the three days of the test:

By Day[]

Day	Best lap	Driver	Constructor	Car
Day 1 (Tue. 15th November)	1:40.011	Jean-Eric Vergne	Red Bull-Renault	RB7
Day 2 (Wed. 16th November)	1:40.188	Jean-Eric Vergne	Red Bull-Renault	RB7
Day 3 (Wed. 17th November)	1:38.917	Jean-Eric Vergne	Red Bull-Renault	RB7

By Driver[]

Rank	Driver	Best lap	Constructor	Car	Days	Laps
1	Jean-Eric Vergne	1:38.917	Red Bull-Renault	RB7	1, 2, 3	172
2	Jules Bianchi	1:40.279	Ferrari	150° Italia	1, 2, 3	282
3	Sam Bird	1:40.897	Mercedes	MGP W02	1, 2, 3	251
4	Oliver Turvey	1:41.513	McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-26	1, 3	124
5	Max Chilton	1:41.575	Force India-Mercedes	VJM04	1, 3	160
6	Gary Paffett	1:41.756	McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-26	1, 2	112
7	Esteban Gutiérrez	1:42.049	Sauber-Ferrari	C30	2, 3	173
8	Robert Wickens	1:42.217	Renault	R31	1	78
9	Fabio Leimer	1:42.331	Sauber-Ferrari	C30	1	67
10	Valtteri Bottas	1:42.367	Williams-Cosworth	FW33	1, 2	159
11	Johnny Cecotto, Jr.	1:42.873	Force India-Mercedes	VJM04	2	84
12	Mirko Bortolotti	1:43.277	Williams-Cosworth	FW33	3	74
13	Kevin Ceccon	1:43.686	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	STR6	2, 3	132
14	Kevin Korjus	1:43.776	Renault	R31	2	70
15	Luiz Razia	1:43.944	Lotus-Renault	T128	2	89
16	Rodolfo González	1:44.022	Lotus-Renault	T128	1	87
17	Alexander Rossi	1:44.283	Lotus-Renault	T128	3	74
18	Jan Charouz	1:44.470	Renault	R31	3	82
19	Stefano Coletti	1:44.545	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	STR6	1, 3	135
20	Dani Clos	1:45.329	HRT-Cosworth	F111	1	68
21	Nathanael Berthon	1:45.839	HRT-Cosworth	F111	2, 3	60
*	Robert Wickens	1:45.934	Virgin-Cosworth	MVR-02	3	34
22	Charles Pic	1:46.348	Virgin-Cosworth	MVR-02	1, 2, 3	140
*	Jan Charouz	1:46.644	HRT-Cosworth	F111	1	56
23	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	1:47.292	Virgin-Cosworth	MVR-02	1	32