P1racenews AI automatic summary:
The final on-track action in 2023 has concluded with Esteban Ocon topping the final time-sheets of the year.
Alpine’s Esteban Ocon finished the final day of on-track Formula 1 running in 2023 as the fastest driver in the post-Abu Dhabi Grand Prix test. This one-day event served as both a Pirelli tyre test and a young driver test, with regular race drivers like Ocon, Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz, and George Russell participating alongside young drivers such as Jake Dennis and Theo Pourchaire, the Formula E and new F2 champions, respectively. It was a relatively calm day, with the only incidents being a brief delay due to a water leak under the hotel and Russell’s crash caused by a component failure on the W14. Thankfully, Russell was unhurt, but both his and Isack Hadjar’s (AlphaTauri) running ended prematurely, with Hadjar suspected to have experienced an engine failure. Ocon set the fastest time with a lap of 1:24.393, while Sainz had topped the morning session.
