Valtteri Bottas was the quickest man during the first day of post-season testing in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, posting a 1:43.396, putting him almost half a second clear of Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen. Sebastian Vettel was left watching from the Ferrari garage after Red Bull denied him early leave from his contract to get behind the wheel of the F14T. Nico Rosberg as third for Mercedes, with Force India's Jolyon Palmer fourth and Carlos Sainz Jr. fifth for Red Bull. McLaren's MP4-29H/1X1 made its public debut, but not until the afternoon after electrical problems kept Stoffel Vandoorne in the garage. On its first lap of three, Vandoorne had to coast into the pits after the new Honda engine stalled,...
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