McLaren ended its difficult 2015 campaign on a positive note by topping the times in the Pirelli tyre test at Abu Dhabi. Reserve driver and newly crowned GP2 champion Stoffel Vandoorne completed 99 laps during the 12 hour session at the Yas Marina circuit, posting a day best of 1:44.103s. The time proved to be 0.3s faster than Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen, who was among a group of nine drivers in action from the 2015 grid. Teams were not permitted to try any new parts on their cars with the test solely devoted to tyre development. Pirelli distributed several prototypes of its new ultra-soft compound tyres to be introduced next season as the Italian manufacturer bids to spice up the tyre...
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