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)
 	RB7 	Jean-Éric Vergne 	Jean-Éric Vergne 	Jean-Éric Vergne
 	MP4-26 	Gary Paffett Oliver Turvey 	Gary Paffett Oliver Turvey 	Oliver Turvey
 	150° Italia	Jules Bianchi 	Jules Bianchi 	Jules Bianchi
 	MGP W02 	Sam Bird 	Sam Bird 	Sam Bird
 	R31 	Robert Wickens 	Kevin Korjus 	Jan Charouz
 	VJM04 	Max Chilton 	Johnny Cecotto, Jr. 	Max Chilton
 	C30 	Fabio Leimer 	Esteban Gutiérrez 	Esteban Gutiérrez
 	STR6 	Stefano Coletti 	Kevin Ceccon 	Stefano Coletti Kevin Ceccon
 	FW33 	Valtteri Bottas 	Valtteri Bottas 	Mirko Bortolotti
 	T128 	Rodolfo González 	Luiz Razia 	Alexander Rossi
 	F111 	Dani Clos 	Jan Charouz Nathanael Berthon	Nathanael Berthon
 	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	 	RB7
Day 2 (Wed. 16th November)	1:40.188	Jean-Eric Vergne	 	RB7
Day 3 (Wed. 17th November)	1:38.917	Jean-Eric Vergne	 	RB7
===By Driver===
Rank	Driver 	Best lap	Constructor	Car 	Days 	Laps
1 	Jean-Eric Vergne 	1:38.917	 	RB7 	1, 2, 3	172
2 	Jules Bianchi 	1:40.279	 	150° Italia	1, 2, 3	282
3 	Sam Bird 	1:40.897	 	MGP W02 	1, 2, 3	251
4 	Oliver Turvey 	1:41.513	 	MP4-26 	1, 3 	124
5 	Max Chilton 	1:41.575	 	VJM04 	1, 3 	160
6 	Gary Paffett 	1:41.756	 	MP4-26 	1, 2 	112
7 	Esteban Gutiérrez 	1:42.049	 	C30 	2, 3 	173
8 	Robert Wickens 	1:42.217	 	R31 	1 	78
9 	Fabio Leimer 	1:42.331	 	C30 	1 	67
10 	Valtteri Bottas 	1:42.367	 	FW33 	1, 2 	159
11 	Johnny Cecotto, Jr.	1:42.873	 	VJM04 	2 	84
12 	Mirko Bortolotti 	1:43.277	 	FW33 	3 	74
13 	Kevin Ceccon 	1:43.686	 	STR6 	2, 3 	132
14 	Kevin Korjus 	1:43.776	 	R31 	2 	70
15 	Luiz Razia 	1:43.944	 	T128 	2 	89
16 	Rodolfo González 	1:44.022	 	T128 	1 	87
17 	Alexander Rossi 	1:44.283	 	T128 	3 	74
18 	Jan Charouz 	1:44.470	 	R31 	3 	82
19 	Stefano Coletti 	1:44.545	 	STR6 	1, 3 	135
20 	Dani Clos 	1:45.329	 	F111 	1 	68
21 	Nathanael Berthon 	1:45.839	 	F111 	2, 3 	60
* 	Robert Wickens 	1:45.934	 	MVR-02 	3 	34
22 	Charles Pic 	1:46.348	 	MVR-02 	1, 2, 3	140
* 	Jan Charouz 	1:46.644	 	F111 	1 	56
23 	Adrian Quaife-Hobbs	1:47.292	 	MVR-02 	1 	32
* Charouz and Wickens drove more than one car during the test.. Both of their times are included here for comparison.
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