Fernando Alonso had his first run as an Aston Martin driver and several of his rivals appeared at new teams as post-season testing began at the Yas Marina circuit.
Aston Martin are running their car in a largely unstickered livery for Alonso, who is wearing plain overalls. He did the same when he first left the Enstone-based Renault team (now Alpine) and had his first test for McLaren at the end of 2006.
Other drivers having their first F1 tests in new environments today are Oscar Piastri, driving for McLaren, and Pierre Gasly at Alpine.
All 10 teams are in action at the track which held last weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Jack Doohan, Alpine, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Jack Doohan, Alpine, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Logan Sargeant, Williams, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Jack Doohan, Alpine, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Oscar Piastri, McLaren, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Pierre Gasly, Alpine, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Oscar Piastri, McLaren, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Jack Doohan, Alpine, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Frederik Vesti, Mercedes, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Oscar Piastri, McLaren, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Robert Shwartzman, Ferrari, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Nyck de Vries, AlphaTauri, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Nyck de Vries, AlphaTauri, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Jack Doohan, Alpine, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Jack Doohan, Alpine, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Jack Doohan, Alpine, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Theo Pourchaire, Alfa Romeo, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Theo Pourchaire, Alfa Romeo, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Alexander Albon, Williams, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Pierre Gasly, Alpine, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Pietro Fittipaldi, Haas, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Oscar Piastri, McLaren, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Oscar Piastri, McLaren, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Oscar Piastri, McLaren, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Theo Pourchaire, Alfa Romeo, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Alexander Albon, Williams, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Felipe Drugovich, Aston Martin, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Nyck de Vries, AlphaTauri, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Nyck de Vries, AlphaTauri, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Felipe Drugovich, Aston Martin, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Logan Sargeant, Williams, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Pietro Fittipaldi, Haas, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Logan Sargeant, Williams, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Nico Hulkenberg, Haas, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Theo Pourchaire, Alfa Romeo, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Frederik Vesti, Mercedes, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Pietro Fittipaldi, Haas, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Felipe Drugovich, Aston Martin, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Felipe Drugovich, Aston Martin, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Theo Pourchaire, Alfa Romeo, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Pierre Gasly, Alpine, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Pierre Gasly, Alpine, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
George Russell, Mercedes, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Nyck de Vries, AlphaTauri, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Pietro Fittipaldi, Haas, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Oscar Piastri, McLaren, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Yuki Tsunoda, AlphaTauri, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Liam Lawson, Red Bull, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Nyck de Vries, AlphaTauri, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Frederik Vesti, Mercedes, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Frederik Vesti, Mercedes, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Nico Hulkenberg, Haas, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Oscar Piastri, McLaren, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Oscar Piastri, McLaren, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Frederik Vesti, Mercedes, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Pierre Gasly, Alpine, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Robert Shwartzman, Ferrari, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Alexander Albon, Williams, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Alexander Albon, Williams, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
George Russell, Mercedes, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Sergio Perez, Red Bull, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Nico Hulkenberg, Haas, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Robert Shwartzman, Ferrari, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Pierre Gasly, Alpine, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Robert Shwartzman, Ferrari, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Alexander Albon, Williams, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Nyck de Vries, AlphaTauri, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Theo Pourchaire, Alfa Romeo, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Robert Shwartzman, Ferrari, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Oscar Piastri, McLaren, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Jack Doohan, Alpine, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Pedro de la Rosa, Aston Martin, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Frederik Vesti, Mercedes, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
George Russell, Mercedes, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Ferrari, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Liam Lawson, Red Bull, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Lando Norris, McLaren, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Pierre Gasly, Alpine, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Pierre Gasly, Alpine, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Logan Sargeant, Williams, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Nyck de Vries, AlphaTauri, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Felipe Drugovich, Aston Martin, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Logan Sargeant, Williams, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Oscar Piastri, McLaren, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Oscar Piastri, McLaren, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Lando Norris, McLaren, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Pietro Fittipaldi, Haas, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Oscar Piastri, McLaren, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Liam Lawson, Red Bull, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Pierre Gasly, Alpine, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Pierre Gasly, Alpine, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Pierre Gasly, Alpine, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Robert Shwartzman, Ferrari, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Robert Shwartzman, Ferrari, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
AlphaTauri, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Jack Doohan, Alpine, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Theo Pourchaire, Alfa Romeo, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Jack Doohan, Alpine, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
AlphaTauri, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Oscar Piastri, McLaren, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Oscar Piastri, McLaren, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Alexander Albon, Williams, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Felipe Drugovich, Aston Martin, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Theo Pourchaire, Alfa Romeo, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Pietro Fittipaldi, Haas, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Nico Hulkenberg, Haas, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Pierre Gasly, Alpine, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Felipe Drugovich, Aston Martin, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Frederik Vesti, Mercedes, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Frederik Vesti, Mercedes, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Pietro Fittipaldi, Haas, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Pietro Fittipaldi, Haas, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Pietro Fittipaldi, Haas, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Sergio Perez, Red Bull, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Nico Hulkenberg, Haas, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Nico Hulkenberg, Haas, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Nico Hulkenberg, Haas, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Nico Hulkenberg, Haas, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Nico Hulkenberg, Haas, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Oscar Piastri, McLaren, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Pietro Fittipaldi, Haas, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Liam Lawson, Red Bull, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Sergio Perez, Red Bull, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Nico Hulkenberg, Haas, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Nico Hulkenberg, Haas, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Nico Hulkenberg, Haas, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Liam Lawson, Red Bull, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Max Verstappen, Red Bull, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Max Verstappen, Red Bull, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Pietro Fittipaldi, Haas, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
George Russell, Mercedes, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
George Russell, Mercedes, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
George Russell, Mercedes, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
George Russell, Mercedes, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Frederik Vesti, Mercedes, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Frederik Vesti, Mercedes, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, Yas Marina, 2022 post-season test
I thought Pyry Salmela would move to Alpine with Gasly, but apparently, he’ll continue at AT & become De Vries’ trainer instead. Trainers generally stay with the same drivers through their team changes, so unusual.
Not surprised at all. Have you ever listened to Gasly whine? Even when he’s not whining he’s got to be one of the dimmest guys on the grid. Maybe that’s why he seems so invisible when it comes to non-post race interviews.
Jere (@jerejj)
22nd November 2022, 11:25
I thought Pyry Salmela would move to Alpine with Gasly, but apparently, he’ll continue at AT & become De Vries’ trainer instead. Trainers generally stay with the same drivers through their team changes, so unusual.
Nick T.
22nd November 2022, 11:29
Not surprised at all. Have you ever listened to Gasly whine? Even when he’s not whining he’s got to be one of the dimmest guys on the grid. Maybe that’s why he seems so invisible when it comes to non-post race interviews.
x303 (@x303)
22nd November 2022, 19:43
I’m surprised as well. Seems like Salmeda is paid by RB and not Gasly.
Newfangled (@newfangled)
22nd November 2022, 20:30
That blank Aston looks awesome. I forgot how much sponsorship logos ruin the lines of cars.