Jak Crawford topped the timesheets for Aston Martin in the annual post-season test in Abu Dhabi as the curtain came down on the track action in Formula 1 in 2025.

Each team was obliged to run two cars at the Yas Marina Circuit, with one adapted to mirror the reduced downforce levels expected with the new regulations in 2026.

The permanent race drivers were the ones who drove the mule cars with Pirelli’s 2026 compounds, while the other 10 machines were restricted to rookie participants.

With the cars at the rookies’ disposal being run in the standard spec used across 2025, Crawford concluded proceedings on top with a 1:23.766s in the Aston Martin.

Paul Aron ended up second quickest in the Sauber, less than a tenth behind Crawford, while Luke Browning was 0.154 seconds behind the benchmark in his Williams.

Frederik Vesti was given another runout with Mercedes, managing 145 laps, albeit eight tenths down on the ultimate time, with Ayumi Iwasa rounding out the top five.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli was next up in the other Mercedes and the lead driver among those using the mule cars, almost a second quicker than Oscar Piastri’s McLaren.

PositionDriverTeamTimeGapLaps1Jak CrawfordAston Martin1:23.7661192Paul AronSauber1:23.8470.0811263Luke BrowningWilliams1:23.9200.1541294Frederik VestiMercedes1:24.5680.8021455Ayumu IwasaRed Bull1:24.9251.1591216Andrea Kimi AntonelliMercedes1:25.1701.4041577Pato O’WardMcLaren1:25.4181.6521278Ryo HirakawaHaas1:25.4631.6971219Dino BeganovicFerrari1:25.7201.95412210Oscar PiastriMcLaren1:26.0992.3338511Lewis HamiltonFerrari1:26.1382.3727312Lando NorrisMcLaren1:26.1422.3767113Alex AlbonWilliams1:26.2892.5239214Charles LeclercFerrari1:26.4172.6517515Carlos SainzWilliams1:26.4542.6887616Liam LawsonRacing Bulls1:26.5052.73914117Arvid LindbladRacing Bulls1:26.5192.75313918Gabriel BortoletoSauber1:26.7673.0017819Nico HulkenbergSauber1:27.0043.2387620Pierre GaslyAlpine1:27.4333.66714421Isack HadjarRed Bull1:27.5153.74911122Kush MainiAlpine1:27.5443.77812823Stoffel VandoorneAston Martin1:27.7433.97710824Oliver BearmanHaas1:27.8274.0618025Esteban OconHaas1:31.4077.6414

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