Circuit: Yas Marina Circuit – 5.554 kmDriver: Sebastien BuemiChassis: STR5 - 03Best time: 1:42.145, 98 laps

It fell to Sebastien Buemi to give the STR5 it’s very last outing of 2010, on the finalday of testing this year when as yesterday, the focus was on evaluating tyres fromthe sport’s new supplier, Pirelli.

“This has been a productive day,” commented Chief Engineer Laurent Mekies.“We got through a lot of laps, with a mix of short and long runs and it wasespecially useful that Sebastien was able to do a very long run, equivalent to arace distance on the soft Pirelli tyre, so there is a lot of data from which we canlearn for next season. Apart from the work on the tyre front, we also tried a coupleof mechanical components aimed at next year’s car and we ran trouble freethroughout the day. That marks the end of testing for 2010, and the team workedwell to complete these four additional track days in Abu Dhabi on the back of avery busy end to the season. However, it will not be long until we start all overagain at Valencia in early February.”

“I am pleased with my first test day on the Pirelli tyres,” said Sebastien Buemi.“We got through a lot of work, although it is difficult to draw any conclusionsregarding actual performance, even if the feeling from the tyres is pretty good atthis early stage. Now, our engineers will have a lot of work back at the factory toensure the new car suits the characteristics of the tyres. Overall, I do not think wecould have done a better job at this test, so it is nice to see the 2010 season endon a positive note.”