Kimi Raikkonen in action for Sauber at Pirelli tyre test

ABU DHABI -- Less than 48 hours after the chequered flag fell on the final Formula One race of 2018, teams were back in action at the Yas Marina circuit on Tuesday for a Pirelli tyre test.

The two-day test is better viewed as the first day of 2019 testing rather than the last day of 2018, and a number of drivers appeared in their 2019 colours as a result.

Kimi Raikkonen drove for Sauber just two days after his final race for Ferrari and 17 years on from his debut with the Swiss outfit in 2001. The Finn has been released from his Ferrari contract early ahead of his move to Sauber over the winter and completed 39 laps in the morning. He was wearing an unbranded helmet and overalls so as not to…