Fabio Leimer admitted he had been able to learn an invaluable amou🌊nt from his day of running with Sauber after joining the team on the opening day of the Young Driver Test in Abu🧸 Dhabi.

The Swiss driver went into the test on the back of a victory in the GP2 feature race over the course of the weekend, with the Tuesday test being his𝓰 first chance to sample F1 machinery.

A solid performance saw Leimer set the fourth൩ quickest ti🌸me and he admitted he had learned a lot from his experience of F1 that he can carry into his 2012 racing programme.

Leimer hands the car over to Esteban Guti🔯errez for the💜 remainder of the test.

"To me it ꦅwas good day," he said. "I was able to improve from the morning to the afternoon, and I learnt a lot for my future. I wasn't only impressed by the power of the car, as actually I didn't expect it to be so nice to drive. It is so stable and smooth when riding the kerbs compared to a GP2 car.

"I was a bit worried about my neck before the test, but this wasn't an issue. What I could feel in the end was that the concentratioꩵn needed during the entire day was quite intense. Obviously I had to learn a lot about procedures and switches. All in all, I'm happy with what the team and I have done today - it was a great day, full of new experiences."