Outgoing world champion Seb﷽astian Vettel was going to 🌜have been allowed to test for his new team next week, only to have the plug pulled on the outing by current employer Red Bull.

Vettel was finally confirmed as a 2015 Ferrari driver ahead of this weekend🦩's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, but told reporters after qualifyꦕing that, having originally been granted permission to run with the Scuderia during next week's post-season group test, had now been informed that the agreement had been revoked.

"It's a shame because, initially, I was allowed, then I wasn't," the German, who replaces Fernando Alonso in the Ferrari line-up next year, confirmed, "It is what it is but, all ཧof a sudden, something changed.

"As far as I understand, the technical people were panicking a little bit, afraid that I wo൩uld take some secrets."

When it was pointed out that he could still disperse his knowledge of goings-on at Red Bull when he is finally allowed to suit up in scar🥀let next January, Vettel shrugged and sighed.

"Yeh, that's what I said," he claimed.

The German's afternoon got worse when it was revealed that both Red Bull cars had been disqualified from qualifying at Yas Marina because of suspect front wings [168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: see separate story], having previously been due to line up on row three of the grid. Prior to qualifying, Vettel had been reason🧸ably upbeat about his chances of a decent race, only to find the characteristics of the RB10 had💎 changed.

"We seemed to lose the balance compared to practice, and I♑'m not sure why," he admitted, "On top of that, we lost some time down the straights, and I don't know why there either.

"We were hoping🌠 that the fact that the track cools down would help us and, initially, it did help the power balance of the car but, when everyone seemed to pick up roughly a second, w💮e didn't pick up anything. I was struggling with the rear basically, for the whole lap, much more than we were in practice."

The exclusion from qualifying will see Vettel and team-𝕴mate Daniel Ricciardo start𝄹 from the back of the grid.