Isack Hadjar ended the three-day FIA F2 test in Barcelona on top ahead of teammate Joseph Pepe Marti and Franco Colapinto.

MORNING

There was a stoppage almost right away after the Hitech Pulse-Eight car of Amaury Cordeel came to a stop on his outlap in the opening minutes. Back to green again, Hadjar led the way early on with a 1:26.461 putting the Campos Racing driver 0.4s clear at the top of the times. Oliver Bearman then put PREMA Racing in P1 for the first time in the test, setting a 1:24.864 to go fastest.

The second Red Flag of the day came with just under 45 minutes run, Roman Stanek the next driver to stop on track for Trident. With the session green once again, Andrea Kimi Antonelli moved himself up to P2, 0.081s down on his teammate’s earlier effort before Bearman lowered his personal best to a 1:23.894. Martí then restored Campos’ advantage at the top, going quickest of all shortly afterwards on a 1:23.867, 0.027s quicker than the Briton’s lap.

ART Grand Prix’ Victor Martins made it three drivers separated by under 0.050s, going to the top of the timing screens after setting a 1:23.853. Hadjar smashed the best time of the week with a 1:23.139 to set a new benchmark time with an hour and a half left of the morning. Teammate Martí made it a Campos 1-2 but remained 0.4s down on the Frenchman’s effort in P2.

A third Red Flag arrived after Joshua Duerksen came to a stop in the final sector in the PHM AIX Racing #24. Running got back underway but there was a fourth Red Flag in the final half hour as Paul Aron went off the track in his Hitech Pulse-Eight to bring a pause to the morning once again. The session resumed for the final 10 minutes though nobody could displace Hadjar from atop the times before the end. Antonelli ended the morning segment with the highest lap count, reaching 42 in total.

Position Driver Licence Team Time Laps
1 Isack Hadjar FRA Campos Racing 1:23.139 18
2 Josep María Martí ESP Campos Racing 1:23.549 15
3 Franco Colapinto ARG MP Motorsport 1:23.698 28
4 Victor Martins FRA ART Grand Prix 1:23.853 24
5 Oliver Bearman GBR PREMA Racing 1:23.894 35
6 Richard Verschoor NLD Trident 1:23.905 27
7 Dennis Hauger NOR MP Motorsport 1:23.947 25
8 Zak O’Sullivan GBR ART Grand Prix 1:23.974 24
9 Zane Maloney BRB Rodin Motorsport 1:24.058 38
10 Paul Aron EST Hitech Pulse-Eight 1:24.204 27
11 Rafael Villagómez MEX Van Amersfoort Racing 1:24.435 32
12 Andrea Kimi Antonelli ITA PREMA Racing 1:24.531 42
13 Juan Manuel Correa USA DAMS Lucas Oil 1:24.554 41
14 Jak Crawford USA DAMS Lucas Oil 1:24.614 33
15 Enzo Fittipaldi BRA Van Amersfoort Racing 1:24.618 31
16 Roman Stanek CZE Trident 1:24.948 21
17 Taylor Barnard GBR PHM AIX Racing 1:25.109 32
18 Ritomo Miyata JPN Rodin Motorsport 1:25.467 30
19 Kush Maini IND Invicta Racing 1:25.532 32
20 Joshua Duerksen PRY PHM AIX Racing 1:26.574 19
21 Amaury Cordeel BEL Hitech Pulse-Eight 1:27.792 16
22 Gabriel Bortoleto BRA Invicta Racing 1:29.135 36

 

AFTERNOON

Stanek was the early pace setter in the afternoon segment, going to the top in the opening half hour of running on a 1:25.933. Having run second to the Czech driver, Cordeel took over to become the first driver into the 1:24s. The Hitech driver’s 1:24.487 left him 1.4s clear of the pack.

Race simulations took up the majority of the afternoon, with pitstop practice also a heavy focus in the final segment of in-season testing. Into the last hour of the session, Duerksen went second fastest, 0.3s down on Cordeel’s earlier time while Rodin Motorsport’s Ritomo Miyata moved himself up to third on a 1:25.808.

Position Driver Licence Team Time Laps
1 Amaury Cordeel BEL Hitech Pulse-Eight 1:24.487 65
2 Joshua Duerksen EST PHM AIX Racing 1:24.868 26
3 Ritomo Miyata JPN Rodin Motorsport 1:25.808 40
4 Roman Stanek CZE Trident 1:25.933 52
5 Zane Maloney BRB Rodin Motorsport 1:26.364 42
6 Franco Colapinto ARG MP Motorsport 1:28.406 36
7 Kush Maini IND Invicta Racing 1:28.869 46
8 Zak O’Sullivan GBR ART Grand Prix 1:29.008 54
9 Rafael Villagómez MEX Van Amersfoort Racing 1:29.185 55
10 Gabriel Bortoleto BRA Invicta Racing 1:29.414 42
11 Enzo Fittipaldi BRA Van Amersfoort Racing 1:29.420 55
12 Jak Crawford USA DAMS Lucas Oil 1:29.470 42
13 Isack Hadjar FRA Campos Racing 1:29.636 54
14 Victor Martins FRA ART Grand Prix 1:29.749 50
15 Andrea Kimi Antonelli ITA PREMA Racing 1:29.828 51
16 Dennis Hauger NOR MP Motorsport 1:29.919 24
17 Richard Verschoor NLD Trident 1:29.932 39
18 Josep María Martí ESP Campos Racing 1:29.974 64
19 Oliver Bearman GBR PREMA Racing 1:29.997 60
20 Juan Manuel Correa USA DAMS Lucas Oil 1:30.243 39
21 Taylor Barnard GBR PHM AIX Racing 1:31.396 29
22 Paul Aron EST Hitech Pulse-Eight No time –

 

Here’s how Day 1 of F2 test panned out in Barcelona

Here’s how Day 2 of F2 test panned out in Barcelona

[Note: The story is as per press release]

RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR