The final day of the FIA Formula 2 (F2) Championship had Carlin’s Nikita Mazepin finish on top from UNI-Virtuosi Racing’s Callum Ilott.
After the two-day domination by Sauber Junior Team by Charouz Racing’s Louis Deletraz, the final day of F2 testing in Abu Dhabi at Yas Marina circuit, it was the Carlin’s Mazepin leading UNI-Virtosui Racing’s Ilott with a time of 1m50.473s to round out F2 run for 2019.
The morning session saw Carlin dominate with a one-two in the early half, before positions shifted and Mazepin stayed atop the time sheets, while his teammate was pipped by Ilott, who set a time 0.029s off the 20-year-old. The morning times remained for majority.
Eventually Yuki Tsunoda fell down to seventh as between him and the top two of Mazepin and Ilott in the morning, Charouz’s Deletraz was third with MP Motorsport’s Ralph Boschung fourth, DAMS’ Dan Ticktum fifth and Prema’s Robert Shwartzman sixth.
Times were slower in the afternoon, with Prema’s Mick Schumacher ending up on top but was 10th still courtesy his time in the morning session as UNI-Virtuosi Racing’s Guanyu Zhou and Charouz’s Pedro Piquet slotted in between.
The lone red flag of the day was caused by HWA Racelab’s Giuliano Alesi, when he stopped on track. The F2 running for 2019 came to a close but the series is to test the 18-inch tyres on Sunday and Monday ahead of its official launch in 2020.
2019 FIA F2 Championship – Post-season tests, Day 3, morning session
| DRIVER | TEAM | LAPTIME | LAPS | |
| 1 | Nikita Mazepin | Carlin | 1:50.473 | 39 |
| 2 | Callum Ilott | UNI-Virtuosi | 1:50.502 | 32 |
| 3 | Louis Delétraz | Charouz Racing System | 1:50.623 | 34 |
| 4 | Ralph Boschung | MP Motorsport | 1:50.783 | 24 |
| 5 | Dan Ticktum | DAMS | 1:50.916 | 31 |
| 6 | Robert Shwartzman | PREMA Racing | 1:51.085 | 30 |
| 7 | Yuki Tsunoda | Carlin | 1:51.118 | 41 |
| 8 | Guanyu Zhou | UNI-Virtuosi | 1:51.129 | 35 |
| 9 | Pedro Piquet | Charouz Racing System | 1:51.158 | 34 |
| 10 | Mick Schumacher | PREMA Racing | 1:51.171 | 30 |
| 11 | Felipe Drugovich | MP Motorsport | 1:51.341 | 32 |
| 12 | Christian Lundgaard | ART Grand Prix | 1:51.429 | 28 |
| 13 | Niko Kari | Campos Racing | 1:51.467 | 45 |
| 14 | Marcus Armstrong | ART Grand Prix | 1:51.494 | 32 |
| 15 | Sean Gelael | DAMS | 1:51.547 | 29 |
| 16 | Artem Markelov | BWT HWA RACELAB | 1:51.780 | 22 |
| 17 | Marino Sato | Trident | 1:51.899 | 38 |
| 18 | Giuliano Alesi | BWT HWA RACELAB | 1:51.972 | 22 |
| 19 | Guilherme Samaia | Campos Racing | 1:52.223 | 21 |
| 20 | Roy Nissany | Trident | 1:53.057 | 21 |
2019 FIA F2 Championship – Post-season tests, Day 3, afternoon session
| DRIVER | TEAM | LAPTIME | LAPS | |
| 1 | Mick Schumacher | PREMA Racing | 1:51.569 | 38 |
| 2 | Callum Ilott | UNI-Virtuosi | 1:51.657 | 13 |
| 3 | Dan Ticktum | DAMS | 1:51.748 | 40 |
| 4 | Artem Markelov | BWT HWA RACELAB | 1:52.060 | 42 |
| 5 | Giuliano Alesi | BWT HWA RACELAB | 1:52.199 | 23 |
| 6 | Yuki Tsunoda | Carlin | 1:52.224 | 26 |
| 7 | Louis Delétraz | Charouz Racing System | 1:52.412 | 38 |
| 8 | Guanyu Zhou | UNI-Virtuosi | 1:52.428 | 27 |
| 9 | Niko Kari | Campos Racing | 1:52.510 | 26 |
| 10 | Ralph Boschung | MP Motorsport | 1:52.525 | 24 |
| 11 | Robert Shwartzman | PREMA Racing | 1:52.734 | 35 |
| 12 | Roy Nissany | Trident | 1:52.998 | 43 |
| 13 | Marino Sato | Trident | 1:53.036 | 25 |
| 14 | Sean Gelael | DAMS | 1:53.578 | 39 |
| 15 | Felipe Drugovich | MP Motorsport | 1:53.686 | 28 |
| 16 | Nikita Mazepin | Carlin | 1:56.290 | 20 |
| 17 | Marcus Armstrong | ART Grand Prix | 1:56.393 | 40 |
| 18 | Christian Lundgaard | ART Grand Prix | 1:56.546 | 30 |
| 19 | Pedro Piquet | Charouz Racing System | 1:57.055 | 54 |
| 20 | Guilherme Samaia | Campos Racing | 1:57.061 | 39 |
Here’s how Day 1 action of Abu Dhabi F2 test underwent
Here’s how Day 2 action of ABu Dhabi F2 test underwent
The report was written by Duncan Leahy and edited by Darshan Chokhani