ART’s Christian Lundgaard was the fastest on Day 1 of the in-season F2 test held at Barcelona from UNI-Virtuosi Racing’s Felipe Drugovich.
Lundgaard, in fact, was fastest during the morning and the afternoon session. He set his best of 1m29.594s in the latter, which was 0.178s fastert than Drugovich (1m29.772s). Hitech GP’s Juri Vips rounded out the Top 3 with a 1m29.988s time.
His teammate Liam Lawson wasn’t far off in fourth, with MP Motorsport’s Lirim Zendeli in fifth. The German caused a red flag in the afternoon session, having tapped the barrier, as UNI-Virtuosi Racing’s Guanyu Zhou slotted in sixth.
DAMS’ Marcus Armstrong was seventh, as the Kiwi is back driving the F2 car, after a F1 run with Ferrari two weeks back. Even though Richard Verschoor is not confirmed for the next race, the Dutchman ended up eighth on Day 1 of the test with MP Motorsport.
The other ART of Theo Pourchaire ended up ninth, as the Top 10 was rounded out by Campos Racing’s Ralph Boschung, with Prema’s Oscar Piastri just missing out on a Top 10 berth in 11th. Zendeli, meanwhile, wasn’t the only red flag stoppage.
The morning session saw Carlin’s Jehan Daruvala have an early stop, while Campos’ Gianluca Petecof spun at Turn 2-3 onto the gravel. The afternoon session, had a spin from Zendeli and also DAMS’ Roy Nissany, with the latter tapping the barrier at Turn 9.
Here’s full Day 1 F2 standings:
Here’s how things stood on Day 1 of F1 test in AM:
| DRIVER | TEAM | LAPTIME | LAPS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian Lundgaard | ART Grand Prix | 1:29.594 | 34 |
| 2 | Felipe Drugovich | UNI-Virtuosi | 1:29.772 | 26 |
| 3 | Jüri Vips | Hitech Grand Prix | 1:29.988 | 26 |
| 4 | Liam Lawson | Hitech Grand Prix | 1:30.006 | 26 |
| 5 | Lirim Zendeli | MP Motorsport | 1:30.078 | 39 |
| 6 | Guanyu Zhou | UNI-Virtuosi | 1:30.083 | 27 |
| 7 | Marcus Armstrong | DAMS | 1:30.158 | 26 |
| 8 | Ralph Boschung | Campos Racing | 1:30.259 | 31 |
| 9 | Oscar Piastri | PREMA Racing | 1:30.425 | 21 |
| 10 | Richard Verschoor | MP Motorsport | 1:30.519 | 40 |
| 11 | Dan Ticktum | Carlin | 1:30.598 | 34 |
| 12 | Jehan Daruvala | Carlin | 1:30.674 | 31 |
| 13 | Roy Nissany | DAMS | 1:30.723 | 26 |
| 14 | Marino Sato | Trident | 1:30.727 | 19 |
| 15 | Bent Viscaal | Trident | 1:30.727 | 33 |
| 16 | Théo Pourchaire | ART Grand Prix | 1:30.738 | 33 |
| 17 | Gianluca Petecof | Campos Racing | 1:30.882 | 30 |
| 18 | Matteo Nannini | HWA RACELAB | 1:30.953 | 30 |
| 19 | David Beckmann | Charouz Racing System | 1:30.973 | 32 |
| 20 | Guilherme Samaia | Charouz Racing System | 1:31.305 | 31 |
| 21 | Robert Shwartzman | PREMA Racing | 1:31.435 | 27 |
| 22 | Alessio Deledda | HWA RACELAB | 1:37.100 | 7 |
Here’s how things stood on Day 1 of F1 test in PM:
| DRIVER | TEAM | LAPTIME | LAPS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian Lundgaard | ART Grand Prix | 1:29.827 | 45 |
| 2 | Richard Verschoor | MP Motorsport | 1:30.165 | 45 |
| 3 | Théo Pourchaire | ART Grand Prix | 1:30.167 | 42 |
| 4 | Marcus Armstrong | DAMS | 1:30.617 | 46 |
| 5 | Liam Lawson | Hitech Grand Prix | 1:30.739 | 41 |
| 6 | Ralph Boschung | Campos Racing | 1:30.755 | 41 |
| 7 | Lirim Zendeli | MP Motorsport | 1:30.767 | 6 |
| 8 | David Beckmann | Charouz Racing System | 1:30.824 | 31 |
| 9 | Jüri Vips | Hitech Grand Prix | 1:30.956 | 39 |
| 10 | Felipe Drugovich | UNI-Virtuosi | 1:31.075 | 43 |
| 11 | Bent Viscaal | Trident | 1:31.198 | 36 |
| 12 | Oscar Piastri | PREMA Racing | 1:31.350 | 24 |
| 13 | Robert Shwartzman | PREMA Racing | 1:31.440 | 23 |
| 14 | Gianluca Petecof | Campos Racing | 1:31.532 | 40 |
| 15 | Guilherme Samaia | Charouz Racing System | 1:31.575 | 31 |
| 16 | Marino Sato | Trident | 1:34.503 | 40 |
| 17 | Alessio Deledda | HWA RACELAB | 1:34.629 | 7 |
| 18 | Guanyu Zhou | UNI-Virtuosi | 1:34.783 | 51 |
| 19 | Jehan Daruvala | Carlin | 1:35.511 | 47 |
| 20 | Matteo Nannini | HWA RACELAB | 1:35.787 | 35 |
| 21 | Dan Ticktum | Carlin | 1:35.865 | 46 |
| 22 | Roy Nissany | DAMS | 1:36.166 | 14 |