UNI-Virtuosi Racing’s Felipe Drugovich was fastest to end the Formula 2 (F2) test in Barcelona from Prema’s Oscar Piastri.

Such was the day that all of the time set in the cloudy morning session stood as the final standing barring HWA Racelab’s Matteo Nannini, who didn’t set a time in the AM. Drugovich was the fastest with a 1m27.945s from Piastri (1m28.105s) in the end.

ART’s Christian Lundgaard slotted in fourth ahead of the two Hitech GP cars of Liam Lawson and Juri Vips, with the other ART of Theo Pourchaire at the other end in seventh. Prema’s Robert Shwartzman then came in eighth to complete the three F2 team’s line-up.

Apart from UNI-Virtuosi Racing, Trident’s Bent Viscaal and MP Motorsport’s Lirim Zendeli, were the other two F2 teams to find a space in the Top 10, with the former in ninth and the latter in 10th, as Drugovich’s teammate Guanyu Zhou missed out in 11th.

The morning session had double red flag stoppages, where HWA Racelab’s Alessio Deledda spun at Turn 1, while Carlin’s Jehan Daruvala caused the other, when he stopped at the track with a suspected issue, right towards the end of the session.

The afternoon running saw Lawson hit the barrier at Turn 5 early. He managed to return to the track but with 15 minutes remaining, he stopped at Turn 8-9 to bring out another red flag. MP Motorsport’s Richard Verschoor caused the third one when he stopped at Turn 7.

Here’s how F2 drivers’ stood in AM:

DRIVER TEAM LAPTIME LAPS
1 Felipe Drugovich UNI-Virtuosi 1:27.945 21
2 Oscar Piastri PREMA Racing 1:28.105 23
3 Christian Lundgaard ART Grand Prix 1:28.285 43
4 Liam Lawson Hitech Grand Prix 1:28.422 39
5 Jüri Vips Hitech Grand Prix 1:28.433 25
6 Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix 1:28.484 44
7 Robert Shwartzman PREMA Racing 1:28.491 31
8 Bent Viscaal Trident 1:28.736 38
9 Lirim Zendeli MP Motorsport 1:28.737 35
10 Guanyu Zhou UNI-Virtuosi 1:28.755 24
11 Roy Nissany DAMS 1:28.906 33
12 Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport 1:28.972 35
13 Gianluca Petecof Campos Racing 1:28.973 29
14 Ralph Boschung Campos Racing 1:28.992 21
15 Dan Ticktum Carlin 1:28.993 36
16 Jehan Daruvala Carlin 1:29.032 35
17 Marino Sato Trident 1:29.182 51
18 Marcus Armstrong DAMS 1:29.678 31
19 David Beckmann Charouz Racing System 1:29.744 38
20 Guilherme Samaia Charouz Racing System 1:30.166 36
21 Alessio Deledda HWA RACELAB 1:32.096 37
22 Matteo Nannini HWA RACELAB – – 6

 

Here’s how F2 drivers’ stood in PM:

DRIVER TEAM LAPTIME LAPS
1 Bent Viscaal Trident 1:30.280 30
2 Matteo Nannini HWA RACELAB 1:30.346 59
3 Marino Sato Trident 1:30.943 22
4 Alessio Deledda HWA RACELAB 1:32.183 55
5 Marcus Armstrong DAMS 1:33.199 44
6 Lirim Zendeli MP Motorsport 1:33.271 47
7 Roy Nissany DAMS 1:33.529 55
8 Robert Shwartzman PREMA Racing 1:33.572 50
9 Liam Lawson Hitech Grand Prix 1:33.782 24
10 Oscar Piastri PREMA Racing 1:33.816 57
11 Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix 1:34.308 49
12 Ralph Boschung Campos Racing 1:34.502 57
13 Gianluca Petecof Campos Racing 1:34.515 43
14 Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport 1:34.540 37
15 Jehan Daruvala Carlin 1:34.693 43
16 Felipe Drugovich UNI-Virtuosi 1:34.709 45
17 Jüri Vips Hitech Grand Prix 1:34.883 45
18 Dan Ticktum Carlin 1:35.075 44
19 Guanyu Zhou UNI-Virtuosi 1:35.088 54
20 Christian Lundgaard ART Grand Prix 1:35.106 50
21 Guilherme Samaia Charouz Racing System 1:35.120 44
22 David Beckmann Charouz Racing System 1:35.310 60

 

Here’s how Day 1 of F2 test panned out

Here’s how Day 2 of F2 test panned out

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