ART Grand Prix’s Christian Lundgaard set the pace on Day 2 of F2 test in Bahrain from Trident’s Bent Viscaal.

With F2 teams and drivers focusing on race runs in the afternoon running, times from the morning session eventually set up most of the finishing results of Day 2 of Bahrain test, as Alpine junior and ART’s Lundgaard led the way with a 1m41.697s lap.

He led Trident’s Viscaal (1m42.028s), who was just 0.010s ahead of DAMS’ Marcus Armstrong (1m42.38s). Carlin’s Daniel Ticktum then slotted in fourth after his best time in the afternoon session, which he led from teammate Jehan Daruvala.

The Indian’s time was not enough for the Top 10, though, as Hitech GP’s Liam Lawson slotted in fifth with his time in the morning session, with his Red Bull stablemate and teammate Juri Vips seventh behind Prema’s Robert Shwartzman.

The Top 10 was rounded out by ART’s Theo Pourchaire in eighth, DAMS’ Roy Nissany ninth and Prema’s Oscar Piastri 10th. Just outside the Top 10 was Daruvala then ahead of Trident’s Marino Sato and UNI-Virtuosi Racing’s Guanyu Zhou.

There were multiple red flags on Day 2 of F2 test with the first one in the morning session courtesy of HWA Racelab’s Alessio Deledda, who stopped at the track due to mechanical issue. The afternoon running saw three stoppages.

The first one was for a spin at Turn 13 for Campos Racing’s Gianluca Petecof, while the other two was for Lawson and Zhou stopping on track for a suspected mechanical issue. The Chinese racer was able to return on track again post the trouble.

Here’s F2 results from AM:

DRIVER TEAM LAPTIME LAPS
1 Christian Lundgaard ART Grand Prix 1:41.697 39
2 Bent Viscaal Trident 1:42.028 28
3 Marcus Armstrong DAMS 1:42.038 26
4 Liam Lawson Hitech Grand Prix 1:42.256 28
5 Robert Shwartzman PREMA Racing 1:42.257 27
6 Jüri Vips Hitech Grand Prix 1:42.299 22
7 Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix 1:42.347 42
8 Roy Nissany DAMS 1:42.419 31
9 Oscar Piastri PREMA Racing 1:42.462 32
10 Marino Sato Trident 1:42.997 27
11 Dan Ticktum Carlin 1:43.158 35
12 Ralph Boschung Campos Racing 1:43.206 40
13 Jehan Daruvala Carlin 1:43.616 35
14 David Beckmann Charouz Racing System 1:43.954 48
15 Guanyu Zhou UNI-Virtuosi 1:43.997 38
16 Lirim Zendeli MP Motorsport 1:44.346 31
17 Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport 1:44.485 31
18 Guilherme Samaia Charouz Racing System 1:44.575 50
19 Gianluca Petecof Campos Racing 1:45.419 33
20 Felipe Drugovich UNI-Virtuosi 1:45.865 46
21 Matteo Nannini HWA RACELAB 1:45.865 20
22 Alessio Deledda HWA RACELAB 1:46.413 13

 

Here’s F2 results from PM session:

DRIVER TEAM LAPTIME LAPS
1 Dan Ticktum Carlin 1:42.185 36
2 Jehan Daruvala Carlin 1:42.619 36
3 Guanyu Zhou UNI-Virtuosi 1:43.114 30
4 Guilherme Samaia Charouz Racing System 1:43.129 40
5 Felipe Drugovich UNI-Virtuosi 1:43.194 34
6 Ralph Boschung Campos Racing 1:44.320 25
7 Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport 1:44.335 20
8 Gianluca Petecof Campos Racing 1:44.569 10
9 David Beckmann Charouz Racing System 1:44.640 19
10 Bent Viscaal Trident 1:44.879 42
11 Lirim Zendeli MP Motorsport 1:45.052 21
12 Christian Lundgaard ART Grand Prix 1:46.913 45
13 Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix 1:47.429 47
14 Jüri Vips Hitech Grand Prix 1:47.497 47
15 Robert Shwartzman PREMA Racing 1:47.614 33
16 Marcus Armstrong DAMS 1:47.900 44
17 Alessio Deledda HWA RACELAB 1:47.904 30
18 Liam Lawson Hitech Grand Prix 1:48.814 39
19 Roy Nissany DAMS 1:48.974 42
20 Marino Sato Trident 1:49.501 30
21 Oscar Piastri PREMA Racing 1:49.824 32
22 Matteo Nannini HWA RACELAB 1:50.445 18

 

Here’s how Day 1 of Bahrain F2 test panned out

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