Nyck de Vries has topped again the timesheet on Day 2 of the 2019 FIA Formula 2 pre-season testing at Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. The Dutchman set a latpime of 1:24.723 in the opening hour of the morning session to head UNI Virtuosi’s pair Luca Ghiotto and Guanyu Zhou.
FIA Formula 2 – De Vries still fastest on Day 2 of testing
The session opened under blue skies with Trident’s Giuliano Alesi feeding onto the track first closely followed by Antonio Fuoco who replaced Ralph Boschung at the wheel of the second Trident car. De Vries set the early pace with a laptime two tenths quicker than Louis Delétraz’ in P2.
The ART Grand Prix driver went even quicker on his next lap to break the 1m25s barrier with a time of 1:24.723. Ghiotto also improved but ended with a time half a second slower than de Vries’. Sérgio Sette Camâra then dipped under 1m25s as well to move up into second.
On the one hour mark, the top 3 was made of de Vries, Ghiotto and Mick Schumacher – all in the 1m24s, but Zhou was also able to improve on his personal best to feature in third.
Halfway through the session, the proceedings were halted for a track inspection. The running was restarted fifteen minutes later, but stopped again after ten minutes when Nicholas Latifi brought out the second red flag of the morning after going off track at Turn 8.
The remaining of the session was trouble-free with the drivers concentrating on long runs. Five minutes before the end, Ghiotto went wide at Turn 8 and touched the barrier. A third and final red flag was waved. The cars returned to the pits and the pitlane remained closed until the chequered flag. Behind de Vries, Ghiotto and Zhou, Delétraz took fourth ahead of Schumacher, Latifi, Sette Camâra, Calum Ilott, Juan Manuel Correa and Verschoor.
The Dutchman from MP Motorsport was the first driver back onto the track after the two-hour lunch break, but it was Ilott who set the early pace in a 1:25.671 to lead teammate Correa and Anthoine Hubert. Fuoco eventually slotted in third and the top 3 remained unchanged for the majority of the afternoon session where the teams and drivers’ programmes were focused on race runs.
Past the midway point, Hubert went wide at Turn 4 and stopped in the gravel bed which brought out the first red flag of the afternoon. The proceedings were halted a second time in the final hour after Ilott span and stopped at Turn 1 following small contact.
At the re-start, Dorian Boccolacci put his head down and clocked in a laptime of 1:25.493 and claimed the top spot. Alesi also found some extra pace in the dying minutes to move up to P2. Ilott completed the top 3 ahead of Renault F1’s test driver Jack Aitken, Correa, Fuoco, Verschoor, Hubert, Tatiana Caldéron (the champion of most laps completed this afternoon – 55) and Zhou.
The final day of testing at Jerez will open tomorrow at 9.00am local time.
FIA Formula 2 Jerez de la Frontera Test – Day 2 Morning Session
|
Driver
|
Team
|
Laptime
|
Laps
|
|
|
1
|
Nyck de Vries
|
ART Grand Prix
|
1:24.723
|
40
|
|
2
|
Luca Ghiotto
|
UNI Virtuosi
|
1:24.745
|
32
|
|
3
|
Guanyu Zhou
|
UNI Virtuosi
|
1:24.758
|
46
|
|
4
|
Louis Delétraz
|
Carlin
|
1:24.803
|
40
|
|
5
|
Mick Schumacher
|
PREMA Racing
|
1:24.869
|
40
|
|
6
|
Nicholas Latifi
|
DAMS
|
1:24.895
|
29
|
|
7
|
Sérgio Sette Camâra
|
DAMS
|
1:24.903
|
35
|
|
8
|
Callum Ilott
|
Sauber Junior Team by Charouz
|
1:24.981
|
31
|
|
9
|
Juan Manuel Correa
|
Sauber Junior Team by Charouz
|
1:25.183
|
33
|
|
10
|
Richard Verschoor
|
MP Motorsport
|
1:25.186
|
22
|
|
11
|
Jack Aitken
|
Campos Racing
|
1:25.222
|
19
|
|
12
|
Nikita Mazepin
|
ART Grand Prix
|
1:25.373
|
35
|
|
13
|
Nobuharu Matsushita
|
Carlin
|
1:25.608
|
37
|
|
14
|
Sean Gelael
|
PREMA Racing
|
1:25.613
|
48
|
|
15
|
Dorian Boccolacci
|
Campos Racing
|
1:25.706
|
27
|
|
16
|
Anthoine Hubert
|
BWT Arden
|
1:25.716
|
35
|
|
17
|
Antonio Fuoco
|
Trident
|
1:26.004
|
34
|
|
18
|
Giuliano Alesi
|
Trident
|
1:26.271
|
36
|
|
19
|
Tatiana Caldéron
|
BWT Arden
|
1:26.667
|
33
|
|
20
|
Jordan King*
|
MP Motorsport
|
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|
* Car #16 sustained damage following mechanical failure yesterday and will be back on track tomorrow.
FIA Formula 2 Jerez de la Frontera Test – Day 2 Afternoon Session
|
Driver
|
Team
|
Laptime
|
Laps
|
|
|
1
|
Dorian Boccolacci
|
Campos Racing
|
1:25.493
|
33
|
|
2
|
Giuliano Alesi
|
Trident
|
1:25.634
|
42
|
|
3
|
Callum Ilott
|
Sauber Junior Team by Charouz
|
1:25.671
|
51
|
|
4
|
Jack Aitken
|
Campos Racing
|
1:25.681
|
37
|
|
5
|
Juan Manuel Correa
|
Sauber Junior Team by Charouz
|
1:25.983
|
52
|
|
6
|
Antonio Fuoco
|
Trident
|
1:26.371
|
40
|
|
7
|
Richard Verschoor
|
MP Motorsport
|
1:26.600
|
42
|
|
8
|
Anthoine Hubert
|
BWT Arden
|
1:26.846
|
43
|
|
9
|
Tatiana Caldéron
|
BWT Arden
|
1:27.348
|
55
|
|
10
|
Guanyu Zhou
|
UNI Virtuosi
|
1:28.749
|
51
|
|
11
|
Luca Ghiotto
|
UNI Virtuosi
|
1:28.845
|
25
|
|
12
|
Mick Schumacher
|
PREMA Racing
|
1:28.974
|
47
|
|
13
|
Sean Gelael
|
PREMA Racing
|
1:29.229
|
44
|
|
14
|
Nyck de Vries
|
ART Grand Prix
|
1:29.262
|
50
|
|
15
|
Nobuharu Matsushita
|
Carlin
|
1:29.557
|
44
|
|
16
|
Louis Delétraz
|
Carlin
|
1:29.597
|
46
|
|
17
|
Nicholas Latifi
|
DAMS
|
1:29.651
|
43
|
|
18
|
Nikita Mazepin
|
ART Grand Prix
|
1:29.784
|
49
|
|
19
|
Sérgio Sette Camâra
|
DAMS
|
1:30.302
|
34
|
|
20
|
Jordan King
|
MP Motorsport
|
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