Armstrong and Lawson quick in F2 testing

The morning session of the FIA Formula 2 testing at the Bahrain International Circuit proved fastest with Kiwi driver Marcus Armstrong setting the third fastest time of the day. Liam Lawson (main picture) was fourth quickest in the morning and fifth fastest for the second day of testing.

ART Grand Prix’s Christian Lundgaard continued his strong start to pre-season testing, following up second place on Day 1 with the fastest time on Day 2 in Sakhir. The Alpine junior set the quickest lap of the tests so far in the morning session, his time of 1:41.697 more than three tenths faster than Trident rookie Bent Viscaal in second.

The third and final day will get underway tonight (9am local time).

2021 FIA FORMULA 2 CHAMPIONSHIP – PRE-SEASON TESTS, DAY 2, MORNING SESSION

	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

2021 FIA FORMULA 2 CHAMPIONSHIP – PRE-SEASON TESTS, DAY 2, AFTERNOON 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