Armstrong fourth fastest in FIA F2 second test day

MP Motorsport’s Richard Verschoor continued his impressive start to life in Formula 2, setting the fastest time of testing so far with a lap of 1:28.280, to put himself at the top of the leaderboard on Day 2 in Barcelona.

Marcus Armstrong was the fastest of the Kiwi drivers and fourth overall with a time of 1:28.670 while Liam Lawson set a 1:28.810 to be 10th.

Vershoor was one of the surprise packages of Round 1 with MP, finishing fifth in the second Sprint Race and fourth in the Feature, and has continued in the same vein in the second test of the year, following up yesterday’s top 10 finish with P1.

Ralph Boschung went second fastest with Campos Racing, 0.194s off the leading pace, ahead of UNI-Virtuosi’s Felipe Drugovich.

2021 FIA FORMULA 2 CHAMPIONSHIP – BARCELONA TEST, DAY 2, MORNING SESSION

	DRIVER	TEAM	LAPTIME	LAPS
1	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	1:28.280	51
2	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	1:28.474	32
3	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi	1:28.544	45
4	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS	1:28.670	35
5	Bent Viscaal	Trident	1:28.675	39
6	Roy Nissany	DAMS	1:28.698	36
7	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	1:28.766	48
8	Lirim Zendeli	MP Motorsport	1:28.801	41
9	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	1:28.805	49
10	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	1:28.810	40
11	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	1:28.872	53
12	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	1:28.880	50
13	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	1:28.884	32
14	Gianluca Petecof	Campos Racing	1:28.929	37
15	Dan Ticktum	Carlin	1:29.012	34
16	Oscar Piastri	PREMA Racing	1:29.059	25
17	Marino Sato	Trident	1:29.175	32
18	Robert Shwartzman	PREMA Racing	1:29.260	24
19	Guliherme Samaia	Charouz Racing System	1:30.125	49
20	David Beckmann	Charouz Racing System	1:30.194	44
21	Matteo Nannini	HWA Racelab	1:30.855	27
22	Alessio Deledda	HWA Racelab	1:32.721	26

2021 FIA FORMULA 2 CHAMPIONSHIP – BARCELONA TEST, DAY 2, AFTERNOON SESSION

	DRIVER	TEAM	LAPTIME	LAPS
1	David Beckmann	Charouz Racing System	1:29.384	37
2	Guilherme Samaia	Charouz Racing System	1:29.510	36
3	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	1:29.951	35
4	Gianluca Petecof	Campos Racing	1:30.684	45
5	Felipe Drugovich	UNI-Virtuosi	1:30.837	59
6	Lirim Zendeli	MP Motorsport	1:30.928	33
7	Matteo Nannini	HWA RACELAB	1:31.033	40
8	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	1:33.557	61
9	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	1:34.356	41
10	Robert Shwartzman	PREMA Racing	1:34.363	44
11	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	1:34.497	59
12	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	1:34.658	49
13	Jüri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	1:34.668	51
14	Bent Viscaal	Trident	1:34.711	43
15	Roy Nissany	DAMS	1:34.806	59
16	Oscar Piastri	PREMA Racing	1:34.907	41
17	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	1:35.052	55
18	Marino Sato	Trident	1:35.196	45
19	Marcus Armstrong	DAMS	1:35.270	50
20	Jehan Daruvala	Carlin	1:35.278	39
21	Dan Ticktum	Carlin	1:35.607	39
22	Alessio Deledda	HWA RACELAB	1:36.174	43