Joshua Duerksen set the fastest time so far of the Formula 2 post-season test in the second morning session in Abu Dhabi.
The AIX Racing driver posted his 1m35.583s lap just under 40 minutes into the three-hour session, going 1.6 seconds quicker than the previous best set by Roman Stanek.
Richard Verschoor was second-quickest, 0.311s slower for MP Motorsport, with Max Esterson third for Trident.
Fourth was Victor Martins of ART Grand Prix, ahead of Esterson’s fellow Formula 3 graduates Gabriele Mini and Leonardo Fornaroli, who was the busiest driver of the session as the only one to reach 50 laps.
Pepe Marti in seventh was the last driver within half a second of Duerksen’s time, with the top 10 being completed by Alex Dunne, Rafael Villagomez and Stanek.
Morning session results
Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Time | Laps |
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1 | Joshua Duerksen | AIX Racing | 1m35.583s | 37 | |
2 | Richard Verschoor | MP Motorsport | 1m35.894s | +0.311s | 48 |
3 | Max Esterson | Trident | 1m35.904s | +0.321s | 44 |
4 | Victor Martins | ART Grand Prix | 1m35.931s | +0.348s | 40 |
5 | Gabriele Mini | Prema | 1m35.950s | +0.367s | 48 |
6 | Leonardo Fornaroli | Invicta Racing | 1m35.978s | +0.395s | 50 |
7 | Pepe Marti | Campos Racing | 1m36.051s | +0.468s | 41 |
8 | Alex Dunne | Rodin | 1m36.100s | +0.517s | 38 |
9 | Rafael Villagomez | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1m36.116s | +0.533s | 43 |
10 | Roman Stanek | Invicta Racing | 1m36.164s | +0.581s | 43 |
11 | Dino Beganovic | Hitech | 1m36.199s | +0.616s | 47 |
12 | Oliver Goethe | MP Motorsport | 1m36.237s | +0.654s | 47 |
13 | Christian Mansell | Rodin | 1m36.259s | +0.676s | 40 |
14 | Arvid Lindblad | Campos Racing | 1m36.308s | +0.725s | 47 |
15 | Sebastian Montoya | Prema | 1m36.419s | +0.836s | 45 |
16 | Ritomo Miyata | ART Grand Prix | 1m36.446s | +0.863s | 41 |
17 | Sami Meguetounif | Trident | 1m36.561s | +0.978s | 47 |
18 | Luke Browning | Hitech | 1m36.918s | +1.335s | 48 |
19 | Cian Shields | AIX Racing | 1m37.075s | +1.492s | 41 |
20 | Kush Maini | DAMS | 1m37.276s | +1.693s | 40 |
21 | Jak Crawford | DAMS | 1m37.662s | +2.079s | 36 |
22 | John Bennett | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1m37.683s | +2.100s | 39 |