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Duerksen sets best time of Abu Dhabi F2 test so far to start day two

by Peter Allen

Photo: Formula Motorsport Ltd

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
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