We value your privacy

We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience, serve personalised ads or content, and analyse our traffic. By clicking "Accept All", you consent to our use of cookies.

Customise Consent Preferences

We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions. You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below.

The cookies that are categorized as "Necessary" are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic functionalities of the site. ... 

Always Active

Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.

No cookies to display.

Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.

No cookies to display.

Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

No cookies to display.

Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.

No cookies to display.

Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.

No cookies to display.

Home Formula 2 Palmer stays on top on Wednesday morning, Daly rolls
Formula 2News

Palmer stays on top on Wednesday morning, Daly rolls

by Peter Allen
written by Peter Allen
Jolyon Palmer

Photo: Malcolm Griffiths/GP2 Series Media Service

Jolyon Palmer remained at the head of the GP2 field at the start of day two of pre-season testing in Abu Dhabi in a session interrupted by a roll for Conor Daly.

The American, driving for Lazarus, hit another car as it travelled slowly towards the hotel at the Yas Marina Circuit, and went upside down. He required a visit to the medical centre but escaped injury.

After finishing the opening day on top, Palmer went six tenths of a second quicker than second-placed DAMS team-mate Stephane Richelmi.

Jon Lancaster was third for MP Motorsport ahead of Campos driver Kimiya Sato, only on his second day driving a GP2 car.

Mitch Evans was fifth for the now iSport-run Russian Time squad ahead of Caterham duo Rio Haryanto and Alexander Rossi. Felipe Nasr was eighth, with Johnny Cecotto ninth and Daly finishing up with the tenth best time.

Morning session results
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Jolyon Palmer DAMS 1:50.311 27
2 Stephane Richelmi DAMS 1:50.947 0.636 28
3 Jon Lancaster MP Motorsport 1:51.005 0.694 20
4 Kimiya Sato Campos Racing 1:51.204 0.893 18
5 Mitch Evans Russian Time 1:51.231 0.920 19
6 Rio Haryanto EQ8 Caterham Racing 1:51.445 1.134 28
7 Alexander Rossi EQ8 Caterham Racing 1:51.484 1.173 27
8 Felipe Nasr Carlin 1:51.810 1.499 22
9 Johnny Cecotto Trident 1:51.839 1.528 15
10 Conor Daly Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:51.846 1.535 12
11 Julian Leal Carlin 1:51.893 1.582 16
12 Raffaele Marciello Racing Engineering 1:52.024 1.713 27
13 Arthur Pic Campos Racing 1:52.215 1.904 27
14 Andre Negrao Arden International 1:52.268 1.957 22
15 Stoffel Vandoorne ART Grand Prix 1:52.335 2.024 11
16 Stefano Coletti Racing Engineering 1:52.404 2.093 20
17 Takuya Izawa ART Grand Prix 1:52.545 2.234 26
18 Nathanael Berthon Venezuela GP Lazarus 1:52.580 2.269 13
19 Daniel De Jong MP Motorsport 1:52.657 2.346 15
20 Rene Binder Arden International 1:52.887 2.576 19
21 Axcil Jefferies Trident 1:53.133 2.822 21
22 Adrian Quaife-Hobbs Rapax 1:53.162 2.851 18
23 Simon Trummer Rapax 1:53.358 3.047 24
24 Artem Markelov Russian Time 1:53.358 3.047 24
25 Daniel Abt Hilmer Motorsport 1:56.274 5.963 18
26 Facu Regalia Hilmer Motorsport No time 0