Jehan Daruvala showed up at the Prema with the best time obtained at the end of the first day of F2 tests held on the Bahrain track. The Indian driver, who had already had the opportunity to race in Formula 3 with the Italian team in 2019, put his name at the top of the standings thanks to a time of 1’42”074.
Calan Williams made a positive debut in the new category. The pilot of the Trident team seems to have immediately become familiar with the Dallara of the Italian team and this afternoon he signed the second time in 1’42 ” 590, finishing ahead of Dennis Hauger.
The 2021 Formula 3 champion, one of the most anticipated names of this season, paid a gap of half a second from the reference signed by his teammate but immediately appeared at ease with the new car.
Immediately behind the Norwegian we find Liam Lawson. The New Zealander, already the fastest in the morning, was the first of the riders not to go under the 1’43 ” barrier and finished one second and four behind the benchmark set by Daruvala.
Logan Sargeant also did well with Carlin. The American, expected to have a season of confirmation after the excellent things seen in the last two years in F3, achieved the fifth time in the afternoon in 1’43 ” 483, putting himself in front of two veterans of the category such as Felipe Drugovich and Marcus Armstrong.
Enzo Fittipaldi enters the top 10. The Brazilian driver, back in the car after the violent accident that took place at the start of the Feature Race in Jeddah, brought his Charouz to eighth position ahead of Juri Vips, author of very few laps in the morning, and Roy Nissany’s DAMS.
In the morning shift, as mentioned, it was Liam Lawson who topped the list of times. The Carlin team driver finished with a time of 1’44 ” 522 trimming almost 4 tenths to Felipe Drugovich who returned this year with MP Motorsport.
The New Zealander and the Brazilian were the only ones, during the morning, to go below the 1’45 barrier, while the one who came close to this limit was Logan Sargeant.
The American, at the wheel of the Carlin decorated with the splendid Williams livery, hit the third reference point in 1’45 ” 010, putting himself in front of Jehan Daruvala and Jack Doohan. The Indian from Prema paid a gap of 581 thousandths from the top, while the Virtuosi team driver accused a gap of 6 tenths of a second.
82 thousandths of a gap are those paid by Marino Sato towards his teammate. The Japanese thus closed the morning session with the sixth reference in 1’45 ” 204, placing himself in front of the new signing of the Hitech GP, Marcus Armstrong.
Jake Hughes also shone in the morning, good at bringing the Van Amersfoort Racing car to eighth position ahead of Théo Pourchaire, ninth with a time of 1’45 ” 451, and Ralph Boschung, tenth with a clear second behind the reference. signed Lawson.
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