Deletraz ends Bahrain post-season F2 test on top

Haas Formula 1 reserve driver Louis Deletraz set the pace for MP Motorsport as the three-day post-season Formula 2 test came to a conclusion on Bahrain’s grand prix layout on Thursday.

Deletraz was up to pace immediately as track action got underway at 9am local time, lapping the circuit in 1m41.827s just 17 minutes into the session to snatch the top spot early on.

That time would remain unbeaten throughout the day, with no other driver dipping into the 1m41s after six hours of running across two sessions.

Carlin’s Jehan Daruvala finished second on Thursday’s after topping the opening two days of running, with his morning effort of 1m42.005s putting him 0.178s down on Deletraz.

However, the Indian driver still ended the three-day test the quickest of all thanks to his Wednesday benchmark of 1m41.686s.

Red Bull junior Juri Vips (Hitech) finished just over a tenth adrift of the leading duo on Thursday, with Dan Tictkum not far behind in fourth on another strong day for Carlin.

Liam Lawson was the top F3 graduate in fifth, the Hitech driver ending the day just 0.002s off Ticktum’s time of 1m42.302s.

MP Motorsport’s Lirim Zendeli, UNI-Virtuosi driver Felipe Drugovich and Campos man Ralph Boschung were all separated by less than a tenth of a second in sixth, seventh and eighth places respectively.

Boschung’s teammate Logan Sargeant was ninth quickest, while Guilherme Samaia completed the top 10 for Charouz, nearly eight tenths down on Deletraz’s chart-topping time.

Most of the day’s quickest times were set in the morning, with only Drugovich’s afternoon effort of 1m42.435s good enough to grab a spot in the overall top 10.

Boschung and Bent Viscaal (Trident) stopped on the start/finish straight in the morning due to separate reasons and were unable to return to the track for the rest of the day.

There was only a single stoppage in the afternoon session, deployed just after the halfway mark and lasting less than five minutes when Theo Pourchaire’s Campos came to a halt.

Day 3 morning results:

 DRIVERTEAMLAPTIMELAPS
1Louis DelétrazMP Motorsport1:41.87225
2Jehan DaruvalaCarlin1:42.00531
3Juri VipsHitech Grand Prix1:42.14546
4Dan TicktumCarlin1:42.30230
5Liam LawsonHitech Grand Prix1:42.30440
6Lirim ZendeliMP Motorsport1:42.40935
7Ralph BoschungCampos Racing1:42.4799
8Logan SargeantCampos Racing1:42.52426
9Guilherme SamaiaCharouz Racing System1:42.60636
10Christian LundgaardART Grand Prix1:42.69539
11Felipe DrugovichUNI-Virtuosi1:42.69739
12Robert ShwartzmanPREMA Racing1:42.81832
13Marino SatoTrident1:43.00916
14Clément NovalakUNI-Virtuosi1:43.02837
15Théo PourchaireART Grand Prix1:43.16428
16Bent ViscaalTrident1:43.47835
17Oscar PiastriPREMA Racing1:43.52130
18Roberto MerhiBWT HWA RACELAB1:43.70419
19David BeckmannCharouz Racing System1:43.96619
20Matteo NanniniBWT HWA RACELAB1:44.74922
21Marcus ArmstrongDAMS1:47.57441
22Roy NissanyDAMS1:47.96443

Day 3 afternoon results:

 DRIVERTEAMLAPTIMELAPS
1Felipe DrugovichUNI-Virtuosi1:42.43526
2Oscar PiastriPREMA Racing1:42.78433
3Marcus ArmstrongDAMS1:42.82725
4Robert ShwartzmanPREMA Racing1:43.26832
5Clément NovalakUNI-Virtuosi1:43.41135
6Guilherme SamaiaCharouz Racing System1:43.61241
7Roy NissanyDAMS1:43.65232
8Roberto MerhiBWT HWA RACELAB1:43.66529
9David BeckmannCharouz Racing System1:43.92247
10Matteo NanniniBWT HWA RACELAB1:44.22828
11Lirim ZendeliMP Motorsport1:45.50438
12Louis DeletrazMP Motorsport1:46.78742
13Liam LawsonHitech Grand Prix1:47.21842
14Logan SargeantCampos Racing1:47.38753
15Marino SatoTrident1:47.52749
16Jüri VipsHitech Grand Prix1:47.72736
17Théo PourchaireART Grand Prix1:47.91415
18Christian LundgaardART Grand Prix1:48.07447
19Jehan DaruvalaCarlin1:48.23650
20Dan TicktumCarlin1:48.25850
Ralph BoschungCampos Racing0
Bent ViscaalTrident0


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