Drugovich tops second day of F2 Abu Dhabi test for MP

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The Brazilian, making a return to MP Motorsport, emerged fastest in the three-hour morning session, posting a 1m35.614s that proved the quickest time from the day's two session.

Drugovich’s time was 0.179s slower than the benchmark set by Prema Racing’s Jehan Daruvala, who topped the times on Thursday, the first of three days of running at the Yas Marina Circuit.

The effort was the only lap underneath the 1m36s barrier as Virtuosi Racing’s Jack Doohan came the closest to challenging Drugovich with a 1m36.079 personal best.

It was a continuation of Doohan’s strong start to life in F2 having secured a front row start for the feature race at the circuit last weekend. The Australian was also third fastest in testing yesterday.

Williams Formula 1 junior and new Carlin signing Logan Sargeant emerged third quickest on the day, clocking his best time of 1m36.155s to top the afternoon session.

Thursday’s pacesetter Daruvala was fourth fastest overall having logged times good enough for the third and second in the two respective sessions. The Indian was 0.465s shy of Drugovich’s pace.

ART Grand Prix’s Theo Pourchaire was fifth courtesy of a time set on fresh medium tyres towards the end of the morning session.

Liam Lawson (Carlin), Juri Vips (Hitech Grand Prix), Marcus Armstrong (Hitech Grand Prix) filled positions sixth through to eighth, while newly crowned FIA F3 champion Dennis Hauger was ninth overall in his second outing for Prema.

The top 10 was rounded out by Jake Hughes, driving fro the new Van Amersfoort Racing team that has taken over from HWA Racelab.

Juan Manuel Correa continued to show glimpses of strong pace on his F2 return to end the day 13th overall behind Campos Racing’s Ralph Boschung and DAMS’ Roy Nissany.

Both sessions were interrupted by red flag periods with Frederik Vesti (ART Grand Prix), Correa (Charouz Racing System), Guilherme Samaia (Charouz Racing System), Sargeant, Ayumu Iwasa (DAMS), Hughes and Teppei Natori (Trident) causing stoppages during the day.

The post-season test concludes on Saturday after a further six hours of running.

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Logan Sargeant	Carlin	1'36.155		44
2	Jehan Daruvala	Prema Racing	1'36.271	0.116	46
3	Marcus Armstrong	Hitech Grand Prix	1'36.380	0.225	51
4	Dennis Hauger	Prema Racing	1'36.426	0.271	46
5	Jack Doohan	UNI-Virtuosi	1'36.495	0.340	48
6	Liam Lawson	Carlin	1'36.608	0.453	48
7	J.M.Correa	Charouz Racing System	1'36.687	0.532	41
8	Jake Hughes	Van Amersfoort Racing	1'36.783	0.628	34
9	Guilherme Samaia	Charouz Racing System	1'36.864	0.709	45
10	Juri Vips	Hitech Grand Prix	1'36.921	0.766	51
11	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	1'36.992	0.837	49
12	Marino Sato	UNI-Virtuosi	1'37.000	0.845	48
13	Ayumu Iwasa	DAMS	1'37.094	0.939	42
14	Teppei Natori	Trident	1'37.150	0.995	51
15	Roy Nissany	DAMS	1'37.478	1.323	60
16	Amaury Cordeel	Van Amersfoort Racing	1'37.480	1.325	45
17	Olli Caldwell	Campos Racing	1'37.610	1.455	51
18	Calan Williams	Trident	1'37.903	1.748	44
19	Theo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	1'38.938	2.783	62
20	Clément Novalak	MP Motorsport	1'38.999	2.844	38
21	Ralph Boschung	Campos Racing	1'39.042	2.887	46
22	Frederik Vesti	ART Grand Prix	1'39.396	3.241	50