2018 post-season test opens at Yas Marina

The post-season FIA Formula 2 Championship test opens tomorrow, 29th November, at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, a three day test at the venue of last weekend’s final round of the 2018 season which will be the first opportunity for some drivers to work with their new teams, and others to be evaluated for a potential race seat for the 2019 season.

The teams will run every day from 11.45 to 14.15 and then 17.15 to 19.45 (all times local, GMT +4), and they will be allocated 8 sets of soft compound Pirelli tyres per car across the 3 days.

Five drivers will test in their confirmed 2019 seats: F2 race winner Nobuharu Matsushita with reigning Champions Carlin, 2018 F3 European Champion Mick Schumacher and F2 podium finisher Sean Gelael with PERTAMINA PREMA Theodore Racing, and finally F2 multiple race winner Nyck De Vries and 2018 GP3 runner-up Nikita Mazepin with ART Grand Prix.

2018 GP3 Series Champion Anthoine Hubert will get his first taste of F2 at the wheel of the MP Motorsport car alongside newcomer Juan Manuel Correa, also fresh off his GP3 campaign. Other F2 race winners will test tomorrow: Luca Ghiotto at RUSSIAN TIME, and Sergio Sette Camarâ and Nicholas Latifi at DAMS.

Also running alongside the Formula 2 returnees will be FIA Formula 3 European drivers Guanyu Zhou, Marino Sato, and Ralf Aron, together with GP3 Series racers Callum Ilott, Leonardo Pulcini, Ryan Tveter and Tatiana Caldéron all hoping to impress the teams.