Martí fastest for Campos Racing on Day 2 in Barcelona

Josep María Martí was the quickest driver on the second day of in-season testing. The Campos Racing driver set a 1:23.681 in the morning session, the fastest lap of the test so far, to lead the way from ART Grand Prix’s Victor Martins and MP Motorsport driver Dennis Hauger

In the afternoon it was Ritomo Miyata and Rodin Motorsport that led the way, ending the day quickest by 0.2s ahead of Invicta Racing’s Gabriel Bortoleto with a 1:24.878.

MORNING

Juan Manuel Correa set the pace in the opening half hour of running on day two, improving on multiple laps to lower his best to a 1:26.214 early on. Campos' Isack Hadjar was next to go to the top, bettering the DAMS Lucas Oil driver’s effort by 0.039s with 40 minutes run.

Just before the end of the first hour, further improvements began to filter in with Trident going to the top on soft tyres. Roman Stanek led teammate Richard Verschoor with a 1:24.392, 0.3s ahead of the Dutch driver.

Verschoor found more speed to then go quickest with a 1:24.202 just prior to the first Red Flag of the day. Miyata was the driver stopped in the final sector between Turns 10 and 11, bringing a pause to the on-track action with just over half the morning segment remaining.

The session was quickly back underway and Hadjar moved back up to P1, becoming the first into the 1:23s. Dennis Hauger got to within 0.003s of the Frenchman’s 1:23.881 to go second for MP Motorsport as multiple teams began to focus on soft tyre runs.

Zane Maloney lifted Rodin up to third position, 0.146s down on Hadjar’s fastest time with Zak O’Sullivan going fourth for ART Grand Prix, another 0.040s behind the Bajan.

Martí then moved himself to the top of the timing screens, displacing his teammate by two-tenths of a second with a 1:23.681 with just under an hour and a half remaining.

With an hour to go, Martins improved his personal best to go back up to second in his ART, 0.160s shy of Martí’s time. Hauger was back out on track and moved himself to third, another 0.021s behind the Frenchman.

The timing charts remained largely the same for the remainder of the morning, with no changes to the top five. Martí finished as the fastest from Martins, Hauger, Hadjar and Paul Aron.

Having been fastest on the opening day, Bortoleto ended the morning of day two as the busiest driver of all, logging 71 laps for Invicta.

AFTERNOON

PREMA, ART and MP were on track right away to kick off the afternoon’s running, but Franco Colapinto’s session was put on pause with 10 minutes gone. The Argentinian driver came to a halt in Sector 2, bringing out the second Red Flag of the day.

Teammate Hauger was the fastest driver in the early phases once running got back underway, 1:26.883 the time to beat with half an hour gone.

After a relatively quiet morning, Enzo Fittipaldi put Van Amersfoort Racing on top next, with his 1:26.807 just under a tenth quicker than Hauger’s earlier effort.

With little over an hour to go on day two, Bortoleto went quickest, lowering the time to beat to a 1:26.573 in his Invicta. Teammate Kush Maini improved up to third with over 45 minutes left of the session, 0.257s down on the Brazilian’s time.

That was until the Rodin Motorsport pair bolted on softs to make it a one-two for the team. Miyata set a 1:24.878 for P1, 0.204s quicker than teammate Zane Maloney in second.

Not long after, Bortoleto restored himself to second with a 1:25.067, splitting the two Rodins and just missing out on topping consecutive afternoon sessions.

O’Sullivan proved to be the busiest driver of the afternoon segment, logging 68 laps in his #2 ART Grand Prix car.

Day three of the in-season test is set to get underway at 09:00 local time though will feature an altered afternoon timetable, with the latter session starting at 13:00 and finishing at 16:00 local time.

2024 FIA FORMULA 2 CHAMPIONSHIP - BARCELONA IN-SEASON TEST, DAY 2, MORNING SESSION

2024 FIA FORMULA 2 CHAMPIONSHIP - BARCELONA IN-SEASON TEST, DAY 2, AFTERNOON SESSION