Victor Martins set the fastest time on the final day of running at the Yas Marina post-season test. The ART Grand Prix driver’s 1:35.733 in the morning session put him 0.038s ahead of Rodin Motorsport’s Alexander Dunne.

In the afternoon, Campos Racing’s Josep María Martí set the pace, his 1:37.351 put him 0.072s clear of AIX Racing’s Nicolas Varrone.

MORNING

It was another busy start to the day as every team barring Invicta Racing and MP Motorsport sent both their drivers out at the green light.

But it was ART Grand Prix driver Victor Martins that set the early pace, his time of a 1:37.634 put him over two-tenths clear off Campos Racing’s Josep María Martí.

However, the pair were able to extract second push laps from their Supersoft tyres and Martí took to the top of the timesheets with a 1:37.155 only for Martins to beat him to P1 by just 0.088s.

There was further movement still as Rafael Villagómez first and then Christian Mansell took turns at the top before Hitech Pulse-Eight’s Dino Beganovic‘s 1:35.843 put him 0.234s clear of the Rodin Motorsport driver.

But then came Martins once again and his latest attempt of a 1:35.733 put him back on top and 0.070s clear of Beganovic.

Soon after though it was bad news for the Frenchman as he stopped on track at Turn 13 bringing out the first Red Flag of the day.

Once the session resumed Rodin’s Alexander Dunne moved himself up to P2, his lap putting him to within 0.038s off Martins’ leading time.

Long runs became the focus of the morning after that meaning there were no further changes to the timesheets. Martins ended up in P1 ahead of Dunne and Beganovic, with Luke Browning’s 54 laps the most of any driver in the session.

Josep María Martí ended the afternoon session with the fastest time
Josep María Martí ended the afternoon session with the fastest time

AFTERNOON

Long runs were the order of the day to kick off the final three hours of the season, with John Bennett setting the early pace for Van Amersfoort Racing on 1:40.699.

But soon came Richard Verschoor and he went straight to the top of the timesheets for MP Motorsport with a 1:37.956, putting him 2.7s clear of the rest of the field.

Into the final 90 minutes and AIX Racing’s Nicolas Varrone went over half a second faster than Verschoor with a 1:37.423.

There was a halt to proceedings as we entered the final hour of the season when DAMS Lucas Oil’s Jak Crawford hit the wall at Turn 1.

Once the track was clear, testing resumed and it was Martí on the move, completing a 1:37.521 to go to second before going even quicker on his next lap to put him in P1, 1:37.351 now the time to beat.

Rodin Motorsport pair Alexander Dunne and Christian Mansell were late movers up the leaderboard as they went to third and fourth respectively, while Bennett completed the most laps in the session with 58 for VAR.

The clock wound down with Martí ending the session fastest of all bringing an end to the 2024 Formula 2 season.

2024 FIA FORMULA 2 CHAMPIONSHIP – YAS MARINA POST-SEASON TEST, DAY 3, MORNING SESSION

PositionDriverLicenceTeamTimeLaps
1Victor MartinsFRAART Grand Prix1:35.77337
2Alexander DunneIRERodin Motorsport1:35.81150
3Dino BeganovicSWEHitech Pulse-Eight1:35.84347
4Christian MansellAUSRodin Motorsport1:35.87147
5Oliver GoetheDEUMP Motorsport1:35.89331
6Ritomo MiyataJPNART Grand Prix1:35.959`37
7Roman StanekCZEInvicta Racing1:35.99235
8Richard VerschoorNLDMP Motorsport1:36.01125
9Jak CrawfordUSADAMS Lucas Oil1:36.05249
10Kush MainiINDDAMS Lucas Oil1:36.05444
11Leonardo FornaroliITAInvicta Racing1:36.15651
12Luke BrowningGBRHitech Pulse-Eight1:36.16154
13Arvid LindbladGBRCampos Racing1:36.22225
14Rafael VillagómezMEXVan Amersfoort Racing1:36.22549
15John BennettGBRVan Amersfoort Racing1:36.31049
16Josep María MartíESPCampos Racing1:36.40725
17Gabriele MinìITAPREMA Racing1:36.60348
18Sebastián MontoyaCOLPREMA Racing1:36.86746
19Sami MeguetounifFRATrident1:37.20330
20Max EstersonUSATrident1:37.455444
21Cian ShieldsGBRAIX Racing1:37.50735
22Nicolas VarroneARGAIX Racing1:37.66539

2024 FIA FORMULA 2 CHAMPIONSHIP – YAS MARINA POST-SEASON TEST, DAY 3, AFTERNOON SESSION

PositionDriverLicenceTeamTimeLaps
1Josep María MartíESPCampos Racing1:37.35146
2Nicolas VarroneARGTrident1:37.42324
3Alexander DunneIRERodin Motorsport1:37.48029
4Christian MansellAUSRodin Motorsport1:37.60639
5Richard VerschoorNLDMP Motorsport1:37.95628
6Victor MartinsFRAART Grand Prix1:38.79543
7Kush MainiINDDAMS Lucas Oil1:39.057`37
8Leonardo FornaroliITAInvicta Racing1:39.14350
9Gabriele MinìITAPREMA Racing1:39.28043
10Ritomo MiyataJPNART Grand Prix1:39.29541
11Dino BeganovicSWEHitech Pulse-Eight1:39.49247
12Cian ShieldsGBRAIX Racing1:39.61934
13Sebastián MontoyaCOLPREMA Racing1:39.64739
14Roman StanekCZEInvicta Racing1:40.62550
15Jak CrawfordUSADAMS Lucas Oil1:40.68725
16John BennettGBRVan Amersfoort Racing1:40.69958
17Oliver GoetheDEUMP Motorsport1:40.94536
18Luke BrowningGBRHitech Pulse-Eight1:40.94839
19Sami MeguetounifFRATrident1:41.19647
20Arvid LindbladGBRCampos Racing1:41.26647
21Rafael VillagómezMEXVan Amersfoort Racing1:41.45451
22Max EstersonUSATrident1:41.47955