LIVE COVERAGE: Follow the action from Day 1 of post-season testing at Yas Marina

OVERVIEW

• Day 1 of Yas Marina Post-Season Testing
• Several new drivers such as 2025 F3 Champion Rafael Câmara, Colton Herta, Mari Boya, Roman Bilinski, Nicolás Varrone and many others start life in Formula 2 this week.
• A number of returning drivers like Oliver Goethe, Dino Beganovic, Joshua Duerksen, Sebastián Montoya and several others will looking to build on 2025.
• Follow the live timing from the test here.

FINAL HOUR OF THE MORNING

We are now into the final hour of the morning. Noel León has just made his way into the top five, going to P4 for Campos. We are yet to see any of the teams use the Supersoft tyres to do some Qualifying runs. Time will tell as to whether they make an appearance this afternoon.

TSOLOV MOVES UP

Nikola Tsolov also had a good race weekend last time out in Yas Marina, finishing third in the Sprint Race. He is back in that same position now after his latest lap, 0.358s down on Goethe.

DUERKSEN CLOSES IN

We have reached the halfway point of the morning session, with Goethe leading the way for MP. But Joshua Duerksen, who is no stranger to doing well around here, having won the last two Feature Races, goes second, 0.332s behind for Invicta Racing.

BATTLE AT THE TOP

Here come MP Motorsport, as Goethe goes quickest on a 1:38.979, while his teammate Gabriele Minì is third behind Dunne.

FIRST HOUR UPDATE

We are coming to end of the first hour of the day, and the track has actually been quite busy in the past few minutes. Dunne is still on top of the timings, but Inthraphuvasak did close to within 0.076s off him.

MORE IMPROVEMENTS

Dunne has improved to a 1:39.502, with Stenshorne just 0.052s behind. ART Grand Prix are also on the board, Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak goes up to third on a 1:40.815, a few tenths ahead of teammate Kush Maini.

RODIN ON THE BOARD

Having said that, Rodin have started fast. Dunne has set the fastest time of a 1:40.180, with teammate Stenshorne 0.270s behind in P2.

PLAN FOR THE MORNING

Do not expect a lot of fast times early on, installation laps are usually the focus at this time. These help the teams make sure all their systems are in order. They also give the drivers, especially the new ones, an idea of if they are comfortable in the car before the real laps start.

10:00 GREEN LIGHT

The majority of the field head out on track, most on travel tyres doing installation laps, while the TRIDENT duo of Laurens van Hoepen and John Bennett are out on Mediums.

THE START OF 2026 PREPARATONS

These three days are essentially the start of the teams and drivers 2026 preparations, and you can read more about what to expect this week in our preview.

WELCOME BACK TO ABU DHABI

Good day all and welcome to back to the Yas Marina Circuit where the 2025 Formula 2 season continues with post-season testing