F2: Doohan tops the final day of post-season Yas Marina test

Virtuosi rookie Jack Doohan (shown above) finished in first on the final day of post-season testing at Yas Marina, with MP Motorsport’s Felipe Drugovich and PREMA Racing’s Jehan Daruvala also both shining once again in Abu Dhabi.

The trio have dominated the three-day stint, with Doohan coming out on top at the end of Day 3 with a 1:36.110 in the morning session, ahead of Drugovich and Campos Racing’s Ralph Boschung.

Drugovich – whose time on Day 2 was the quickest overall – also finished first in the afternoon with a 1:36.342, ahead of Daruvala.

MORNING

In cooler conditions than on days one and two, the teams headed out onto the Yas Marina Circuit for the final track action this year. As has been the case for the majority of the test, Doohan and Drugovich dominated, going first and second during the early stages.

Doohan’s time of 1:36.110 was enough to top the charts, with Drugovich 0.029s off, while Boschung went third, less than a tenth off as well.

Carlin duo Liam Lawson and Logan Sargeant finished in fourth and fifth, the top five separated by less than a tenth.

Avoiding any Red Flags on the morning, there were some big totals in terms of laps, with nearly half of the field completing more than 50 tours. It was a familiar name at the top, as Doohan topped the lap count as well as the timesheets, running 58 times in total.

Théo Pourchaire, Roy Nissany and Marcus Armstrong totaled more than 160 between them and were within 0.135s off each other in sixth, seventh and eighth. PREMA Racing duo Daruvala and Dennis Hauger completed the top 10 and were within half a second of the leading pace.

AFTERNOON

Making his testing debut with newcomers Van Amersfoort Racing, Turkish racer Cem Bolukbasi set the benchmark in the afternoon session with a 1:37.978, but it was Drugovich and Daruvala who once again finished first and second, with the MP driver setting a 1:36.342 to top the session.

Felipe Drugovich of Brazil and MP Motorsport (11) drives during Formula 2 testing at Yas Marina Circuit on December 18, 2021 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Joe Portlock – Formula 1/Formula Motorsport Limited via Getty Images)

Boschung and Frederik Vesti caused the only two stoppages in the afternoon, allowing the field to set plenty of lap times in the final stint out on track. Hitech Grand Prix’s Jüri Vips, who finished fourth fastest, topped the lap count with 56.

Hauger enjoyed his strongest session yet, finishing in third with PREMA, while Roy Nissany completed the top five with DAMS.

Amaury Cordeel put Van Amersfoort in sixth, ahead of Hitech driver Armstrong and MP’s Clément Novalak. Juan Manuel Correa briefly put Charouz Racing System at the top of the timesheets with a 1:37.759, but ended up in P9, beating out Bolukbasi.

DAY 3, MORNING SESSION

POS DRIVER TEAM TIME LAPS
1 Jack Doohan UNI-Virtuosi 1:36.110 59
2 Felipe Drugovich MP Motorsport 1:36.139 49
3 Ralph Boschung Campos Racing 1:36.203 41
4 Liam Lawson Carlin 1:36.242 55
5 Logan Sargeant Carlin 1:36.270 53
6 Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix 1:36.415 55
7 Roy Nissany DAMS 1:36.492 54
8 Marcus Armstrong Hitech Grand Prix 1:36.550 52
9 Jehan Daruvala PREMA Racing 1:36.553 45
10 Dennis Hauger PREMA Racing 1:36.572 44
11 Calan Williams Trident 1:36.613 50
12 Frederik Vesti ART Grand Prix 1:36.641 58
13 Jüri Vips Hitech Grand Prix 1:36.674 47
14 Ayumu Iwasa DAMS 1:36.695 55
15 Clément Novalak MP Motorsport 1:36.716 50
16 Marino Sato UNI-Virtuosi 1:36.780 54
17 Amaury Cordeel Van Amersfoort Racing 1:36.784 49
18 Juan Manuel Correa Charouz Racing System 1:36.845 55
19 Olli Caldwell Campos Racing 1:37.014 34
20 Guilherme Samaia Charouz Racing System 1:37.388 57
21 Teppei Natori Trident 1:37.644 56
22 Cem Bolukbasi Van Amersfoort Racing 1:38.887 38

 

DAY 3, AFTERNOON SESSION

POS DRIVER TEAM TIME LAPS
1 Felipe Drugovich MP Motorsport 1:36.342 43
2 Jehan Daruvala PREMA Racing 1:36.457 39
3 Dennis Hauger PREMA Racing 1:36.838 41
4 Jüri Vips Hitech Grand Prix 1:37.002 56
5 Roy Nissany DAMS 1:37.026 46
6 Amaury Cordeel Van Amersfoort Racing 1:37.252 44
7 Marcus Armstrong Hitech Grand Prix 1:37.379 50
8 Clément Novalak MP Motorsport 1:37.526 32
9 Juan Manuel Correa Charouz Racing System 1:37.759 50
10 Cem Bolukbasi Van Amersfoort Racing 1:37.818 46
11 Ayumu Iwasa DAMS 1:37.836 44
12 Calan Williams Trident 1:37.946 55
13 Teppei Natori Trident 1:38.060 53
14 Olli Caldwell Campos Racing 1:38.139 35
15 Jack Doohan UNI-Virtuosi 1:38.798 55
16 Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix 1:39.051 53
17 Logan Sargeant Carlin 1:39.205 41
18 Liam Lawson Carlin 1:39.409 25
19 Guilherme Samaia Charouz Racing System 1:39.558 45
20 Marino Sato UNI-Virtuosi 1:39.692 53
21 Frederik Vesti ART Grand Prix 1:39.735 53
22 Ralph Boschung Campos Racing 1:40.233 12