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F2 News: American Crawford tops opening day of post-season test

Posted by AR1 staff

American Jak Crawford ended day one of running at the Yas Marina post-season test with the fastest time, the DAMS Lucas Oil driver topping the timesheets in the afternoon session with a 1:36.697 ahead of teammate Kush Maini.

It was however Victor Martins that led the way in the morning for ART Grand Prix, his 1:36.799 seeing him at the top of the leaderboard, 0.037s ahead of MP Motorsport’s Richard Verschoor.

MORNING

Installation laps kicked off the opening hour before Campos Racing’s Josep María Martí went fastest with a 1:37.784 as the first set of representative times filtered through.

This put him three-tenths ahead to Joshua Duerksen at the top of the timesheets, with Maini a further tenth behind in third.

Duerksen then completed a 1:37.155, and while Martí also improved on his next effort, the Spaniard wound up 0.097s off the AIX Racing driver’s time.

There were more improvements to come with Martins the next to go fastest thanks to a 1:37.038, before going even quicker on his next attempt on to a 1:36.799.

Richard Verschoor was the next to climb up the leaderboard, moving up to second and to within 0.037s off the ART driver’s lap.

Jak Crawford
American F2 driver Jak Crawford

There was a brief Red Flag as we entered the final hour after Christian Mansell’s spin at the hotel section caused him to make slight contact with the barrier.

Once his car was brought back to the pit lane, the action resumed only for the Red Flags to be back out once more minutes later when Invicta Racing’s Leonardo Fornaroli stopped at Turn 12.

Testing resumed with under 25 minutes left on the clock as Martí climbed up to P3 late on, while Martins led the way in the morning ahead of Verschoor. Van Amersfoort Racing’s John Bennett and Rafael Villagómez topped the lap count with 44 each.

Martins set the fastest time of anybody in the morning session

Martins set the fastest time of anybody in the morning session

AFTERNOON

Hitech Pulse-Eight were the first team out on track after the lunch break as Dino Beganovic’s 1:38.050 put him at the top of the leaderboard ahead of teammate Luke Browning by 0.042s.

The pair continued to improve their times as the session went on with Beganovic completing a 1:37.375, as Browning trailed behind by just 0.034s.

ART’s Martins then moved up to P3, his 1:37.562 putting him 0.187s off Beganovic, only for the Swede to extend his lead further thanks to a 1:37.250 a few minutes later.

Entering into the final hour, there were more changes near the top of the leaderboard as Martí moved up to P3 for Campos, 0.163s off top spot, while Fornaroli went to fourth, over two-tenths behind Beganovic.

As the day wound down to a close, Crawford completed a 1:36.679, as his teammate Maini followed him across the line to end up 0.146s behind.

Martins completed his strong day with a run to third, 0.173s off Crawford, while Gabriele Minì topped the lap count in the afternoon with 53 in his PREMA Racing car.

AIX Racing’s Joshua Duerksen had his lap times from the afternoon session deleted and he is not classified after his #24 car was found underweight.

That brings an end to day one of running but day two is set to get underway at 09:00 local time around the Yas Marina Circuit.

2024 FIA FORMULA 2 CHAMPIONSHIP – YAS MARINA POST-SEASON TEST, DAY 1, MORNING SESSION

Pos Driver Nat Team Time Laps
1 Victor Martins FRA ART Grand Prix 1:36.799 12
2 Richard Verschoor NLD MP Motorsport 1:36.836 17
3 Josep María Martí ESP Campos Racing 1:37.117 25
4 Joshua Duerksen PRY AIX Racing 1:37.155 11
5 Roman Stanek CZE Invicta Racing 1:37.176 28
6 Kush Maini IND DAMS Lucas Oil 1:37.179 `14
7 Oliver Goethe DEU MP Motorsport 1:37.182 10
8 Gabriele Minì ITA PREMA Racing 1:37.300 25
9 Ritomo Miyata JPN ART Grand Prix 1:37.355 33
10 Max Esterson USA Trident 1:37.555 20
11 Leonardo Fornaroli ITA Invicta Racing 1:37.571 23
12 Alexander Dunne IRE Rodin Motorsport 1:37.643 22
13 Arvid Lindblad GBR Campos Racing 1:37.680 30
14 Christian Mansell AUS Rodin Motorsport 1:37.723 12
15 John Bennett GBR Van Amersfoort Racing 1:37.956 44
16 Rafael Villagómez MEX Van Amersfoort Racing 1:38.051 44
17 Sebastián Montoya COL PREMA Racing 1:38.145 19
18 Jak Crawford USA DAMS Lucas Oil 1:38.314 9
19 Sami Meguetounif FRA Trident 1:38.350 14
20 Cian Shields GBR AIX Racing 1:39.695 15
21 Luke Browning GBR Hitech Pulse-Eight 2:21.790 23
22 Dino Beganovic SWE Hitech Pulse-Eight No time

 

2024 FIA FORMULA 2 CHAMPIONSHIP – YAS MARINA POST-SEASON TEST, DAY 1, AFTERNOON SESSION

Pos Driver Nat Team Time Laps
1 Jak Crawford USA DAMS Lucas Oil 1:36.697 37
2 Kush Maini IND DAMS Lucas Oil 1:36.843 36
3 Victor Martins FRA ART Grand Prix 1:36.870 36
4 Dino Beganovic SWE Hitech Pulse-Eight 1:37.250 49
5 Sami Meguetounif FRA Trident 1:37.385 35
6 Luke Browning GBR DAMS Lucas Oil 1:37.409 `53
7 Josep María Martí ESP Campos Racing 1:37.414 24
8 Leonardo Fornaroli ITA Invicta Racing 1:37.474 24
9 Max Esterson USA Trident 1:37.597 36
10 Ritomo Miyata JPN ART Grand Prix 1:37.682 36
11 Arvid Lindblad GBR Campos Racing 1:37.782 33
12 Cian Shields GBR AIX Racing 1:38.684 35
13 Christian Mansell AUS Rodin Motorsport 1:38.703 51
14 Richard Verschoor NLD MP Motorsport 1:39.284 52
15 Oliver Goethe DEU MP Motorsport 1:39.847 51
16 John Bennett GBR Van Amersfoort Racing 1:39.917 46
17 Rafael Villagómez MEX Van Amersfoort Racing 1:40.033 47
18 Roman Stanek CZE Invicta Racing 1:40.622 36
19 Alexander Dunne IRE Rodin Motorsport 1:40.975 136
20 Gabriele Minì ITA PREMA Racing 1:53.828 53
21 Sebastián Montoya COL PREMA Racing 1:58.809 46
22 Joshua Duerksen* PRY AIX Racing No time 36

*Car #24 – All laptimes deleted. Car found underweight