Delétraz quickest on second day of Abu Dhabi Formula 2 test

Switzerland’s Louis Delétraz continued his fine form of Thursday as he topped the second day of the FIA Formula 2 post-season test from Abu Dhabi.

Driving for the Charouz Racing squad, the 22-year-old pipped PREMA’s FIA Formula 3 champion Robert Shwartzman with just five minutes to spare by 0.055s.

Delétraz’s time of a 1.50.124 was a full three tenths quicker than Marcus Armstrong’s quickest time in the morning session and four-tenths clear of his own efforts of day one.

Behind the lead two, Nikita Mazepin was third fastest although the Russian, driving for Carlin in the test having raced for ART in 2019, was almost half a second off the leading duo.

Pedro Piquet is Delétraz’s teammate for this test and he backed up his more experienced companion’s speed by setting the fourth-best lap time of the afternoon session although it was four-tenths off the fastest of the morning.

In fact, the morning session was perhaps the most competitive day of testing for quite some time as 16 drivers were all within a second when the chequered flag flew for lunch.

Another notable good job was by the MP Motorsport team as Ralph Boschung replaced Mahaveer Raghunathan for day two alongside Felipe Drugovich. Both drivers ended both sessions inside the top ten.

2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship – Post-season tests, Day 2, morning session

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Marcus Armstrong	ART Grand Prix	1:50.436	40
2	Louis Delétraz	Charouz Racing System	1:50.461	39
3	Callum Ilott	UNI-Virtuosi	1:50.461	25
4	Nikita Mazepin	Carlin	1:50.501	22
5	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	1:50.564	42
6	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	1:50.630	32
7	Robert Shwartzman	PREMA Racing	1:50.804	31
8	Dan Ticktum	DAMS	1:50.818	27
9	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	1:50.831	37
10	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	1:50.888	36
11	Mick Schumacher	PREMA Racing	1:50.897	12
12	Niko Kari	Campos Racing	1:51.032	30
13	Yuki Tsunoda	Carlin	1:51.172	36
14	Artem Markelov	BWT HWA RACELAB	1:51.193	23
15	Giuliano Alesi	BWT HWA RACELAB	1:51.302	27
16	Sean Gelael	DAMS	1:51.313	24
17	Pedro Piquet	Charouz Racing System	1:51.479	45
18	Roy Nissany	Trident	1:51.979	36
19	Marino Sato	Trident	1:51.986	38
20	Guilherme Samaia	Campos Racing	1:52.276	35

2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship – Post-season tests, Day 2, afternoon session

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time	Laps
1	Louis Deletraz	Charouz Racing System	1:50.124	44
2	Robert Shwartzman	PREMA Racing	1:50.176	29
3	Nikita Mazepin	Carlin	1:50.635	27
4	Pedro Piquet	Charouz Racing System	1:50.812	47
5	Ralph Boschung	MP Motorsport	1:50.869	24
6	Felipe Drugovich	MP Motorsport	1:51.134	33
7	Yuki Tsunoda	Carlin	1:51.175	29
8	Artem Markelov	BWT HWA RACELAB	1:51.536	33
9	Giuliano Alesi	BWT HWA RACELAB	1:51.679	44
10	Marino Sato	Trident	1:51.877	30
11	Guilherme Samaia	Campos Racing	1:52.035	16
12	Guanyu Zhou	UNI-Virtuosi	1:52.172	43
13	Sean Gelael	DAMS	1:55.916	49
14	Christian Lundgaard	ART Grand Prix	1:55.961	37
15	Dan Ticktum	DAMS	1:56.111	43
16	Roy Nissany	Trident	1:56.124	43
17	Callum Ilott	UNI-Virtuosi	1:56.261	37
18	Niko Kari	Campos Racing	1:56.283	32
19	Marcus Armstrong	ART Grand Prix	1:56.643	42
20	Mick Schumacher	PREMA Racing	–	–