The final day of FIA Formula 2‘s 2022 testing week was cut in half after a sandstorm hit the Bahrain International Circuit, causing poor visibility which meant the afternoon session was cancelled before it got underway.

MP Motorsport‘s Felipe Drugovich set the fastest time of the sole session, ahead of team-mate Clément Novalak and Jüri Vips in the Hitech Grand Prix runner.

Even with the lack of the final session, seventeen of the twenty-two drivers still managed to complete over forty laps of the circuit with Novalak and Drugovich climbing to the top with just twenty-two and twenty-four laps, respectively.

The Carlin duo of Liam Lawson and Logan Sargeant rounded out the top five, capping off a very solid few days of testing for both drivers. Roy Nissany set the sixth fastest time with last year’s FIA Formula 3 champion Dennis Hauger taking the seventh fastest time for PREMA Racing.

French youngster Théo Pourchaire completed the most laps of the morning with a marathon fifty-six laps and clocked the eighth fastest time, ahead of Jack Doohan and Ayumu Iwasa who complete the top ten.

The Japanese driver briefly brought out a red flag during the session when he was forced to park his DAMS at turn 8 following a technical issue.

The next track action for the Formula 2 will see the twenty-two drivers competing in the opening round of the season, in Bahrain, later this month.

POS	NO	DRIVER	NAT	TEAM	TIME	GAP	LAPS
1	11	Felipe Drugovich	BRA	MP Motorsport	1:44.911		24
2	12	Clément Novalak	FRA	MP Motorsport	1:45.883	+0.972	22
3	8	Jüri Vips	EST	Hitech Grand Prix	1:45.978	+1.067	50
4	5	Liam Lawson	NZL	Carlin	1:46.114	+1.203	46
5	6	Logan Sargeant	USA	Carlin	1:46.761	+1.850	45
6	16	Roy Nissany	ISR	DAMS	1:46.791	+1.880	50
7	1	Dennis Hauger	NOR	PREMA Racing	1:46.979	+2.068	49
8	10	Théo Pourchaire	FRA	ART Grand Prix	1:47.235	+2.324	56
9	3	Jack Doohan	AUS	Virtuosi Racing	1:47.377	+2.466	47
10	17	Ayumu Iwasa	JPN	DAMS	1:47.465	+2.554	45
11	24	Jake Hughes	GBR	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:47.498	+2.587	42
12	9	Frederik Vesti	DNK	ART Grand Prix	1:47.590	+2.679	54
13	15	Ralph Boschung	CHE	Campos Racing	1:47.800	+2.889	46
14	25	Amaury Cordeel	BEL	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:47.944	+3.033	43
15	2	Jehan Daruvala	IND	PREMA Racing	1:47.992	+3.081	48
16	4	Marino Sato	JPN	Virtuosi Racing	1:48.346	+3.435	53
17	21	Calan Williams	AUS	Trident	1:48.456	+3.545	40
18	14	Olli Caldwell	GBR	Campos Racing	1:48.805	+3.894	46
19	20	Richard Verschoor	NLD	Trident	1:48.807	+3.896	39
20	22	Enzo Fittipaldi	BRA	Charouz Racing System	1:49.084	+4.173	32
21	23	Cem Bölükbasi	TUR	Charouz Racing System	1:49.519	+4.608	19
22	7	Marcus Armstrong	NZL	Hitech Grand Prix	1:49.839	+4.928	32

FIA Formula 2 Testing – Day 2 Classification

That wraps up pre-season testing for Formula 2, the next time we see these guys on track will be at the first round on the season in two weeks time at the same circuit. The season is set to be contested over twenty-six races from thirteen rounds in support of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship, starting on the 18th of March 2022.