Dunne leads the way on the final day of post-season F2 testing

Alexander Dunne (pictured) ended 2025 in fine form, setting the fastest lap of the final day of the Yas Marina post-season test.

The Rodin Motorsport driver’s 1:37.153 led the way in the morning session, before Oliver Goethe continued his strong performances over the three days with 1:38.274 in the afternoon.

MORNING

New medium tyres were used by most teams to start the day, with Van Amersfoort Racing’s Rafael Villagómez leading the way after the first laps with a 1:39.387.

On the next push lap, Kush Maini went to P1 with a 1:39.864, only for Dunne to eclipse that by 0.105s to go to the top.

There was a brief Red Flag period just after, with Sebastián Montoya having stopped on track at Turn 14.

Once the action resumed, VAR switched to the Supersoft tire with Villagómez and Nicolás Varrone, and the former went quickest on a 1:37.715. He then improved to a 1:37.502, putting over half a second between he and Cian Shields in P2, with his teammate in P3.

As the first hour came to a close, Villagómez improved to a 1:37.300, with Maini his closest rival, 0.169s down in P2.

The gap continued to come down to Villagómez, with Nikola Tsolov, Mari Boya and Rafael Câmara all taking turns going up to second.

Maini eventually beat the VAR driver’s time by 0.137s, before Dunne returned to P1 with a 1:37.153, putting him just 0.010s clear out in front.

Race runs, pit stop and race start practices were then the focus for the rest of the session, with Dunne ending up on top ahead of Maini, Villagómez, Dino Beganovic and Câmara.

Goethe was fastest ahead of Dunne in the afternoon session

AFTERNOON

Boya got the afternoon underway with the fastest time of a 1:40.152. But he was later moved down to P2 by Goethe, who went quickest on a 1:38.274.

Long runs then became the focus for most of the afternoon session, as the drivers looked to get their final race simulations in for the year.

However, a few did move up the timesheets with Montoya going to P2 ahead of his PREMA teammate Boya.

Then came Laurens van Hoepen for TRIDENT in third, as well as Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak, who jumped up to P4 with just under an hour to go.

Into the final 20 minutes and Roman Bilinski moved up to fifth for DAMS Lucas Oil.

Heading into the last five minutes, Rodin sent their drivers out for a couple of flying laps. Dunne was just 0.083s shy of Goethe’s time in second, while Stenshorne followed him across the line to go to P3.

The duo went for second push attempts but could not improve, leaving Goethe on top in the afternoon.

That wraps up the 2025 season, but 2026 is just around the corner with Round 1 in Melbourne set for March 6-8.

DAY 3, MORNING SESSION

Pos	Driver	Nat	Team	Time	Laps
1	Alexander Dunne	IRL	Rodin Motorsport	1:37.153	46
2	Kush Maini	IND	ART Grand Prix	1:37.163	57
3	Rafael Villagómez	MEX	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:37.300	41
4	Dino Beganovic	SWE	DAMS Lucas Oil	1:37.320	33
5	Rafael Câmara	BRA	Invicta Racing	1:37.362	53
6	Mari Boya	ESP	PREMA Racing	1:37.391	24
7	Martinius Stenshorne	NOR	Rodin Motorsport	1:37.393	38
8	Nikola Tsolov	BUL	Campos Racing	1:37.466	33
9	Noel León	MEX	Campos Racing	1:37.478	32
10	Ritomo Miyata	JPN	Hitech TGR	1:37.550	45
11	Emerson Fittipaldi	BRA	AIX Racing	1:37.594	27
12	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	THA	Campos Racing	1:37.684	50
13	John Bennett	GBR	TRIDENT	1:37.760	48
14	Colton Herta	USA	Hitech TGR	1:37.761	45
15	Laurens van Hoepen	NED	TRIDENT	1:37.941	47
16	Gabriele Minì	ITA	PREMA Racing	1:37.981	43
17	Roman Bilinski	POL	DAMS Lucas Oil	1:38.050	35
18	Cian Shields	GBR	AIX Racing	1:38.054	30
19	Nicolás Varrone	NED	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:38.054	45
20	Oliver Goethe	GER	MP Motorsport	1:38.827	16
21	Sebastián Montoya	BRA	PREMA Racing	1:40.914	7
22	Joshua Duerksen	PAR	Invicta Racing	1:41.328	32

DAY 3, AFTERNOON SESSION

Pos	Driver	Nat	Team	Time	Laps
1	Oliver Goethe	GER	MP Motorsport	1:38.274	54
2	Alexander Dunne	PAR	Rodin Motorsport	1:38.357	38
3	Martinius Stenshorne	NOR	Rodin Motorsport	1:38.420	39
4	Cian Shields	GBR	AIX Racing	1:38.819	49
5	Sebastián Montoya	COL	PREMA Racing	1:38.874	33
6	Laurens van Hoepen	NED	TRIDENT	1:38.963	37
7	Emerson Fittipaldi	BRA	AIX Racing	1:39.012	55
8	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	THA	ART Grand Prix	1:39.804	58
9	Roman Bilinski	POL	DAMS Lucas Oil	1:39.831	55
10	Rafael Villagómez	MEX	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:40.114	53
11	Mari Boya	ESP	PREMA Racing	1:40.152	56
12	Dino Beganovic	SWE	DAMS Lucas Oil	1:40.241	49
13	Kush Maini	IND	ART Grand Prix	1:40.254	49
14	Nicolás Varrone	ARG	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:40.330	56
15	Gabriele Minì	ITA	MP Motorsport	1:40.927	42
16	Nikola Tsolov	BUL	Campos Racing	1:41.137	57
17	Joshua Duerksen	PAR	Invicta Racing	1:41.267	54
18	Noel León	MEX	Campos Racing	1:41.404	55
19	Colton Herta	USA	Hitech TGR	1:41.672	63
20	Rafael Câmara	BRA	Invicta Racing	1:41.942	19
21	Ritomo Miyata	JPN	Hitech TGR	1:42.571	62
22	John Bennett	GBR	TRIDENT	No time	–