F2: Iwasa sets the pace at Yas Marina, Sargeant 4th

Ayumu Iwasa hit the ground running at Yas Marina ending Free Practice quickest of all, 0.055s ahead of Théo Pourchaire. The DAMS driver strung together his best time early on and nobody could usurp him for the top spot in the remaining time. Logan Sargeant got his weekend off to a good start, ending Practice third fastest in his Carlin despite a last second spin.

Perfect conditions were presented to the drivers as the first session of the final weekend in 2022 got underway. Following plenty of installation laps, the times tumbled as the track ramped up and Marcus Armstrong put in the early benchmark with a 1:38.987.

The New Zealander improved his times as the clock ticked underneath half an hour remaining to lower the top time further to a 1:38.469 before Iwasa put his DAMS top of the pile, with the 0.301s gap predominantly taken in the first sector.

Jüri Vips had been running in the top three but had a lucky escape, avoiding the barriers at Turn 14 after a snap of oversteer almost led him into the barriers.

With 20 minutes to go, the Carlin duo of Liam Lawson and Logan Sargeant moved themselves up to second and fourth respectively. Lawson could only get within 0.267s of Iwasa while Sargeant was 0.377s off the top.

Clément Novalak was the next to find a sizeable improvement, going P2 to edge within a quarter of a second of Iwasa, but only just. The Frenchman finished off his time 0.249s down but ahead of F2 Champion and teammate Felipe Drugovich.

Pourchaire finally cut the gap down to 0.055s with 13 minutes left of Practice, moving up from ninth. A Red Flag was thrown as the clock ticked underneath 10 minutes to go as Ralph Boschung spun into the barriers between Turns 13 and 14. The session got back underway with three minutes to go but nobody could improve over Iwasa’s 1:38.168.

F2 Abu Dhabi Practice Results

POS No. Driver and Team LAPS TIME GAP INT.
1 17 A. Iwasa DAMS 16 1:38.168 0.000 0.000
2 10 T. Pourchaire ART Grand Prix 17 1:38.223 0.055 0.055
3 3 J. Doohan Virtuosi Racing 14 1:38.236 0.068 0.013
4 6 L. Sargeant Carlin 15 1:38.297 0.129 0.061
5 5 L. Lawson Carlin 17 1:38.372 0.204 0.075
6 12 C. Novalak MP Motorsport 16 1:38.417 0.249 0.045
7 7 M. Armstrong Hitech Grand Prix 14 1:38.469 0.301 0.052
8 8 J. Vips Hitech Grand Prix 15 1:38.490 0.322 0.021
9 9 F. Vesti ART Grand Prix 17 1:38.609 0.441 0.119
10 11 F. Drugovich MP Motorsport 17 1:38.612 0.444 0.003
11 16 R. Nissany DAMS 15 1:38.765 0.597 0.153
12 4 M. Sato Virtuosi Racing 17 1:38.766 0.598 0.001
13 25 A. Cordeel Van Amersfoort Racing 17 1:38.773 0.605 0.007
14 24 J. Correa Van Amersfoort Racing 16 1:38.795 0.627 0.022
15 1 D. Hauger PREMA Racing 16 1:38.895 0.727 0.100
16 2 J. Daruvala PREMA Racing 15 1:39.055 0.887 0.160
1720 20 R. Verschoor Trident 16 1:39.136 0.968 0.081
18 15 R. Boschung Campos Racing 14 1:39.349 1.181 0.213
19 14 O. Caldwell Campos Racing 17 1:39.354 1.186 0.005
20 22 E. Fittipaldi Charouz Racing System 17 1:39.393 1.225 0.039
21 21 Z. MaloneyTrident 15 1:39.935 1.767 0.542
22 23 T. Calderón Charouz Racing System 17 1:40.276 2.108 0.341

 

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