Roundup of F2’s in-season test at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Spain, as Felipe Drugovich emerged quickest overall across three days.
Following two tough opening rounds in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, this test offered all drivers and teams a chance to regroup and experiment different solutions to individual issues.
Various challenges however greeted the entire grid across all three days of testing from poor weather to multiple red flags, so here is a full roundup of all the action across all three days of running.
Day One
With a sprinkle of rain lingering through the morning session, Saudi Arabian Feature Race winner, Felipe Drugovich set the initial pace of 1m 29.755 ahead of Theo Pourchaire and Ayumu Iwasa in a relatively quiet morning session amidst three red flag incidents.
Trident’s Calan Williams was the first to cause a stoppage as he spun at Turn 2 before Liam Lawson’s Carlin broke down at Turn 10, whilst Charouz’s Cem Bolukbasi crashed into the barriers at Turn 9 which forced him to miss the rest of the day’s running.
Conditions improved in the afternoon session as everyone except Bolukbasi focused on long runs with Marcus Armstrong setting the initial pace, having posted 1m 29.897 during the various long run simulations.
The opening day eventually concluded with proper single flying lap practice in which Ralph Boschung emerged fastest with 1m 27.929, ahead of Armstrong and Iwasa with Marino Sato and Drugovich rounding out the top five as everyone set their quickest times in the afternoon.
| Position | Driver | Team | Time | Session |
| 1 | Ralph Boschung | Campos | 1m 27.929 | pm |
| 2 | Marcus Armstrong | Hitech GP | + 0.241 | pm |
| 3 | Ayumu Iwasa | DAMS | + 0.402 | pm |
| 4 | Marino Sato | Virtuosi | + 0.507 | pm |
| 5 | Felipe Drugovich | MP Motorsport | + 1.202 | pm |
| 6 | Theo Pourchaire | ART GP | + 1.383 | pm |
| 7 | Frederik Vesti | ART GP | + 1.454 | pm |
| 8 | Richard Verschoor | Trident | + 1.510 | pm |
| 9 | Jake Hughes | VAR | + 1.563 | pm |
| 10 | Clement Novalak | MP Motorsport | + 1.566 | pm |
| 11 | Jack Doohan | Virtuosi | + 1.848 | pm |
| 12 | Logan Sargeant | Carlin | + 1.859 | pm |
| 13 | Roy Nissany | DAMS | + 1.895 | pm |
| 14 | Enzo Fittipaldi | Charouz | + 1.915 | pm |
| 15 | Jehan Daruvala | PREMA | + 1.980 | pm |
| 16 | Calan Williams | Trident | + 2.046 | pm |
| 17 | Amaury Cordeel | VAR | + 2.064 | pm |
| 18 | Liam Lawson | Carlin | + 2.251 | pm |
| 19 | Dennis Hauger | PREMA | + 2.510 | pm |
| 20 | Juri Vips | Hitech GP | + 2.728 | am |
| 21 | Olli Caldwell | Campos | + 2.891 | pm |
| 22 | Cem Bolukbasi | Charouz | + 3.526 | am |
Day Two
Despite dark clouds and spits of rain gathering across Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya across the second morning of the three-day test, everyone except Bolukbasi enjoyed a strong morning as the Turkish driver withdrew due to side-effects of his crash in Saudi Arabian Practice.
Richard Verschoor set the initial pace on hard tyres as he posted 1m 29.328 but the difficult weather conditions caused mayhem, beginning with a stoppage for Sato on the main straight.
Iwasa then clipped the wall at Turn Five as he ran wide before Jake Hughes and Olli Caldwell spun off at that same corner, followed by Vips spinning off at Turn 11 before Caldwell broke down at Turn Four.
Roy Nissany eventually finished quickest ahead of Verschoor, Iwasa, Boschung and Williams as the top five overall times were set in the morning session.
After the lunch break, a sprinkle of rain mid-afternoon saw teams stuck in the pits due to track conditions being too dry for wet tyres but not dry enough for use of slick tyres.
Armstrong eventually topped the afternoon session with 1m 29.752 which was enough to put him sixth quickest overall ahead of Theo Pourchaire and Lawson, whilst Drugovich also improved in the afternoon to go ninth quickest ahead of Jehan Daruvala.
| Position | Driver | Team | Time | Session |
| 1 | Roy Nissany | DAMS | 1m 28.812 | am |
| 2 | Richard Verschoor | Trident | + 0.516 | am |
| 3 | Ayumu Iwasa | DAMS | + 0.784 | am |
| 4 | Ralph Boschung | Campos | + 0.883 | am |
| 5 | Calan Williams | Trident | + 0.890 | am |
| 6 | Marcus Armstrong | Hitech GP | + 0.940 | pm |
| 7 | Theo Pourchaire | ART GP | + 1.025 | am |
| 8 | Liam Lawson | Carlin | + 1.086 | am |
| 9 | Felipe Drugovich | MP Motorsport | + 1.148 | pm |
| 10 | Jehan Daruvala | PREMA | + 1.245 | am |
| 11 | Juri Vips | Hitech GP | + 1.336 | pm |
| 12 | Amaury Cordeel | VAR | + 1.357 | pm |
| 13 | Dennis Hauger | PREMA | + 1.357 | pm |
| 14 | Olli Caldwell | Campos | + 1.433 | am |
| 15 | Logan Sargeant | Carlin | + 1.573 | am |
| 16 | Enzo Fittipaldi | Charouz | + 1.621 | am |
| 17 | Frederik Vesti | ART GP | + 1.656 | am |
| 18 | Clement Novalak | MP Motorsport | + 2.138 | pm |
| 19 | Jack Doohan | Virtuosi | + 5.142 | pm |
| 20 | Jake Hughes | VAR | + 6.225 | am |
| 21 | Marino Sato | Virtuosi | + 6.463 | pm |
Day Three
Teams finally enjoyed warmer conditions for the final day of testing as bright sunshine lingered across the track as Lawson set the benchmark on soft tyres, with the New Zealander posting 1m 27.888 on soft tyres before lowing the benchmark to 1m 27.820.
Clement Novalak then caused a red flag at Turn 2 but once the session resumed, his MP Motorsport teammate, Drugovich posted 1m 27.529 to top the final day of the test with the quickest overall time.
All 22 quickest lap times were set in the morning session as Lawson, Jack Doohan, Verschoor and Dennis Hauger rounded out the top five, whilst Bolukbasi was replaced by David Beckmann who finished last but 1.905s off Drugovich’s effort in a strong one-off test drive.
The afternoon session saw everyone focus on race simulations after a brief delay in order to allow track maintenance work to take place, although there were three red flag stoppages as Dennis Hauger, Frederik Vesti and Vips all came to a stop at Turns 5, 15 and 3 respectively.
Vips however emerged fastest in the afternoon session with 1m 29.288 ahead of Jake Hughes and Enzo Fittipaldi.
| Position | Driver | Team | Time | Session |
| 1 | Felipe Drugovich | MP Motorsport | 1m 27.529 | am |
| 2 | Liam Lawson | Carlin | + 0.291 | am |
| 3 | Jack Doohan | Virtuosi | + 0.309 | am |
| 4 | Richard Verschoor | Trident | + 0.329 | am |
| 5 | Dennis Hauger | PREMA | + 0.416 | am |
| 6 | Ayumu Iwasa | DAMS | + 0.460 | am |
| 7 | Jehan Daruvala | PREMA | + 0.490 | am |
| 8 | Theo Pourchaire | ART GP | + 0.492 | am |
| 9 | Enzo Fittipaldi | Charouz | + 0.498 | am |
| 10 | Logan Sargeant | Carlin | + 0.635 | am |
| 11 | Calan Williams | Trident | + 0.693 | am |
| 12 | Clement Novalak | MP Motorsport | + 0.695 | am |
| 13 | Marcus Armstrong | Hitech GP | + 0.707 | am |
| 14 | Frederik Vesti | ART GP | + 0.752 | am |
| 15 | Ralph Boschung | Campos | + 0.792 | am |
| 16 | Jake Hughes | VAR | + 0.823 | am |
| 17 | Roy Nissany | DAMS | + 0.846 | am |
| 18 | Olli Caldwell | Campos | + 1.119 | am |
| 19 | Amaury Cordeel | VAR | + 1.256 | am |
| 20 | Juri Vips | Hitech GP | + 1.275 | am |
| 21 | Marino Sato | Virtuosi | + 1.753 | am |
| 22 | David Beckmann | Charouz | + 1.905 | am |
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