Pre-season testing: the last session dominated by Kush Maini

End clap for pre-season tests in Formula 2 in Bahrain. The second session of this final day lasted two and a half hours, and it was Campos Racing driver Kush Maini who took first place on the timesheet. Behind, Roy Nissany is almost 3 tenths behind, Theo Pourchaire on her heels completes the podium.

The Frenchman dominated a large part of the session in his ART Grand Prix, which MP Motorsport teammates Dennis Hauger and Jehan Daruvala tried to outclass... but the session was interrupted by a double yellow flag, later transformed into red flag, Monegasque Arthur Leclerc stopped with his DAMS and unable to return to the pits. A second red flag came later in the session, the victim of which was Roman Stanek.

His teammate in the Trident team, the Frenchman Clément Novalak, long occupied second place behind his compatriot from ART. He finished his last day of pre-season testing in 7th position, half a second behind the best lap. Victor Martins and Isack Hadjar finished 17th and 21st respectively.

The results of the second and final F2 pre-season testing session.

During the first session of the day, the Ile-de-France member of the junior team of Red Bull took the checkered flag in the same position in his Hitech GP. The session was dominated by Ralph Boschung in 1'45”027, almost three seconds off the reference time set in the afternoon. Novalak and Martins occupied second and third positions. Pourchaire placed his car in 5th place. 

The results of the first session of the last day of F2 testing.

The next objective of the drivers on the grid is free practice for the first Grand Prix of the season, on the Bahrain track in the first weekend of March.

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