F2: Daruvala fastest from Drugovich on Day 1 of Abu Dhabi test
The Indian ended up fastest over the Brazilian.
Prema's Jehan Daruvala was fastest on Day 1 of the FIA F2 test in Abu Dhabi from Felipe Drugovich and Jack Doohan.
While Daruvala is not yet confirmed to drive for Prema in FIA F2 championship for 2022 but the Indian did complete the first day with the Italian outfit by topping the standings with a 1m35.435s lap from MP Motorsport's Drugovich (1m35.793s).
The two F2 veterans headed rookie Doohan (1m35.851s) in his UNI-Virtuosi Racing machine. ART's Theo Pourchaire was fourth as he caused a red flag in the morning session, with Carlin's Liam Lawson in fifth from Campos' Ralph Boschung.
The Kiwi comes off from his F1 test along with Hitech GP's Juri Vips, who was seventh. The Estonian caused a red flag in the F2 running after a small collision with Prema's Dennis Hauger. Both managed to return in the afternoon session for more laps.
Carlin's Logan Sargeant was eighth as DAMS' Roy Nissany and Trident's Calan Williams rounded out the Top 10 from Van Amersfoort Racing's Jake Hughes. There were three other drivers to cause a red flag, all of them came in the morning session.
All of the F2 new comers were behind it with ART's Frederick Vesti, VAR's Amaury Cordeel, MP Motorsport's Clement Novalak, which hampered their morning run. Juan Manuel Correa, meanwhile, made his return with Charouz, completing more than 70 laps.
Here's how they stood in F2 AM session:
Here's how they stood in F2 PM session:
[Image courtesy: Red Bull Content Pool] [Note: This story was written on FormulaRapida.net]
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The most annoying thing about this test is that we've found out that Prema hasn't picked their driver by quality, but by backing. That said Hauger would be an excellent pick for next year. I'd love to see Prema take a gamble on one of the lower budget 2nd-year drivers (not 3rd like Daravula), such as Verschoor, Boschung or Viscaal, who all achieved great results in bad cars. To me, Daravula was very underwhelming compared with his fellow RedBull juniors, both of whom were rookies. If he does get to F1, it will be from backing not talent.
Both Verschoor and Viscaal have very little budget, not lower - and it doesn't just go with Prema, why wouldn't other teams go for them? And Boschung is not a second-year driver. No team picks a driver without a budget - a minimum filling has to...
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