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Jehan Daruvala impressive in the post-season testing: Tops timesheets in the afternoon
Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Friday 30 November 2018.
Jehan Daruvala (IND, Campos Racing)
Photo: Zak Mauger / GP3 Series Media Service.
ref: Digital Image
Abu Dhabi, 30 Nov 2018: Jehan Dharuvala performed well in the post-season test as he topped the afternoon session after being in the top-two quickest drivers in the morning. The Indian driver was the quickest man at the Yas Marina Circuit seting a laptime in the afternoon session in a 1:54.753 with Campos Racing. Niko Kari set a time of 1:54.683 at the wheel of a Trident in Day 2 morning session of the 2018 post-season tests.
Day 2 opened at 9am local time and Logan Sargeant led the rest of the pack out of the pitlane as soon as it went green. The American driver who spent Day 1 with MP Motorsport moved to Trident this Friday and set the early pace.
The studious morning session saw Kari and Daruvala swap positions at the top of the timesheet with the Indian driver drawing first blood in a 1:55.102. The Finn improved further and dipped under 1m55s, but Daruvala went even quicker in a 1:54.689 to retake P1.
With one hour and thirty minutes left on the clock, Kari reclaimed the top spot with a laptime 6 thousandths better than Daruvala’s. When the flag dropped, Kari, Daruvala and Sargeant completed the top 3 ahead of Alex Peroni, Linus Lundqvist, Richard Verschoor, Christian Lundgaard, Yuki Tsunoda, Maximilian Fewtrell and Devlin DeFrancesco.
The former Force India Academy driver, Daruvala was back at the top of the timesheet in the early stages of the afternoon session, but the battle for P1 raged again as Kari went quickest with a laptime of 1:55.888.
Most of the session was dedicated to long runs and we had to wait until the final half hour to see Daruvala retake the top spot in a 1:55.325. DeFrancesco was able to improve on the Indian’s best to go top, but with five minutes left on the clock Daruvala went even quicker to end the session P1. Verschoor and Lundqvist also moved up to second and third respectively in the dying minutes. Piastri, DeFrancesco, Tsunoda, Sargeant, Kari, Lorenzo Colombo and Peroni rounded the top 10.
The GP3 Series will run one final day tomorrow.
2018 Post-season testing – Day 2: morning session classification
|
DRIVER
|
TEAM
|
TIME
|
LAP
|
|
|
1
|
Niko Kari
|
Trident
|
1:54.683
|
19
|
|
2
|
Jehan Daruvala
|
Campos Racing
|
1:54.689
|
29
|
|
3
|
Logan Sargeant
|
Trident
|
1:54.983
|
30
|
|
4
|
Alex Peroni
|
Campos Racing
|
1:55.245
|
17
|
|
5
|
Linus Lundqvist
|
Campos Racing
|
1:55.345
|
29
|
|
6
|
Richard Verschoor
|
MP Motorsport
|
1:55.379
|
22
|
|
7
|
Christian Lundgaard
|
ART Grand Prix
|
1:55.535
|
25
|
|
8
|
Yuki Tsunoda
|
Jenzer Motorsport
|
1:55.676
|
25
|
|
9
|
Maximilian Fewtrell
|
ART Grand Prix
|
1:55.688
|
23
|
|
10
|
Devlin DeFrancesco
|
Trident
|
1:55.694
|
28
|
|
11
|
Olli Caldwell
|
Trident
|
1:55.829
|
28
|
|
12
|
Ben Hingeley
|
Charouz Racing System
|
1:55.896
|
29
|
|
13
|
Oscar Piastri
|
Jenzer Motorsport
|
1:55.975
|
25
|
|
14
|
Felipe Drugovich
|
ART Grand Prix
|
1:56.070
|
22
|
|
15
|
Lorenzo Colombo
|
MP Motorsport
|
1:56.323
|
27
|
|
16
|
Robert Schwartzman
|
Charouz Racing System
|
1:56.413
|
28
|
|
17
|
Ye Yifei
|
MP Motorsport
|
1:56.900
|
30
|
|
18
|
Fabio Scherer
|
Charouz Racing System
|
1:56.924
|
29
|
|
19
|
Enaam Ehmad
|
ART Grand Prix
|
1:57.359
|
29
|
|
20
|
Federico Malvestiti
|
Jenzer Motorsport
|
1:57.627
|
37
|
2018 Post-season testing – Day 2: afternoon session classification
|
DRIVER
|
TEAM
|
TIME
|
LAP
|
|
|
1
|
Jehan Daruvala
|
Campos Racing
|
1:54.753
|
29
|
|
2
|
Richard Verschoor
|
MP Motorsport
|
1:54.799
|
36
|
|
3
|
Linus Lundqvist
|
Campos Racing
|
1:55.041
|
26
|
|
4
|
Oscar Piastri
|
Jenzer Motorsport
|
1:55.085
|
22
|
|
5
|
Devlin DeFrancesco
|
Trident
|
1:55.089
|
26
|
|
6
|
Yuki Tsunoda
|
Jenzer Motorsport
|
1:55.177
|
29
|
|
7
|
Logan Sargeant
|
Trident
|
1:55.274
|
28
|
|
8
|
Niko Kari
|
Trident
|
1:55.359
|
25
|
|
9
|
Lorenzo Colombo
|
MP Motorsport
|
1:55.495
|
27
|
|
10
|
Alex Peroni
|
Campos Racing
|
1:55.608
|
19
|
|
11
|
Ben Hingeley
|
Charouz Racing System
|
1:55.665
|
28
|
|
12
|
Miximilian Fewtrell
|
ART Grand Prix
|
1:55.733
|
32
|
|
13
|
Robert Schwartzman
|
Charouz Racing System
|
1:55.801
|
30
|
|
14
|
Ye Yifei
|
MP Motorsport
|
1:55.826
|
19
|
|
15
|
Olli Caldwell
|
Trident
|
1:55.971
|
21
|
|
16
|
Fabio Scherer
|
Charouz Racing System
|
1:56.129
|
32
|
|
17
|
Christian Lundgaard
|
ART Grand Prix
|
1:56.313
|
33
|
|
18
|
Felipe Drugovich
|
ART Grand Prix
|
1:56.414
|
31
|
|
19
|
Federico Malvestiti
|
Jenzer Motorsport
|
1:56.734
|
31
|
|
20
|
Enaam Ahmed
|
ART Grand Prix
|
1:56.800
|
31
|
