End of season F2 trials: Zane Maloney leading Victor Martins
Abu Dhabi hosts the final round of the championship, as well as the post-season F2 tests. For this second day, the fastest times occurred in the morning. French driver Victor Martins finished second in this session.
As the F2 championship is over, the different teams are conducting end-of-season tests with their drivers for the 2024 season and those remaining in the same teams. This gives them the opportunity to have one last drive in the 2023 F2 cars before the introduction of new single-seaters that are more aerodynamically similar to the F1 cars.
The best times occurred during the morning session
Zane Maloney achieved the fastest time of the entire second day of end-of-season testing in Abu Dhabi. The Carlin driver clocked a time of 1:35.783 this morning. Frenchman Victor Martins, who finished third in Formula 2 in his rookie season, recorded the second best time of the day, also set during the morning session with a time of 1:35.888. With 59 laps completed in the morning in Abu Dhabi, the French driver completed the most laps. Isack Adjar, a Red Bull Academy driver who switched from Hitech to Campos Racing, only managed the 11th fastest time of the morning with a time of 1:36.100.
Prema, who finished first and second yesterday, were 6th and 12th in the morning. Rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli was faster than yesterday with a time of 1:35.995. His teammate Oliver Bearman, supported by the Ferrari Driver Academy, was slightly slower than yesterday, with a lap time of 1:36.101.
The timings of day 2 of the F2 private tests at Yas Marina Circuit:
| Drivers | Teams | Times | Gap | Lap | |
| 1 | Zane Maloney | Rodin Carlin | 1:35.783 | 83 | |
| 2 | Victor Martins | ART Grand Prix | 1:35.888 | +0.105 | 125 |
| 3 | Dennis Hauger | MP Motorsport | 1:35.954 | +0.171 | 100 |
| 4 | Josep María Martí | Campos Racing | 1:35.984 | +0.201 | 110 |
| 5 | Zak O’Sullivan | ART Grand Prix | 1:35.993 | +0.210 | 125 |
| 6 | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Prema Racing | 1:35.995 | +0.212 | 102 |
| 7 | Franco Colapinto | MP Motorsport | 1:36.013 | +0.230 | 91 |
| 8 | Jak Crawford | DAMS | 1:36.054 | +0.271 | 105 |
| 9 | Enzo Fittipaldi | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:36.067 | +0.284 | 95 |
| 10 | Gabriel Bortoleto | Invicta Virtuosi Racing | 1:36.072 | +0.289 | 105 |
| 11 | Isack Hadjar | Campos Racing | 1:36.100 | +0.317 | 102 |
| 12 | Oliver Bearman | PREMA Racing | 1:36.101 | +0.318 | 92 |
| 13 | Joshua Duerksen | PHM Racing | 1:36.318 | +0.535 | 67 |
| 14 | Richard Verschoor | Trident | 1:36.379 | +0.596 | 76 |
| 15 | Juan Manuel Correa | DAMS | 1:36.382 | +0.599 | 92 |
| 16 | Paul Aron | Hitech Pulse-Eight | 1:36.599 | +0.816 | 118 |
| 17 | Ritomo Miyata | Rodin Carlin | 1:36.637 | +0.854 | 79 |
| 18 | Amaury Cordeel | Hitech Pulse-Eight | 1:36.679 | +0.896 | 118 |
| 19 | Rafael Villagómez | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:36.867 | +1.084 | 96 |
| 20 | Oliver Goethe | Trident | 1:37.078 | +1.295 | 96 |
| 21 | Kush Maini | Invicta Virtuosi Racing | 1:37.163 | +1.380 | 51 |
| 22 | Joshua Mason | PHM Racing | 1:37.261 | +1.478 | 91 |
Brazilians in the top 3, French in the top 15 of the afternoon
Brazilian Gabriel Bortoleto set the fastest time of the afternoon session in 1:36.38. His compatriot Enzo Fittipaldi, grandson of double world champion Emerson Fittipaldi, finished third in the session with a time of 1:36.919. Our French drivers Victor Martins and Isack Hadjar finished 14th and 15th, separated by one thousandth of a second, with times of 1:39.413 for the Alpine-supported driver and 1:39.414 for the Parisian.
