Zane Maloney finishes pre-season testing on top ahead of Sakhir season opener

Zane Maloney continued to set the pace in the final day of the Sakhir pre-season test, as the Rodin Motorsport driver set a 1:42.468 late in the afternoon session to top the timesheets.

Earlier on in the day, it was Isack Hadjar who led the Campos Racing one-two ahead of his teammate Josep María Martí.

MORNING

Hadjar hit the ground running immediately taking the top spot with a 1:45.331 in the opening half an hour. 2024 teammate Martí made it a 1-2 for Campos Racing, as the Spaniard slotted into P2, 0.2s down on the best effort.

With long running and race stints very much the focus of the first session, major improvements were scarce for the majority. Andrea Kimi Antonelli moved his PREMA Racing #4 up to P4 inside the final hour of running, slotting in just behind Trident’s Roman Stanek.

Gabriel Bortoleto improved to seventh position with just over 20 minutes left of the first segment for Invicta Racing before teammate Kush Maini followed suit and went third quickest, 0.9s off Hadjar.

At the chequered flag, Joshua Duerksen of PHM AIX Racing was the busiest in the session, accumulating 51 laps for the German team.

Hadjar was quickest of all in the final morning session in Sakhir for Campos

AFTERNOON

Into the afternoon session and Bortoleto headed the way early on, setting a 1:43.435 to head the field by half a second over Antonelli. The Italians PREMA teammate Oliver Bearman improved shortly afterward to put the pair second and third overall, 0.172s and 0.360s down on the Brazilian respectively.

With just over an hour and a half to go, Hadjar lifted himself back into the top five setting a 1:44.430. Making him the only other driver within a second of the top effort as teams focused on making the most of the final session.

Heading towards the final hour of running and the Frenchman was back on top, setting a 1:42.712 to lead a Campos 1-2 ahead of Martí, who was 0.175s back in P2.

Into the final 60 minutes of testing action and Richard Verschoor leapt up to third with a 1:43.201 but it wasn’t until the final 10 minutes when the timing screens lit up.

Ritomo Miyata, then Jak Crawford and then Zane Maloney took turns at the top, as the latter fired in a 1:42.468 to go first. It proved to be the best in the final session as the Bajan driver topped the third and final day, making it two out of three across the test.

Round 1 will see the Championship return to Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir on February 29 – March 2.

2024 FIA FORMULA 2 CHAMPIONSHIP – SAKHIR PRE-SEASON TESTING, MORNING SESSION DAY 3 CLASSIFICATION

Position	Driver	Licence	Team	Time	Laps
1	Isack Hadjar	FRA	Campos Racing	1:45.331	39
2	Josep María Martí	ESP	Campos Racing	1:45.547	41
3	Kush Maini	IND	Invicta Racing	1:46.310	48
4	Roman Stanek	CZE	Trident	1:46.662	28
5	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	ITA	PREMA Racing	1:46.733	48
6	Zane Maloney	BRB	Rodin Motorsport	1:46.759	45
7	Enzo Fittipaldi	BRA	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:46.885	20
8	Gabriel Bortoleto	BRA	Invicta Racing	1:47.066	45
9	Franco Colapinto	ARG	MP Motorsport	1:47.081	42
10	Dennis Hauger	NOR	MP Motorsport	1:47.194	43
11	Victor Martins	FRA	ART Grand Prix	1:47.391	44
12	Ritomo Miyata	JPN	Rodin Motorsport	1:47.391	46
13	Jak Crawford	USA	DAMS Lucas Oil	1:47.432	33
14	Richard Verschoor	NLD	Trident	1:47.576	28
15	Zak O’Sullivan	GBR	ART Grand Prix	1:47.840	30
16	Oliver Bearman	GBR	PREMA Racing	1:48.005	48
17	Amaury Cordeel	BEL	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:48.226	47
18	Rafael Villagómez	MEX	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:48.560	42
19	Paul Aron	EST	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:48.987	46
20	Joshua Duerksen	PRY	PHM AIX Racing	1:49.205	51
21	Taylor Barnard	GBR	PHM AIX Racing	1:50.082	24
22	Juan Manuel Correa	USA	DAMS Lucas Oil	1:50.638	11

2024 FIA FORMULA 2 CHAMPIONSHIP – SAKHIR PRE-SEASON TESTING, AFTERNOON SESSION DAY 3 CLASSIFICATION

Position	Driver	Licence	Team	Time	Laps
1	Zane Maloney	BRB	Rodin Motorsport	1:42.468	33
2	Jak Crawford	USA	DAMS Lucas Oil	1:42.661	30
3	Ritomo Miyata	JPN	Rodin Motorsport	1:42.684	34
4	Isack Hadjar	FRA	Campos Racing	1:42.712	37
5	Enzo Fittipaldi	BRA	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:42.808	29
6	Josep María Martí	ESP	Campos Racing	1:42.887	38
7	Richard Verschoor	NLD	Trident	1:43.201	31
8	Franco Colapinto	ARG	MP Motorsport	1:43.294	36
9	Dennis Hauger	NOR	MP Motorsport	1:43.337	37
10	Joshua Duerksen	PRY	PHM AIX Racing	1:43.352	25
11	Juan Manuel Correa	USA	DAMS Lucas Oil	1:43.386	34
12	Gabriel Bortoleto	BRA	Invicta Racing	1:43.435	48
13	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	ITA	PREMA Racing	1:43.607	32
14	Rafael Villagómez	BRA	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:43.749	39
15	Roman Stanek	CZE	Trident	1:43.775	37
16	Oliver Bearman	GBR	PREMA Racing	1:43.795	35
17	Taylor Barnard	GBR	PHM AIX Racing	1:44.124	43
18	Zak O’Sullivan	GBR	ART Grand Prix	1:45.196	36
19	Kush Maini	IND	Invicta Racing	1:46.956	37
20	Victor Martins	FRA	ART Grand Prix	1:47.453	48
21	Amaury Cordeel	BEL	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:47.933	50
22	Paul Aron	EST	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:48.138	48