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F2 Jerez testing: De Vries fastest on day two for ART Grand Prix

ART Grand Prix's Nyck de Vries set the fastest time on the second day of Formula 2 testing at Jerez, as Dorian Boccolacci topped the afternoon session for Campos Racing

De Vries lapped set a time of 1m24.723s during the morning session on the softest Pirelli tyre available, as eight drivers broke under the 1m24s mark, which was not been breached on the first day of the test.

Ex-Prema Racing driver de Vries - along with the majority of the rest of the field - then spent most of Wednesday undertaking long runs, meaning the top 12 morning laps on the red-walled soft tyre stood as the day's best.

Virtuosi Racing - which has taken over Russian Time's F2 entry and kept many of the team's personnel - had a strong morning.

Series veteran Luca Ghiotto took second ahead of his rookie team-mate, Renault Formula 1 junior Guan Yu Zhou.

Ghiotto's time was just 0.022s slower than de Vries, but any chance of improving during the morning session was hampered when he stopped in the gravel at Turn 8.

A pair of sons of F1 drivers rounded out the top five as new Carlin signing Louis Deletraz (son of Jean-Dennis Deletraz) took fourth, ahead of Prema's reigning European Formula 3 champion Mick Schumacher (son of Michael Schumacher).

Williams F1 junior Nicholas Latifi - who also stopped at Turn 8 during the morning - and McLaren test and development driver Sergio Sette Camara ended up sixth and seventh for DAMS.

Ferrari Academy ace and F2 rookie Callum Ilott rounded out the eight drivers that were able to break into the 1m24s in the morning.

Ilott brought out a red flag for a spin at Turn 1, and despite the Sauber Junior Team driver topping most of the afternoon session, he was jumped late-on by Boccolacci and Trident's Giuliano Alesi - son of Jean Alesi.

Boccolacci managed a 1m25.493s in the afternoon, which was good enough for the 13th fastest time on the day.

Anthoine Hubert - the reigning GP3 champion also caused a red flag when he went off at Turn 4 in his Arden-run car.

A track inspection during the morning session halted proceedings and added to the red flag count.

Antonio Fuoco replaced Ralph Boschung in the Trident line-up for day two of the test and set the 17th fastest time.

After his car suffered a mechanical fault on Tuesday, Jordan King was not able to get back out on track for MP Motorsport.

Morning times

Pos Driver Team Gap Laps
1 Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 1m24.723s 40
2 Luca Ghiotto UNI-Virtuosi 0.022s 32
3 Guanyu Zhou UNI-Virtuosi 0.035s 46
4 Louis Deletraz Carlin 0.080s 40
5 Mick Schumacher Prema Racing 0.146s 40
6 Nicholas Latifi DAMS 0.172s 29
7 Sergio Sette Camara DAMS 0.180s 35
8 Callum Ilott Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 0.258s 31
9 Juan Manuel Correa Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 0.460s 33
10 Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport 0.463s 22
11 Jack Aitken Campos Racing 0.499s 19
12 Nikita Mazepin ART Grand Prix 0.650s 35
13 Nobuharu Matsushita Carlin 0.885s 37
14 Sean Gelael Prema Racing 0.890s 48
15 Dorian Boccolacci Campos Racing 0.983s 27
16 Anthoine Hubert BWT Arden 0.993s 35
17 Antonio Fuoco Trident 1.281s 34
18 Giuliano Alesi Trident 1.548s 36
19 Tatiana Calderon BWT Arden 1.944s 33

Afternoon times

Pos Driver Team Gap Laps
1 Dorian Boccolacci Campos Racing 1m25.493s 33
2 Giuliano Alesi Trident 0.141s 42
3 Callum Ilott Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 0.178s 51
4 Jack Aitken Campos Racing 0.188s 37
5 Juan Manuel Correa Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 0.490s 52
6 Antonio Fuoco Trident 0.878s 40
7 Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport 1.107s 42
8 Anthoine Hubert BWT Arden 1.353s 43
9 Tatiana Calderon BWT Arden 1.855s 55
10 Guanyu Zhou UNI-Virtuosi 3.256s 51
11 Luca Ghiotto UNI-Virtuosi 3.352s 25
12 Mick Schumacher Prema Racing 3.481s 47
13 Sean Gelael Prema Racing 3.736s 44
14 Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 3.769s 50
15 Nobuharu Matsushita Carlin 4.064s 44
16 Louis Deletraz Carlin 4.104s 46
17 Nicholas Latifi DAMS 4.158s 43
18 Nikita Mazepin ART Grand Prix 4.291s 49
19 Sergio Sette Camara DAMS 4.809s 34

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