F2, F3 in-season testing continues at BIC with second day of running in Sakhir

F2, F3 in-season testing continues at BIC with second day of running in Sakhir

Formula 2 and Formula 3 in-season testing continued today at Bahrain International Circuit (BIC), ‘The Home of Motorsport in the Middle East’, in Sakhir.

For the second day running, Formula 1’s two chief feeder series had their full grids out on the track as they continued to gather crucial data in between rounds in their respective 2025 seasons.

They flagged off their campaigns in Melbourne, Australia earlier this month, and both are set to headline the support race programme in the Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2025, taking place 11 to 13 April at BIC. It will be the second round of their championships.

Richard Verschoor of MP Motorsport clocked the fastest time in F2’s morning session, held in daylight conditions. He had a best lap of 1:46.475.

MP teammate Oliver Goethe finished second on the timesheet just 0.174 seconds behind, while Joshua Durksen of AIX Racing was third 1.509s back.

John Bennett (+1.885s) of Van Amersfoort Racing and Victor Martins (+1.998s) of ART Grand Prix completed the top five.

In the afternoon session, which took place at night under BIC’s bright state-of-the-art floodlights, Gabriele Mini of Prema Racing had the best lap of 1:42.488.

Martins followed only 0.095s slower, while Roman Stanek (+0.263s) and Leonardo Fornaroli (+0.340s), both of Invicta Racing, were third and fourth, respectively. Verschoor was fifth best amongst the 21 testers 0.379s off the pace.

In F3, Louis Sharp of Rodin Motorsport was the fastest man in the morning runs. He had a quickest lap of 1:48.703. Tuukka Taponen of ART Grand Prix was not far behind, going just 0.024s slower, while Mari Boya of Campos Racing came third 0.033s off the pace.