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F2 Barcelona testing: McLaren F1's Sergio Sette Camara fastest

McLaren Formula 1 test and development driver Sergio Sette Camara set the pace on the second day of Formula 2 testing in Barcelona for DAMS

Brazilian driver Sette Camara set a 1m27.392s lap in the morning session to go almost a second quicker than last year's pole time at the circuit.

Sette Camara was 0.115s quicker than Nyck de Vries, who had topped the previous day for ART Grand Prix, the two reversing positions from the day before.

De Vries had also set the best time in two of the three testing days at Jerez last week.

All the fastest times came in the morning session as few drivers got below a 1m30s in the afternoon session, Ralph Boschung setting the best time with a 1m28.789s for Trident.

Chinese driver Guan Yu Zhou rounded out the top three for the new Virtuosi Racing team with his morning effort, while Carlin's Louis Deletraz completed the top five.

All of the drivers from Deletraz above beat de Vries's Tuesday benchmark.

Zhou's team-mate Luca Ghiotto was the last man to get under the 1m28s in sixth, ahead of Ferrari F1 junior Mick Schumacher for Prema.

Nicholas Latifi made sure both DAMS drivers reached the top 10, the Williams junior in seventh, ahead of Sauber Junior Team by Charouz driver Callum Ilott - who is affiliated to Ferrari.

Honda-backed Nobuharu Matsushita managed ninth ahead of Gelael.

De Vries's ART Grand Prix team-mate Nikita Mazepin brought out the only red flag of the afternoon with a spin, while Jordan King, Mahaveer Raghunathan and Juan Manuel Correa all caused morning stoppages.

Wedensday morning times

Pos Driver Team Gap Laps
1 Sergio Sette Camara DAMS 1m27.392s 34
2 Nyck de Vries ART Grand Prix 0.115s 41
3 Guanyu Zhou UNI-Virtuosi 0.170s 43
4 Louis Deletraz Carlin 0.228s 30
5 Luca Ghiotto UNI-Virtuosi 0.530s 34
6 Mick Schumacher Prema Racing 0.632s 32
7 Nicholas Latifi DAMS 0.747s 31
8 Callum Ilott Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 0.759s 31
9 Nobuharu Matsushita Carlin 0.771s 29
10 Sean Gelael Prema Racing 0.851s 23

Wednesday afternoon times

Pos Driver Team Gap Laps
1 Ralph Boschung Trident 1m28.789s 27
2 Roberto Merhi Campos Racing 0.394s 31
3 Nobuharu Matsushita Carlin 0.687s 37
4 Juan Manuel Correa Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 0.766s 45
5 Louis Deletraz Carlin 1.052s 41
6 Callum Ilott Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 1.970s 44
7 Mahaveer Raghunathan MP Motorsport 2.443s 39
8 Anthoine Hubert BWT Arden 2.659s 41
9 Jack Aitken Campos Racing 3.279s 55
10 Sean Gelael Prema Racing 3.819s 64


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