P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Hadjar and Marti complete Campos 1-2 in F2 testing
Isack Hadjar had a mixed start to the 2024 F2 season, but he finished strong by winning the Australian feature race despite losing an earlier sprint race victory due to a post-race penalty. At the test, he outpaced his teammate Pepe Marti by 0.410s, with both Campos drivers setting their fastest times in the morning session in Spain. The top five included Franco Colapinto, Victor Martins, and Oliver Bearman, with the latter two aiming for improved performance in the upcoming races. Zane Maloney, the championship leader, finished ninth-fastest in the combined Thursday times. The final morning of testing saw multiple interruptions due to red flags, with drivers like Amaury Cordeel, Roman Stanek, and Joshua Durksen facing issues on the track. Andrea Kimi Antonelli attracted attention for a potential move to fill Lewis Hamilton’s spot at Mercedes in F1 in 2025, skipping F3 to join the F2 grid directly from FRECA.F2 will resume at Imola on May 18-19, with race simulations being the focus of the afternoon session. Cordeel and Durksen were the only drivers who managed to improve their times in the closing session after encountering earlier problems.
