Canada's Nicholas Latifi topped the second day of post-season testing at Yas Marina Circuit: at the wheel of a DAMS car, the Canadian clocked in a laptime of 1:47.860 in the final stages of the evening session. Norman Nato and Sergey Sirotkin completed the top three.

Day 2 of post-season testing opened at 12.00 in hot temperatures and with the twenty-four cars on Medium tyres. Some familiar faces returned to the field whilst some drivers switched teams. It was Richie Stanaway who set the pace in the opening minutes for Carlin, but Pierre Gasly who has switched to RUSSIAN TIME for the day, went top with a laptime 0.244s better than the New Zealander. However, the Frenchman did not sit pretty at the top for too long after Latifi (DAMS) found some extra pace. P1 was then claimed by Negrao at the wheel of the Rapax car with a laptime of 1:49.103.

Forty minutes into the session, the proceedings were briefly halted to collect some debris at Turn 1. At the re-start, Latifi went quickest leaving Negrao 0.078s behind. But with one hour left in the session, Markelov also improved to head the time-sheet just before a second red flag period which was caused by Mitch Evans stopping his Campos car on the track. The track went live again but was quickly red flagged for a third time after Gasly stopped at the exit of Turn 7.

The remainder of the session was trouble free and at the chequered flag behind Markelov were: Latifi, Negrao, Stanaway, Gasly Nick Yelloly (MP Motorsport), Nato (ART Grand Prix), Alex Fontana (Status Grand Prix), Sergey Sirotkin (Rapax) and Dean Stoneman (Carlin) completing the top ten.

The evening session opened at night time and in cooler temperatures. There was one driver change as Antonio Giovinazzi replaced Stanaway at Carlin. Alex Lynn set the early pace ahead of Markelov before Yelloly dipped under 1m49s to go top, but Markelov improved on the next lap to edge the Brit out. Thirty minutes into the session, Felix Rosenqvist made contact with the barrier halting the proceedings whilst the marshals repaired the tech pro.

The track went live again with 1h20min left before the chequered flag. Sirotkin was able to improve and put his Rapax car at the top of the timings as his teammate Negrao moved up to P2. In the closing stages, Latifi found some extra pace to break the 1m48s barrier and with a laptime of 1:47.860 claimed the top spot. Nato also improved to take P2 – one tenth slower than the Canadian driver.

Behind the pair, Sirotkin, Lynn, Yelloly, Negrao, Gasly, Markelov, Evans and King completed the top ten.

Morning Results

1. Artem Markelov RUSSIAN TIME 1:49.008
2. Nicholas Latifi DAMS 1:49.025
3. André Negrao Rapax 1:49.103
4. Richie Stanaway Carlin 1:49.137
5. Pierre Gasly RUSSIAN TIME 1:49.205
6. Nick Yelloly MP Motorsport 1:49.270
7. Norman Nato ART Grand Prix 1:49.318
8. Alex Fontana Status Grand Prix 1:49.392
9. Sergey Sirotkin Rapax 1:49.570
10. Dean Stoneman Carlin 1:49.596
11. Luca Ghiotto Racing Engineering 1:49.614
12. Jimmy Eriksson Arden International 1:49.695
13. Jordan King Racing Engineering 1:49.717
14. Gustav Malja Arden International 1:49.895
15. Mitch Evans Campos Racing 1:49.910
16. Marlon Stockinger ART Grand Prix 1:49.991
17. Oliver Rowland PREMA Racing 1:50.347
18. Richard Gonda MP Motorsport 1:50.362
19. Sean Gelael Campos Racing 1:50.375
20. Felix Rosenqvist PREMA Racing 1:50.461
21. Artur Janosz Trident 1:50.807
22. Philo Armand Status Grand Prix 1:51.667
23 Zoel Amberg Trident 1:52.192
24. Alex Lynn DAMS 1:53.358

Afternoon results

1. Nicholas Latifi DAMS 1:47.860
2. Norman Nato ART Grand Prix 1:48.035
3. Sergey Sirotkin Rapax 1:48.108
4. Alex Lynn DAMS 1:48.265
5. Nick Yelloly MP Motorsport 1:48.297
6. André Negrao Arden International 1:48.247
7. Pierre Gasly RUSSIAN TIME 1:48.356
8. Artem Markelov RUSSIAN TIME 1:48.691
9. Mitch Evans Campos Racing 1:48.696
10. Jordan King Racing Engineering 1:48.754
11. Jimmy Eriksson Arden International 1:48.769
12. Marlon Stockinger ART Grand Prix 1:48.887
13. Dean Stoneman Carlin 1:49.060
14. Alex Fontana Status Grand Prix 1:49.119
15. Oliver Rowland PREMA Racing 1:49.156
16. Richard Gonda MP Motorsport 1:49.278
17. Felix Rosenqvist PREMA Racing 1:49.296
18. Antonio Giovinazzi Carlin 1:49.363
19. Gustav Malja Arden International 1:49.378
20. Sean Gelael Campos Racing 1:49.549
21. Luca Ghiotto Racing Engineering 1:49.570
22. Artur Janosz Trident 1:49.759
23. Philo Armand Status Grand Prix 1:50.834