Hadjar has endured a blended opening interval to the 2024 F2 season however ended the preliminary trio of occasions on a excessive, profitable the Australian characteristic race – a outcome that got here after a post-race penalty took away the sooner dash race victory.
Carrying this momentum into the check, his 1m23.139s put him 0.410s away from team-mate Pepe Marti, who himself has stood on the rostrum twice already this time period.
Each Campos drivers set their quickest occasions within the morning session on Thursday in Spain.
Franco Colapinto, Victor Martins and Oliver Bearman accomplished the highest 5 – with the latter pair hoping for improved kind when the motion resumes in Imola after a return of simply six and two factors respectively to date.
Championship chief Zane Maloney discovered himself on the fringes of the highest 10 of the mixed Thursday occasions when the chequered flag dropped, along with his 1m24.058s leaving him ninth-fastest.
The ultimate morning of the check was interrupted by purple flags on 4 events, with Amaury Cordeel seeing his Hitech entry crawl to a halt on his preliminary out-lap, earlier than Roman Stanek and latterly Joshua Durksen additionally stopped on the observe.
The ultimate stoppage got here when Paul Aron went off the observe.
Paul Aron, Hitech
Photograph by: Shameem Fahath
Andrea Kimi Antonelli has been the topic of elevated consideration of late because of a possible transfer to interchange Ferrari-bound Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes in Components 1 in 2025, this coming after he joined the F2 grid straight from FRECA, bypassing F3.
The Italian accomplished essentially the most laps of anybody on Thursday morning (42) and ended the day 13th quickest.
With race simulations the main target of the afternoon, solely two drivers improved their occasions within the closing session, these being Cordeel and Durksen, who had misplaced time via their session-halting issues earlier within the day.
After final racing on the Australian Grand Prix weekend in March, F2 will return to motion on 18-19 Could at Imola, with F3 additionally in motion supporting the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.