Bagnovic branded his day with Ferrari as "extremely good"

Having completed his second outing in a free practice session with Ferrari, Formula 2 driver Dino Beganovic branded his day at the Red Bull Ring as "extremely good."

Ferrari had an up-and-down opening day at the Austrian Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton only completed a total of 20 laps in the opening one-hour session as he was hindered by a gearbox issues.

His team-mate Charles Leclerc sat out the opening practice as he handed over his SF-25 to F2 driver Dino Beganovic. The Swedish driver racked up a total of 32 lap, ending up 18th. The Ferrari Academy driver got through his programme without any issues, running both the Hard and Soft compound tyres, and he took on more fuel to try the Soft tyre in race trim towards the end of the session.

In what was his only hour of track time today, Leclerc started work on the Medium tyre before switching to the Soft. The Monegasque ended up fifth quickest in the end.

In between the sessions, the gearbox was changed on Hamilton’ car and he got through his programme, running the Hard tyre followed by the Soft. The seven-time world champion slightly struggled to extract everything from his car on the red-walled tyres and took 10th.

Reflecting on his day spent in Charles Leclerc's Ferrari, Beganovic noted: "It was a productive day on my side, as I was able to complete our programme supporting the team in gathering data which will be useful at a later stage.

"Obviously being able to run in an F1 car again feels extremely good, even more so when you’ve got the Prancing Horse on your race suit. I want to thank Scuderia Ferrari HP and the Academy for this opportunity.

"Now I will switch back my focus to Formula 2, doing my best to bring home some good results this weekend," concluded Beganovic.