Na bahrajnském okruhu v Šachiru pokračovaly druhým dnem předsezónní testy vozů Formule 2. Piloti si mimo jiné museli zvykat na nová osmnáctipalcová kola. Nejrychlejší čas Pedra Piqueta z předchozího dne překonal v odpoledním testu Jehan Daruvala s časem 1:41,26 sekundy. Kompletní výsledky druhého dne testů uvádí tabulka níže.
Ranní test
| pořadí | závodník | tým | čas | kola |
| 1. | Nikita Mazepin | Hitech Grand Prix | 01:43,82 | 19 |
| 2. | Luca Ghiotto | Hitech Grand Prix | 01:43,83 | 29 |
| 3. | Artem Markelov | BWT HWA Racelab | 01:43,88 | 23 |
| 4. | Guanyu Zhou | UNI-Virtuosi | 01:43,97 | 31 |
| 5. | Jack Aitken | Campos Racing | 01:43,98 | 36 |
| 6. | Giuliano Alesi | BWT HWA Racelab | 01:44,98 | 32 |
| 7. | Marino Sato | Trident | 01:45,25 | 37 |
| 8. | Callum Ilott | UNI-Virtuosi | 01:45,57 | 29 |
| 9. | Felipe Drugovich | MP Motorsport | 01:45,63 | 29 |
| 10. | Guilherme Samaia | Campos Racing | 01:45,86 | 28 |
| 11. | Louis Deletraz | Charouz Racing System | 01:46,99 | 39 |
| 12. | Mick Schumacher | Prema Racing | 01:47,23 | 38 |
| 13. | Pedro Piquet | Charouz Racing System | 01:47,24 | 41 |
| 14. | Nobuharu Matsushita | MP Motorsport | 01:47,57 | 37 |
| 15. | Sean Gelael | DAMS | 01:47,59 | 43 |
| 16. | Sergey Sirotkin | ART Grand Prix | 01:47,60 | 33 |
| 17. | Robert Shwartzman | Prema Racing | 01:48,00 | 38 |
| 18. | Dan Ticktum | DAMS | 01:48,03 | 37 |
| 19. | Marcus Armstrong | ART Grand Prix | 01:48,85 | 42 |
| 20. | Yuki Tsunoda | Carlin | 01:48,85 | 45 |
| 21. | Jehan Daruvala | Carlin | 01:48,93 | 45 |
| 22. | Roy Nissany | Trident | 01:49,20 | 35 |
Odpolední test
| pořadí | závodník | tým | čas | kola |
| 1. | Jehan Daruvala | Carlin | 01:41,26 | 23 |
| 2. | Guanyu Zhou | UNI-Virtuosi | 01:41,37 | 29 |
| 3. | Pedro Piquet | Charouz Racing System | 01:41,49 | 24 |
| 4. | Mick Schumacher | Prema Racing | 01:41,53 | 33 |
| 5. | Sergey Sirotkin | ART Grand Prix | 01:41,60 | 31 |
| 6. | Jack Aitken | Campos Racing | 01:41,70 | 21 |
| 7. | Callum Ilott | UNI-Virtuosi | 01:41,75 | 25 |
| 8. | Nobuharu Matsushita | MP Motorsport | 01:41,78 | 15 |
| 9. | Felipe Drugovich | MP Motorsport | 01:41,80 | 20 |
| 10. | Robert Shwartzman | Prema Racing | 01:41,97 | 29 |
| 11. | Dan Ticktum | DAMS | 01:41,97 | 24 |
| 12. | Sean Gelael | DAMS | 01:42,06 | 20 |
| 13. | Marcus Armstrong | ART Grand Prix | 01:42,09 | 25 |
| 14. | Luca Ghiotto | Hitech Grand Prix | 01:42,15 | 27 |
| 15. | Roy Nissany | Trident | 01:42,35 | 20 |
| 16. | Yuki Tsunoda | Carlin | 01:42,39 | 23 |
| 17. | Nikita Mazepin | Hitech Grand Prix | 01:42,55 | 23 |
| 18. | Louis Deletraz | Charouz Racing System | 01:42,55 | 20 |
| 19. | Marino Sato | Trident | 01:43,49 | 24 |
| 20. | Guilherme Samaia | Campos Racing | 01:44,03 | 15 |
| 21. | Artem Markelov | BWT HWA Racelab | 01:46,87 | 35 |
| 22. | Giuliano Alesi | BWT HWA Racelab | 01:46,87 | 48 |