Pierre Gasly was the fastest driver this second and last collective Formula Renault 3.5 test session in the spanish Jerez circuit. Sainz and Jaafar completed TOP3.


 

This second session environment had nothing to do with first’s. Hot inside cockpits was unbereable and asphalt was much warmer.

Matias Laine (Strakka Racing) started the session on top with Pierre Gasly (Arden Motorsport) following him closely. Finally Marlon Stockinger (Lotus) broke finish’s dominance with a two tenths fastest lap.

Oliver Rowland and Sergey Sirotkin’s Fortec Motorsports overlayed in middle session with the british unbeatable those moments. But Stevens (Strakka Racing) was the one who could get closer to the 1 minute 30 seconds frontier during the last fifteen minutes, thanks to staying behind to Rowland’s car for two laps.

Without having any possibilities for the championship, Gasly knows that his objecive is being sub-champion and so he did 10 minutes of qualifying simulation like a real champion, reaching the best final time and followed by Sainz (Dams) and Jaafar (ISR).

Roberto Merhi (Zeta Corse) is the only driver with possibilities of taking Sainz’s championship but despite the situation today’s was definetly not his best day. The driver from Castelló left the track in turn 8 while setting a fastest lap, and so he finished in ninteenth position. That might say that this morning’s problems are not solved yet.

 

Results:

Pos. Car Driver Team Laps Time Gap
1 7 Pierre Gasly (R) FRA Arden Motorsport 20 1:29,652
2 1 Carlos Sainz ESP DAMS 21 1:29,673 + 0,021
3 17 Jazeman Jaafar MAL ISR 19 1:29,978 + 0,326
4 11 Will Stevens GBR Strakka Racing 13 1:30,046 + 0,394
5 8 William Buller GBR Arden Motorsport 19 1:30,109 + 0,457
6 25 Oscar Tunjo (R) COL Pons Racing 20 1:30,120 + 0,468
7 4 Oliver Rowland (R) GBR Fortec Motorsports 22 1:30,162 + 0,510
8 2 Norman Nato FRA DAMS 22 1:30,184 + 0,532
9 9 Marco Sørensen DEN Tech 1 Racing 18 1:30,324 + 0,672
10 5 Pietro Fantin BRA International Draco Racing 21 1:30,415 + 0,763
11 19 Beitske Visser (R) NED AVF 19 1:30,530 + 0,878
12 20 Zoel Amberg SUI AVF 18 1:30,627 + 0,975
13 15 Marlon Stockinger PHI Lotus 16 1:30,629 + 0,977
14 26 Meindert Van Buuren (R) NED Pons Racing 19 1:30,643 + 0,991
15 10 Nicholas Latifi (R) CAN Tech 1 Racing 20 1:30,667 + 1,015
16 3 Sergey Sirotkin RUS Fortec Motorsports 21 1:30,672 + 1,020
17 16 Matthieu Vaxivière (R) FRA Lotus 19 1:30,847 + 1,195
18 6 Luca Ghiotto (R) ITA International Draco Racing 15 1:30,864 + 1,212
19 22 Roberto Merhi (R) ESP Zeta Corse 15 1:30,996 + 1,344
20 12 Matias Laine FIN Strakka Racing 21 1:31,194 + 1,542
21 21 Roman Mavlanov (R) RUS Zeta Corse 18 1:31,211 + 1,559