Roberto Merhi has been fastest in the final free practice for the Formula Renault 3.5 Series at the German circuit Nürburgring. Pierre Gasly was second and Carlos Sainz third, finishing less than a tenth of  the guy from Castellón.

Will Stevens (Strakka Racing) has dominated the start of the session although times have steadily improved. A lap that would remain as the fastest for a while longer when Meindert van Buuren (Pons Racing) suffered an off-track at Turn 5 and slammed into the fence, breaking his front wing and right front suspension.
Once the action resumed on track, Marlon Stockinger (Lotus) improved his time and got in first. Many drivers waited in pits, missing 10 minutes till the end, Tunjo (Pons Racing) would take advantage to lead the session before the times improved in the last minutes of the practice.
Buller (Arden Motorsport), Sainz (Dams), Laine (Strakka Racing) and Gasly (Arden Motorsport) improved their times and it seemed that the French of the Red Bull Junior was going to be the fastest of the session but eventually to 0 and the checkered flag on the track, Roberto Merhi achieved the fastest time of the day.

Results:

Pos. Car Driver Team Laps Time Gap
1 22 Roberto Merhi ESP R Zeta Corse 17 1:42,179
2 7 Pierre Gasly FRA R Arden Motorsport 16 1:42,208 + 0,029
3 1 Carlos Sainz ESP DAMS 15 1:42,275 + 0,096
4 8 William Buller GBR Arden Motorsport 17 1:42,445 + 0,266
5 4 Oliver Rowland GBR R Fortec Motorsports 17 1:42,557 + 0,378
6 11 Will Stevens GBR Strakka Racing 17 1:42,608 + 0,429
7 15 Marlon Stockinger PHI Lotus 18 1:42,624 + 0,445
8 12 Matias Laine FIN Strakka Racing 16 1:42,796 + 0,617
9 9 Marco Sørensen DEN Tech 1 Racing 16 1:42,837 + 0,658
10 16 Richie Stanaway NZL Lotus 19 1:42,904 + 0,725
11 2 Norman Nato FRA DAMS 17 1:42,976 + 0,797
12 6 Luca Ghiotto ITA R International Draco Racing 17 1:43,001 + 0,822
13 25 Oscar Tunjo COL R Pons Racing 17 1:43,004 + 0,825
14 5 Pietro Fantin BRA International Draco Racing 18 1:43,160 + 0,981
15 3 Sergey Sirotkin RUS Fortec Motorsports 15 1:43,216 + 1,037
16 21 Roman Mavlanov RUS R Zeta Corse 15 1:43,494 + 1,315
17 19 Beitske Visser NED R AVF 14 1:43,759 + 1,580
18 17 Jazeman Jaafar MAS ISR 16 1:43,870 + 1,691
19 27 Cameron Twynham GBR R Comtec Racing 21 1:44,293 + 2,114
20 26 Meindert Van Buuren NED R Pons Racing 8 1:44,304 + 2,125
21 10 Alfonso Celis MEX R Tech 1 Racing 16 1:44,554 + 2,375
22 20 Zoel Amberg SUI AVF 14 1:44,642 + 2,463