In a session interrupted by two red flags, Pietro Fantin recorded the fastest time of the session by almost half a second over Matthieu Vaxivière, setting a new lap record in the process of 1:43.056. Current series leader Oliver Rowland returns after a foray into GP2, though only managing 6th quickest.

The first red flag was brought about by Jazeman Jaafar, who came to a stop in sector two after setting his personal best sector 1. The break in the session lasted 5 minutes before the lights went green once more. With a few minutes left, Tio Ellinas also stopped in the second sector, once more summoning a red flag and almost bringing a premature end to the first collective test, however with three minutes left the track became green again, allowing for drivers to set one more flying lap.

Will Bratt takes over from Roberto Mehri in the Pons Racing machine, setting a time 8 and a half seconds off the pace in his return to single seaters. Unable to set a time though was Nick Yelloly, who’s switched over from GP2 this weekend. The Lotus WSR driver completed 5 laps, but no time was recorded.

Results:

1 Pietro Fantin International Draco Racing 1:43.056
2 Matthieu Vaxivière Lotus WSR 1:43.544
3 Nyck De Vries DAMS 1:43.657
4 Tio Ellinas Strakka Racing 1:43.740
5 Dean Stoneman DAMS 1:43.961
6 Oliver Rowland Fortec Motorsports 1:44.026
7 Egor Orudzhev Arden Motorsport 1:44.028
8 Roy Nissany Tech 1 Racing 1:44.141
9 Aurélien Panis Tech 1 Racing 1:44.550
10 Beitske Visser AVF 1:44.627
11 Sean Gelael Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 1:44.762
12 Tom Dillmann Jagonya Ayam with Carlin 1:44.793
13 Nicholas Latifi Arden Motorsport 1:44.809
14 Alfonso Celis Jr AVF 1:45.218
15 Bruno Bonifacio International Draco Racing 1:45.511
16 Gustav Malja Strakka Racing 1:45.832
17 Philo Paz Patrick Armand Pons Racing 1:46.705
18 Jazeman Jaafar Fortec Motorsport 1:50.575
19 Will Bratt Pons Racing 1:51.632
20 Nick Yelloly Lotus WSR –

 

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