George Russell has been fastest during the first free practices session of Formula Renault 2.0 ALPS in the Red Bull Ring. Alessio Rovera finished second followed by the wild card of Koiranen GP, Ignazio D’Agosto. The championship leader, Nyck de Vries, finished fourth.

 

First practice of the weekend, for the 24 drivers of Formula Renault 2.0 Alps in the very third round of the season, with Ignazio D’Agosto as a wild card of Koiranen GP. D’Agosto and his team mate has lead the first minutes of the session, but at the middle of that, Nyck de Vries was leading the field followed by D’Agosto, Leclerc, Isaakyan and Simon Gachet

Then Rovera has surprised everyone, leading in a strong way the field and improving his times every time but with 5 minutes to go, Russell improved his lap time and finished finally first.

Results:

Pos Driver Nation Team Gap
1 10 George Russell GBR Koiranen GP 0.1
2 32 Alessio Rovera ITA Cram Motorsport 0.2
3 68 Iganzio d’Agosto ITA Koiranen GP 0.3
4 19 Nyck de Vries NED Koiranen GP 0.3
5 25 Matevos Isaakyan RUS JD Motorsport 0.4
6 4 Hugo de Sadeleer SUI Tech 1 Racing 0.4
7 27 Dario Capitanio ITA BVM Racing 0.5
8 11 Denis Korneev RUS Jenzer Motorsport 0.5
9 17 Charles Leclerc MC Fortec Motorsports 0.5
10 3 Luke Chudleigh CAN Tech 1 Racing 0.5
11 12 Marek Böeckmann GER Jenzer Motorsport 0.5
12 5 Simon Gachet FRA Arta Engineering 0.6
13 29 Akash Nandy MAL Tech 1 Racing 0.7
14 45 Daniele Cazzaniga ITA GSK Grand Prix 0.7
15 63 Matteo Gonfiantini ITA Turchetto Stefano 0.7
16 6 James Allen AUS Arta Engineering 0.7
17 1 Alex Bosak POL Prema Powerteam 0.8
18 28 Semen Evstigneev RUS BVM Racing 1.0
19 16 Thiago Vivacqua BRA Fortec Motorsports 1.3
20 21 Philo Paz Patric Armand RI Tech 1 Racing 1.3
21 15 Martin Kodric CRO Fortec Motorsports 1.4
22 73 Pietro Peccenini ITA Peccenini Pietro 1.6
23 42 Danylo Pronenko UKR AS Motorsport Olimpija 1.6
24 14 Dennis Anoschin RUS Jenzer Motorsport 1.7

 

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