Matthieu Vaxivière was the fastest driver in first free practice session for last round this Formula Renault 3.5 2014 season. Lotus driver has been out lining in front of Buller and Laine without any traffic.


Session started a little bit late due to the fog that affected Jerez circuit this morning. Matthieu Vaxivière and Carlos Sainz started on top the session with a track that was improving in conditions as fog was vanishing.

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Lotus, and specially Vaxivière, were leaders in one lap time, while Sainz and Roland fastest in terms of race rhythm.

On the other hand, Roberto Merhi was just able to test for a little. Driver from Castelló had his car touching to the ground, which made a loud noise. A bad start for the only driver capable to take championship leading to Carlos Sainz.

 

 

Results:

Pos. Driver Team Laps Time Gap
1 Matthieu Vaxivière (R) FRA Lotus 20 1:28,823
2 William Buller GBR Arden Motorsport 18 1:29,018 + 0,195
3 Matias Laine FIN Strakka Racing 18 1:29,109 + 0,286
4 Pierre Gasly (R) FRA Arden Motorsport 21 1:29,142 + 0,319
5 Sergey Sirotkin RUS Fortec Motorsports 22 1:29,282 + 0,459
6 Pietro Fantin BRA International Draco Racing 20 1:29,282 + 0,459
7 Meindert Van Buuren (R) NED Pons Racing 27 1:29,295 + 0,472
8 Marlon Stockinger PHI Lotus 19 1:29,306 + 0,483
9 Carlos Sainz ESP DAMS 20 1:29,466 + 0,643
10 Oliver Rowland (R) GBR Fortec Motorsports 22 1:29,635 + 0,812
11 Nicholas Latifi (R) CAN Tech 1 Racing 19 1:29,717 + 0,894
12 Norman Nato FRA DAMS 21 1:29,771 + 0,948
13 Jazeman Jaafar MAL ISR 17 1:29,810 + 0,987
14 Will Stevens GBR Strakka Racing 20 1:29,977 + 1,154
15 Beitske Visser (R) NED AVF 22 1:29,969 + 1,146
16 Marco Sørensen DEN Tech 1 Racing 8 1:30,028 + 1,205
17 Luca Ghiotto (R) ITA International Draco Racing 21 1:30,074 + 1,251
18 Zoel Amberg SUI AVF 20 1:30,215 + 1,392
19 Oscar Tunjo (R) COL Pons Racing 18 1:30,499 + 1,676
20 Roman Mavlanov (R) RUS Zeta Corse 20 1:30,847 + 2,024
21 Roberto Merhi (R) ESP Zeta Corse 15 1:31,377 + 2,554