Formula Renault 3.5

Stanaway Fastest On Day One In Aragon

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Richie Stanaway (Photo Credit: Renault Sport)

Richie Stanaway (Photo Credit: Renault Sport)

Richie Stanaway was fastest on the opening day of Formula Renault 3.5 testing at Aragon in Spain.

The New Zealander was quickest in the morning and afternoon sessions for the Gravity-Charouz Racing team, concluding the day 0.122s faster than Formula Renault Eurocup graduate Danil Kvyat, who was driving for P1 Motorsport.

Stanaway, the German F3 champion, was one of 24 drivers invited to take part in the morning test by Renault Sport Technologies, and set the early place with a time of 1m43.594s on a chilly morning at the Motorland circuit.

He then improved his pace by over four tenths during the afternoon as the track gradually began to dry and finished with a benchmark time of 1m43.191.

Daniel Zampieri was third quickest for BVM Target while Formula Renault Eurocup champion Robin Frijns, second in the morning session, fell to fourth in the afternoon for Comtec.

Carlos Sainz Jr, who will driver for Carlin in British F3 next year, was fifth quickest for the team, ahead of Marco Sorenson (Gravity-Charouz), Will Stevens (Tech 1) and Carlos Huertas (Fortec).

GP3 racer Nico Muller was ninth quickest for Comtec, while Japanese F3 champion Yuhi Sekiguchi rounded out the top 10 for BVM Target.

Daniel Abt, who topped the timesheets on both days in last week's GP3 test in Valencia was 11th quickest while Alex Lynn, the Formula Renault UK champion, was 16th for Fortec.

 

Day One times:
Pos Driver Team Time Gap
 1.  Richie Stanaway      Gravity-Charouz       1m43.191s
 2.  Danil Kvyat          P1                    1m43.313s   + 0.122s
 3.  Daniel Zampieri      BVM Target            1m43.477s   + 0.286s
 4.  Robin Frijns         Comtec                1m43.663s   + 0.472s
 5.  Carlos Sainz Jr      Carlin                1m43.741s   + 0.550s
 6.  Marco Sorenson       Gravity-Charouz       1m43.820s   + 0.629s
 7.  Will Stevens         Tech 1                1m43.821s   + 0.630s
 8.  Carlos Huertas       Fortec                1m43.959s   + 0.768s
 9.  Nico Muller          Comtec                1m44.023s   + 0.832s
10.  Yuhi Sekiguchi       BVM Target            1m44.032s   + 0.841s
11.  Daniel Abt           Pons                  1m44.201s   + 1.010s
12.  Daniel Juncadella    Pons                  1m44.223s   + 1.032s
13.  Raffaele Marciello   Comtec                1m44.288s   + 1.197s
14.  Jazeman Jaafar       KMP/Carlin            1m44.375s   + 1.208s
15.  Lucas Foresti        Tech 1                1m44.399s   + 1.894s
16.  Alex Lynn            Fortec                1m44.463s   + 1.272s
17.  David Fumanelli      Draco                 1m44.524s   + 1.333s
18.  Laurens Vanthoor     ISR                   1m44.531s   + 1.340s
19.  Nigel Melker         P1                    1m44.613s   + 1.422s
20.  Felipe Nasr          Epic                  1m44.862s   + 1.671s
21.  Stoffel Vandoorne    KPM                   1m44.898s   + 1.707s
22.  Sergio Campana       BVM Target            1m44.970s   + 1.779s
23.  Alex Fontana         ISR                   1m44.981s   + 1.900s
24.  Fabio Gamberini      ISR                   1m45.074s   + 1.883s
25.  Alex Riberas         Tech 1                1m45.106s   + 2.105s
26.  Javier Tarancon      KMP                   1m45.250s   + 2.128s
27.  Adrien Tambay        KMP                   1m45.332s   + 2.141s
28.  Yann Cunha           Carlin                1m45.425s   + 2.234s
29.  Fabiano Machado      Epic                  1m45.828s   + 2.637s
30.  Andrea Roda          Draco                 1m46.082s   + 2.891s
31.  Yann Zimmer          Draco                 1m46.184s   + 2.992s
32.  Walter Grubmuller    P1                    No time
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