Max Fewtrell was fastest in Friday practice ahead of the final round of the Formula Renault Eurocup at Barcelona, which he heads into as the championship leader.
R-ace GP driver Fewtrell posted the day’s best time of a 1m42.095s towards the end of the first session, which he topped by 0.274 seconds over JD Motorsport driver Lorenzo Colombo.
Three R-ace GP drivers were inside the top four, with Logan Sargeant third and Victor Martins fourth.
Fewtrell’s championship rivals Yife Ye and Christian Lundgaard – who are 20.5 and 36.5 points respectively behind the Briton – were fifth and sixth.
Oscar Piastri, Alexander Smolyar, Eliseo Martinez and Raul Guzman completed the top 10 in the morning and overall.
Lundgaard went on to top the slower second session with a lap of 1m43.383s with Colombo again second, but just 0.04s away.
Fewtrell was seventh, two places ahead of Ye.
The second session was red-flagged with six minutes to go after Freek Schothorst crashed at the fast Turn 9 right-hander, damaging both the front and rear of his car.
Free practice results
| Pos | Driver | Team | FP1 | FP2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Fewtrell | R-ace GP | 1m42.095 | 1m43.876 |
| 2 | Lorenzo Colombo | JD Motorsport | 1m42.369 | 1m43.423 |
| 3 | Logan Sargeant | R-ace GP | 1m42.490 | 1m44.038 |
| 4 | Victor Martins | R-ace GP | 1m42.543 | 1m44.010 |
| 5 | Yifei Ye | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 1m42.606 | 1m43.959 |
| 6 | Christian Lundgaard | MP Motorsport | 1m42.616 | 1m43.383 |
| 7 | Oscar Piastri | Arden | 1m42.989 | 1m43.544 |
| 8 | Alexander Smolyar | Tech 1 Racing | 1m43.061 | 1m43.808 |
| 9 | Eliseo Martinez | AVF | 1m43.064 | 1m44.256 |
| 10 | Raul Guzman | Fortec Motorsports | 1m43.165 | 1m44.019 |
| 11 | Clement Novalak | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 1m43.177 | 1m44.184 |
| 12 | Charles Milesi | R-ace GP | 1m43.193 | 1m44.352 |
| 13 | Frank Bird | Tech 1 Racing | 1m43.251 | 1m44.057 |
| 14 | Thomas Maxwell | JD Motorsport | 1m43.278 | 1m43.806 |
| 15 | Freek Schothorst | MP Motorsport | 1m43.283 | 1m44.157 |
| 16 | Alex Peroni | MP Motorsport | 1m43.412 | 1m43.900 |
| 17 | Nikita Volegov | Arden | 1m43.439 | 1m44.457 |
| 18 | Neil Verhagen | Tech 1 Racing | 1m43.678 | 1m43.693 |
| 19 | Axel Matus | AVF | 1m43.744 | 1m45.025 |
| 20 | Christian Munoz | AVF | 1m43.843 | 1m44.744 |
| 21 | Sami Taoufik | Arden | 1m43.874 | 1m44.678 |
| 22 | Vladimir Tziortzis | Fortec Motorsports | 1m44.169 | 1m44.033 |
| 23 | Najiy Razak | JD Motorsport | 1m44.113 | 1m44.776 |
| 24 | Thomas Neubauer | Tech 1 Racing | 2m03.817 | 1m44.166 |