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Aitken heads Koiranen 1-2 in final Le Mans session

by Valentin Khorounzhiy
Photo: DPPI / Renault Sport Media

Photo: DPPI / Renault Sport Media

Jack Aitken returned to the top of the timing screens in the final session of the Eurocup pre-season test at Le Mans.

Aitken, who previously led the opening run on Tuesday, toppled the existing lap record and ended up as the only driver to go below 1:33 during the test.

He was quickest for most of the session but was deposed by teammate Jake Hughes with ten minutes on the clock, only to successfully reclaim the top spot shortly thereafter.

Hughes, the 2013 BRDC F4 champion, settled for second, with Anthoine Hubert edging day one pacesetter Max Defourny by 0.009s in third.

Ben Barnicoat‘s lap that vaulted him to the top of the timesheets in the penultimate hour eventually proved good enough for sixth, with Simon Gachet half a tenth behind.

Matevos Isaakyan took seventh, while Josef Kaufmann Racing drivers Kevin Jorg and Louis Deletraz were eighth and tenth – split by Koiranen’s third top-ten driver Anton De Pasquale.

Session results
Pos. Driver Team Time Gap
1 Jack Aitken Koiranen GP 1:32.907
2 Jake Hughes Koiranen GP 1:33.246 0.339
3 Anthoine Hubert Tech 1 Racing 1:33.378 0.471
4 Max Defourny Strakka Racing 1:33.389 0.482
5 Ben Barnicoat Fortec Motorsports 1:33.540 0.633
6 Simon Gachet Tech 1 Racing 1:33.589 0.682
7 Matevos Isaakyan JD Motorsport 1:33.696 0.789
8 Kevin Jorg Josef Kaufmann Racing 1:33.729 0.822
9 Anton De Pasquale Koiranen GP 1:33.739 0.832
10 Louis Deletraz Josef Kaufmann Racing 1:33.748 0.841
11 Dennis Olsen Manor MP Motorsport 1:33.835 0.928
12 Martin Kodric Fortec Motorsports 1:33.879 0.972
13 Charlie Eastwood Strakka Racing 1:33.933 1.026
14 Harrison Scott AVF 1:34.106 1.199
15 Valentin Hasse-Clot Strakka Racing 1:34.152 1.245
16 Mathias Kristensen JD Motorsport 1:34.226 1.319
17 Hugo de Sadeleer Tech 1 Racing 1:34.226 1.319
18 Thiago Vivacqua JD Motorsport 1:34.291 1.384
19 Lasse Sorensen Manor MP Motorsport 1:34.309 1.402
20 Nikita Mazepin Josef Kaufmann Racing 1:34.471 1.564
21 James Allen ARTA Engineering 1:34.485 1.578
22 Callan O’Keeffe Fortec Motorsports 1:34.854 1.947
23 Luke Chudleigh Fortec Motorsports 1:34.952 2.045
24 Henrique Chaves AVF 1:35.231 2.324
25 Amaury Richard ARTA Engineering No Time