Photo: Bastien Baudin / DPPI / Renault Sport Media
Tech 1 Racing’s Simon Gachet set the pace in the morning of the first day of the Eurocup Formula Renault pre-season test at Motorland Aragon.
Gachet, who is heading into his third season in FR2.0, broke into the 1:55s in the closing stages of the session and held on to the top spot.
Matevos Isaakyan of JD Motorsport was less than a tenth off in second, while Louis Deletraz took third for Josef Kaufmann Racing.
Anthoine Hubert and Kevin Jorg both led parts of the session but eventually settled for fourth and fifth respectively. Sixth for Thiago Vivacqua, meanwhile, meant that the top six spots on the timesheets were locked out by just three teams.
Ben Barnicoat and Dennis Olsen were seventh and eighth, while Strakka teammates Max Defourny and Charlie Eastwood rounded out the top ten.
Session results
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Simon Gachet | Tech 1 Racing | 1:55.898 | 47 | |
| 2 | Matevos Isaakyan | JD Motorsport | 1:55.987 | 0.089 | 35 |
| 3 | Louis Deletraz | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 1:56.111 | 0.213 | 30 |
| 4 | Anthoine Hubert | Tech 1 Racing | 1:56.150 | 0.252 | 52 |
| 5 | Kevin Jorg | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 1:56.171 | 0.273 | 30 |
| 6 | Thiago Vivacqua | JD Motorsport | 1:56.590 | 0.692 | 43 |
| 7 | Ben Barnicoat | Fortec Motorsports | 1:56.655 | 0.757 | 39 |
| 8 | Dennis Olsen | Manor MP Motorsport | 1:56.792 | 0.894 | 37 |
| 9 | Max Defourny | Strakka Racing | 1:56.823 | 0.925 | 38 |
| 10 | Charlie Eastwood | Strakka Racing | 1:56.979 | 1.081 | 36 |
| 11 | Anton De Pasquale | Koiranen GP | 1:57.033 | 1.135 | 41 |
| 12 | Ukyo Sasahara | ARTA Engineering | 1:57.135 | 1.237 | 35 |
| 13 | Hugo de Sadeleer | Tech 1 Racing | 1:57.163 | 1.265 | 47 |
| 14 | Lasse Sorensen | Manor MP Motorsport | 1:57.215 | 1.317 | 53 |
| 15 | Valentin Hasse-Clot | Strakka Racing | 1:57.254 | 1.356 | 28 |
| 16 | Nicholas Surguladze | ARTA Engineering | 1:57.292 | 1.394 | 41 |
| 17 | Josef Zaruba | AVF | 1:57.293 | 1.395 | 34 |
| 18 | Luke Chudleigh | Fortec Motorsports | 1:57.359 | 1.461 | 39 |
| 19 | Martin Kodric | Fortec Motorsports | 1:57.385 | 1.487 | 46 |
| 20 | Callan O’Keeffe | Fortec Motorsports | 1:57.400 | 1.502 | 46 |
| 21 | Amaury Richard | ARTA Engineering | 1:57.665 | 1.767 | 62 |
| 22 | Mathias Kristensen | JD Motorsport | 1:57.873 | 1.975 | 37 |
| 23 | Dries Vanthoor | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 1:58.006 | 2.108 | 42 |
| 24 | Henrique Chaves | AVF | 1:58.150 | 2.252 | 27 |
| 25 | Harrison Scott | AVF | 1:58.375 | 2.477 | 20 |
| 26 | Inigo Bikuna | AVF | 1:59.535 | 3.637 | 52 |