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Brazilian racer Bruno Bonifacio topped the second session of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 test at Jerez, leading a Prema Powerteam 1-2 with teammate Dennis Olsen.
Bonifacio took over at the top of the timesheets midway through the session and, after being briefly deposed by another Prema racer Hans Villemi, returned to the lead to comfortably remain in there until the conclusion of the opening day.
“There are lots of challenges at Jerez with the massive degradation of the tyres and the gravel run-off areas,” noted the Brazilian at the end of the day. “There is only room for a tiny margin of error”.
Manor MP’s Steijn Schothorst took third behind Bonifacio and Olsen, while British rookie George Russell took an impressive fourth.
Jack Aitken was the best-placed Fortec man in fifth, ahead of China BRT tester Nick Cassidy and ART Junior Team’s Aurelien Panis.
2014 Formula Renault Alps rookies Matevos Isaakyan and Charles Leclerc took eighth and ninth respectively, with French F4 champion Anthoine Hubert completing the top ten.
Session results
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Bruno Bonifacio | Prema Powerteam | 1:39.800 | 23 | |
| 2 | Dennis Olsen | Prema Powerteam | 1:40.095 | 0.295 | 33 |
| 3 | Steijn Schothorst | Manor MP Motorsport | 1:40.099 | 0.299 | 20 |
| 4 | George Russell | Koiranen GP | 1:40.123 | 0.323 | 29 |
| 5 | Jack Aitken | Fortec Motorsports | 1:40.135 | 0.335 | 30 |
| 6 | Nick Cassidy | China BRT by JCS | 1:40.162 | 0.362 | 24 |
| 7 | Aurelien Panis | ART Junior Team | 1:40.248 | 0.448 | 35 |
| 8 | Matevos Isaakyan | JD Motorsport | 1:40.334 | 0.534 | 28 |
| 9 | Charles Leclerc | Fortec Motorsports | 1:40.408 | 0.608 | 31 |
| 10 | Anthoine Hubert | Tech 1 Racing | 1:40.421 | 0.621 | 33 |
| 11 | Max Verstappen | Manor MP Motorsport | 1:40.481 | 0.681 | 24 |
| 12 | Egor Orudzhev | Tech 1 Racing | 1:40.496 | 0.696 | 28 |
| 13 | Hans Villemi | Prema Powerteam | 1:40.502 | 0.702 | 35 |
| 14 | Matt Parry | Fortec Motorsports | 1:40.511 | 0.711 | 28 |
| 15 | Andrew Tang | Prema Powerteam | 1:40.543 | 0.743 | 36 |
| 16 | Andrea Pizzitola | Manor MP Motorsport | 1:40.747 | 0.947 | 22 |
| 17 | Kevin Jorg | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 1:40.782 | 0.982 | 18 |
| 18 | Alex Bosak | Prema Powerteam | 1:40.843 | 1.043 | 40 |
| 19 | Alexander Albon | KTR | 1:40.940 | 1.14 | 25 |
| 20 | Callan O’Keeffe | ART Junior Team | 1:40.994 | 1.194 | 29 |
| 21 | Ryan Tveter | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 1:41.241 | 1.441 | 20 |
| 22 | Jules Gounon | KTR | 1:41.244 | 1.444 | 20 |
| 23 | Simon Gachet | ARTA Engineering | 1:41.338 | 1.538 | 24 |
| 24 | Gustav Malja | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 1:41.499 | 1.699 | 18 |
| 25 | Ignazio D’Agosto | Koiranen GP | 1:41.511 | 1.711 | 20 |
| 26 | Denis Korneev | JD Motorsport | 1:41.596 | 1.796 | 36 |
| 27 | Martin Rump | Fortec Motorsports | 1:41.767 | 1.967 | 29 |
| 28 | Vasily Romanov | Tech 1 Racing | 1:41.835 | 2.035 | 38 |
| 29 | Gregor Ramsay | KTR | 1:41.936 | 2.136 | 15 |
| 30 | James Allen | ARTA Engineering | 1:42.146 | 2.346 | 30 |
| 31 | Jordan Perroy | RC Formula | 1:42.369 | 2.569 | 36 |
| 32 | Darius Oskoui | ARTA Engineering | 1:42.388 | 2.588 | 19 |
| 33 | Matheo Tuscher | China BRT by JCS | 1:42.618 | 2.818 | 17 |
| 34 | Nicholas Surguladze | Koiranen GP | 1:42.928 | 3.128 | 33 |