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Danish duo ahead in second FR3.5 practice at Spielberg

by Peter Allen
Kevin Magnussen

Photo: Renault Sport/DPPI

Danish duo Kevin Magnussen and Marco Sorensen were the men to beat in second practice for the Formula Renault 3.5 round at Spielberg.

Magnussen, who sits second in the standings, spent much of the session in top spot. His compatriot and Lotus junior Sorensen stole top spot away inside the final five minutes, and then slashed four tenths off a second of his benchmark two laps later.

Magnussen however managed to fight back with a time of 1m17.055s on his last flying lap, beating Sorensen by 0.096s.

Christopher Zanella kept up ISR’s good form in third. He was 0.446s off Magnussen’s time, but had the next four drivers within a tenth of him. Nigel Melker was fourth ahead of Zanella’s team-mate and morning pace-setter Sergey Sirotkin. Arthur Pic?edged out Antonio Felix da Costa for sixth by just one thousandth of a second.

Marlon Stockinger then wasn’t far behind in eighth in the second Lotus car, with Fortec duo Oliver Webb and Stoffel Vandoorne both within half a tenth of a second of him.

Second practice times
Pos Driver? Team? Time? Gap? Laps?
1 Kevin Magnussen DAMS 1:17.055 27
2 Marco Sorensen Lotus 1:17.151 0.096 28
3 Christopher Zanella ISR 1:17.501 0.446 26
4 Nigel Melker Tech 1 Racing 1:17.536 0.481 26
5 Sergey Sirotkin ISR 1:17.548 0.493 23
6 Arthur Pic AV Formula 1:17.588 0.533 24
7 Antonio Felix da Costa Arden Caterham 1:17.589 0.534 24
8 Marlon Stockinger Lotus 1:17.632 0.577 28
9 Oliver Webb Fortec Motorsports 1:17.649 0.594 30
10 Stoffel Vandoorne Fortec Motorsports 1:17.681 0.626 31
11 Carlos Huertas Carlin 1:17.818 0.763 22
12 Nikolay Martsenko Pons Racing 1:17.959 0.904 27
13 William Buller Zeta Corse 1:17.988 0.933 20
14 Andre Negrao International Draco Racing 1:18.035 0.980 25
15 Norman Nato DAMS 1:18.074 1.019 27
16 Will Stevens P1 by Strakka Racing 1:18.098 1.043 20
17 Yann Cunha AV Formula 1:18.219 1.164 25
18 Nico Muller International Draco Racing 1:18.235 1.180 25
19 Lucas Foresti SMP Racing by Comtec 1:18.317 1.262 10
20 Jazeman Jaafar Carlin 1:18.330 1.275 27
21 Zoel Amberg Pons Racing 1:18.416 1.361 27
22 Daniil Move SMP Racing by Comtec 1:18.481 1.426 25
23 Riccardo Agostini Zeta Corse 1:18.657 1.602 21
24 Matias Laine P1 by Strakka Racing 1:18.905 1.850 21
25 Pietro Fantin Arden Caterham 1:19.011 1.956 20
26 Mikhail Aleshin Tech 1 Racing 1:19.510 2.455 23