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Daruvala ends Assen test as quickest NEC driver

by Valentin Khorounzhiy
Photo: Formula Renault 2.0 NEC

Photo: Formula Renault 2.0 NEC

Fortec Motorsport driver Jehan Daruvala ended the two-day NEC test at Assen with the fastest lap in a FR2.0 car.

Daruvala narrowly bested the time set by Dries Vanthoor on day one.

With Saturday’s running made up of two sessions (compared to Friday’s eight sessions between two classes), both Formula 3 and Formula Renault 1.6 cars joined the NEC field on track.

On a dry track in the morning session, Daruvala was quickest, a tenth up on Vanthoor.

Nikita Mazepin followed his teammate in third, with Josef Zaruba 0.002s behind and his AVF squadmate Roy Geerts another four tenths down.

Pontus Fredricsson was the sixth-best 2.0 driver, leading compatriot Robin Hansson, while Alex Gill, Oliver Soderstrom and Rahul Raj Mayer made up the class top ten.

The rain then arrived at Assen and got worse and worse as the day went on. Vanthoor led the very wet afternoon session, with Daruvala finishing as second-best NEC driver.

It was another third-in-class for Mazepin ahead of Raoul Hyman and Ferdinand Habsburg.

Gill and Geerts followed suit ahead of Fredricsson, Zaruba and Henrique Chaves.

The 2015 NEC season commences on April 10-12 at Monza.

Combined session results
Pos. Driver Team Cl. S1 S2
1 Pietro Fittipaldi Fortec Motorsport F3 1:30.149 1:50.405
2 Hongwei Cao Fortec Motorsport F3 1:30.405 1:56.110
3 Matt Rao Fortec Motorsport F3 1:31.175 1:57.791
4 Li Zhi Cong Fortec Motorsport F3 1:31.415 1:53.506
5 Jehan Daruvala Fortec Motorsport 2.0 1:33.492 1:51.801
6 Dries Vanthoor Josef Kaufmaan Racing 2.0 1:33.586 1:51.306
7 Nikita Mazepin Josef Kaufmann Racing 2.0 1:33.770 1:51.912
8 Josef Zaruba AVF 2.0 1:33.772 1:53.131
9 Roy Geerts AVF 2.0 1:34.200 1:52.938
10 Pontus Fredericsson Prizma Motorsport 2.0 1:34.314 1:52.999
11 Robin Hansson Fragus BR Motorsport 2.0 1:34.352 No Time
12 Alex Gill Fortec Motorsport 2.0 1:35.025 1:52.562
13 Oliver Soderstrom Fragus BR Motorsport 2.0 1:35.123 No Time
14 Rahul Raj Mayer Mark Burdett Racing 2.0 1:35.145 1:54.254
15 Raoul Hyman Fortec Motorsport 2.0 1:35.244 1:51.918
16 Ferdinand Habsburg Fortec Motorsport 2.0 1:35.298 1:52.041
17 Henrique Chaves AVF 2.0 1:35.433 1:54.031
18 Bartlomiej Mirecki BM Racing Team 2.0 1:36.227 1:56.253
19 David Richert EuroInterpol 2.0 1:40.434 2:02.632
20 Juuso Puhakka FinnDrive 1.6 1:45.201 2:04.079
21 Ilmari Korpivaara FinnDrive 1.6 1:45.315 2:04.043
22 Arjun Maini Van Amersfoort Racing F3 No Time 1:51.461

Personal best time in bold
Best time of session in italics