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De Pasquale dominates FR1.6NEC practice at Assen

by Gruz David
Photo: Formula Renault 1.6 NEC Junior

Photo: Formula Renault 1.6 NEC Junior

Australian driver Anton De Pasquale started his weekend at Assen in the best possible shape after topping both FR1.6 NEC Junior practice sessions.

The morning outing saw a Lechner Racing 1-2, with De Pasquale nearly seven tenths clear of his teammate Ferdinand Habsburg.

16-year-old Dutchman Boris Kolff and German karting graduate Cedric Piro were third and fourth fastest respectively, followed by title contender Janneau Esmeijer.

Austrian Florian Janits ended up in sixth with Stuart Racing’s Marcel Lenerz, Lechner’s Max Defourny, Scuderia Nordica’s Ralf Aron and Captain Racing’s Otto Nico completing the top ten.

In the afternoon, it was once again De Pasquale who took first place, with Scuderia Nordica duo Aron and Oliver Soderstrom locking out the top three.

Esmeijer took fourth with the Lechner trio of Habsburg, Janits and Defourny behind him.

18-year-old Formula Ford graduate Wouter Boerekamps finished eighth with Lenerz and Kolff rounding the top ten out.

Combined practice results
Practice 1 Practice 2
Pos. Driver Team Time Pos. Driver Team Time
1 Anton De Pasquale Lechner Racing School 1:46.478 1 Anton De Pasquale Lechner Racing School 1:45.342
2 Ferdinand Habsburg Lechner Racing School 1:47.129 2 Ralf Aron Scuderia Nordica 1:45.661
3 Boris Kolff Provily Racing 1:47.258 3 Oliver Soderstrom Scuderia Nordica 1:46.208
4 Cedric Piro Pirosports 1:47.402 4 Janneau Esmeijer Provily Racing 1:46.462
5 Janneau Esmeijer Provily Racing 1:47.606 5 Ferdinand Habsburg Lechner Racing School 1:46.627
6 Florian Janits Lechner Racing School 1:47.620 6 Florian Janits Lechner Racing School 1:46.754
7 Marcel Lenerz Stuart Racing Team 1:47.822 7 Max Defourny Lechner Racing School 1:46.776
8 Max Defourny Lechner Racing School 1:47.843 8 Wouter Boerekamps Provily Racing 1:46.939
9 Ralf Aron Scuderia Nordica 1:48.001 9 Marcel Lenerz Stuart Racing Team 1:46.939
10 Otto Nico Captain Racing 1:48.093 10 Boris Kolff Provily Racing 1:46.978
11 Paul Blomqvist Trackstar 1:48.189 11 Otto Nico Captain Racing 1:47.268
12 Oliver Soderstrom Scuderia Nordica 1:48.236 12 Cedric Piro Pirosports 1:47.369
13 Paul Sieljes Stuart Racing Team 1:48.403 13 Pontus Fredericsson Trackstar 1:47.399
14 Pontus Fredericsson Trackstar 1:48.586 14 Paul Sieljes Stuart Racing Team 1:47.537
15 Wouter Boerekamps Provily Racing 1:49.371 15 Paul Blomqvist Trackstar 1:48.428
16 Karl Ero Trackstar 1:51.066 16 Karl Ero Trackstar 1:50.919
17 Larry ten Voorde Pirosports No Time 17 Larry ten Voorde Pirosports No Time