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 |