Photo: Gregory Lenormand / DPPI
Koiranen racer Nyck de Vries was untouchable in the morning session of day two of Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 pre-season test at Paul Ricard.
De Vries took to the track early on and, within the second hour of the session, he wound up smashing the track record set by Bruno Bonifacio yesterday.
After setting his best lap, the Dutchman returned to the pits and would not go out for another timed effort for the rest of the run.
Two tenths off of him, KTR’s Alex Albon had a similar session, securing his second place early on to maintain a stellar pre-season testing form.
ART Junior Team’s Levin Amweg took third, ahead of Thursday’s pacesetter Bonifacio and Koiranen’s Ignazio D’Agosto.
Egor Orudzhev did only 15 laps, but was quick enough to ensure sixth, leading Aurelien Panis and AVF’s sole tester Beitske Visser. Formula Renault NEC graduates Matt Parry and Dennis Olsen completed the top ten.
The Paul Ricard test marks the first pre-season outing where the use of the new tyre compound, introduced for the 2014 season, is mandated.
Session results
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Nyck de Vries | Koiranen GP | 2:03.021 | 17 | |
| 2 | Alexander Albon | KTR | 2:03.250 | 0.229 | 19 |
| 3 | Levin Amweg | ART Junior Team | 2:03.358 | 0.337 | 34 |
| 4 | Bruno Bonifacio | Prema Powerteam | 2:03.462 | 0.441 | 32 |
| 5 | Ignazio D’Agosto | Koiranen GP | 2:03.485 | 0.464 | 21 |
| 6 | Egor Orudzhev | Tech 1 Racing | 2:03.495 | 0.474 | 15 |
| 7 | Aurelien Panis | ART Junior Team | 2:03.557 | 0.536 | 37 |
| 8 | Beitske Visser | AVF | 2:03.606 | 0.585 | 29 |
| 9 | Matt Parry | Fortec Motorsports | 2:03.615 | 0.594 | 32 |
| 10 | Dennis Olsen | Prema Powerteam | 2:03.791 | 0.770 | 38 |
| 11 | Gustav Malja | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 2:03.858 | 0.837 | 25 |
| 12 | Kevin Jorg | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 2:03.937 | 0.916 | 29 |
| 13 | Anthoine Hubert | Tech 1 Racing | 2:03.950 | 0.929 | 26 |
| 14 | Hans Villemi | Prema Powerteam | 2:04.088 | 1.067 | 33 |
| 15 | Andrea Pizzitola | Manor MP Motorsport | 2:04.249 | 1.228 | 28 |
| 16 | Steijn Schothorst | Manor MP Motorsport | 2:04.308 | 1.287 | 35 |
| 17 | Martin Rump | Fortec Motorsports | 2:04.338 | 1.317 | 38 |
| 18 | Gregor Ramsay | KTR | 2:04.413 | 1.392 | 34 |
| 19 | Victor Franzoni | China BRT by JCS | 2:04.504 | 1.483 | 48 |
| 20 | Jules Gounon | KTR | 2:04.579 | 1.558 | 35 |
| 21 | Darius Oskoui | ARTA Engineering | 2:04.590 | 1.569 | 39 |
| 22 | Matthew Graham | Manor MP Motorsport | 2:04.607 | 1.586 | 30 |
| 23 | Denis Korneev | Jenzer Motorsport | 2:04.863 | 1.842 | 35 |
| 24 | Akash Nandy | Tech 1 Racing | 2:04.930 | 1.909 | 26 |
| 25 | Andrew Tang | Jenzer Motorsport | 2:05.041 | 2.020 | 33 |
| 26 | Marek Bockmann | Jenzer Motorsport | 2:05.161 | 2.140 | 23 |
| 27 | Matheo Tuscher | China BRT by JCS | 2:05.248 | 2.227 | 26 |
| 28 | Julio Moreno | Manor MP Motorsport | 2:05.374 | 2.353 | 30 |
| 29 | Patric Armand | Tech 1 Racing | 2:05.612 | 2.591 | 37 |
| 30 | Nicholas Surguladze | Koiranen GP | 2:05.907 | 2.886 | 30 |
| 31 | Dennis Anoschin | Jenzer Motorsport | 2:06.101 | 3.080 | 36 |
| 32 | Yannick Mettler | RC Formula | 2:06.392 | 3.371 | 22 |
| 33 | Tom Le Coq | RC Formula | 2:06.412 | 3.391 | 33 |
| 34 | Sun Zheng | China BRT by JCS | 2:06.740 | 3.719 | 36 |
| 35 | Jeroen Slaghekke | ART Junior Team | 2:07.118 | 4.097 | 10 |
| 36 | Vasily Romanov | Tech 1 Racing | 2:07.437 | 4.416 | 7 |