Home Z - Archive seriesFormula Renault Eurocup Gasly and Ocon lead Eurocup practice at the Hungaroring

Gasly and Ocon lead Eurocup practice at the Hungaroring

by Peter Allen
Pierre Gasly

Photo: Renault Sport/DPPI

French duo Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon topped the timesheets in the two Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 practice sessions at the Hungaroring on Friday.

Ocon finished on top in the opening session with a lap of 1m43.241s. Gasly was 0.056s slower in second place, while Ed Jones maintained the strong form that took him to two podiums last time out in Spielberg with the third best time.

Steijn Schothorst was fourth ahead of Jake Dennis and Andrea Pizzitola. Oliver Rowland, who holds a 17 point lead over Gasly at the head of the standings, was seventh with the top ten completed by Mikko Pakari, Ignazio D’Agosto and Alex Albon.

Gasly lowered the benchmark to 1m42.301s in the afternoon, 0.016s faster than the time that Ocon managed in the same session.

“We?ve got some good foundations to build on now,” said Tech 1 driver Gasly. “We can make a few improvements and get the car to perform even better. I?ve found my bearings here again and I?ve had a good day. The performance is there, I just need to avoid making mistakes. It?s up to me to keep this going.”

Lotus and ART Junior ace Ocon said: “It was a pretty productive session overall. We set up the car a little differently to the Red Bull Ring and it all felt pretty good, though we?ll need to have a look at how it handles with new tyres and how much rubber they leave on the track. If we?re going to come back and fight for the top positions, we need to find some speed.”

Rowland was third with Jones making a strong showing again in fourth. Dennis – who sits third in the standings despite failing to score a podium so far this season – was fifth again ahead of Josef Kaufmann Racing pair Oscar Tunjo and Schothorst. Pizzitola, Bruno Bonifacio and Aurelien Panis rounded out the top ten.

Practice 1 times
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Esteban Ocon ART Junior Team 1:43.241 20
2 Pierre Gasly Tech 1 Racing 1:43.297 +0.056 17
3 Ed Jones Fortec Motorsports 1:43.346 +0.105 20
4 Steijn Schothorst Josef Kaufmann Racing 1:43.396 +0.155 18
5 Jake Dennis Fortec Motorsports 1:43.537 +0.296 19
6 Andrea Pizzitola ART Junior Team 1:43.629 +0.388 21
7 Oliver Rowland Manor MP Motorsport 1:43.810 +0.569 18
8 Mikko Pakari Fortec Motorsports 1:43.880 +0.639 19
9 Ignazio D’Agosto KTR 1:44.002 +0.761 19
10 Alex Albon KTR 1:44.022 +0.781 17
11 Oscar Tunjo Josef Kaufmann Racing 1:44.412 +1.171 21
12 Luca Ghiotto Prema Powerteam 1:44.523 +1.282 20
13 Bruno Bonifacio Prema Powerteam 1:44.570 +1.329 19
14 Gustav Malja Josef Kaufmann Racing 1:44.671 +1.430 19
15 William Vermont ARTA Engineering 1:44.721 +1.480 18
16 Matthieu Vaxiviere Tech 1 Racing 1:44.732 +1.491 18
17 Kevin Joerg Jenzer Motorsport 1:44.769 +1.528 20
18 Roman Mavlanov RC Formula 1:44.792 +1.551 18
19 Aurelien Panis Prema Powerteam 1:44.839 +1.598 20
20 Benjamin Bailly RC Formula 1:44.983 +1.742 18
21 Victory Franzoni Koiranen GP 1:45.023 +1.782 19
22 Guilherme Silva Koiranen GP 1:45.140 +1.899 19
23 Levin Amweg Jenzer Motorsport 1:45.249 +2.008 20
24 Nyck De Vries Koiranen GP 1:45.269 +2.028 19
25 Leo Roussel ARTA Engineering 1:45.286 +2.045 17
26 Egor Orudzhev Tech 1 Racing 1:45.679 +2.438 20
27 Gregor Ramsay Manor MP Motorsport 1:45.727 +2.486 19
28 Yu Kanamaru KTR 1:45.750 +2.509 19
29 Simon Gachet ARTA Engineering 1:46.260 +3.019 17
30 Marcos Siebert Jenzer Motorsport 1:46.335 +3.094 18
31 Francesco Mora Interwetten.com Racing 1:46.738 +3.497 19
32 Alejandro Abogado Interwetten.com Racing 1:47.792 +4.551 17
Practice 2 times
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Pierre Gasly Tech 1 Racing 1:42.285 17
2 Esteban Ocon ART Junior Team 1:42.301 +0.016 20
3 Oliver Rowland Manor MP Motorsport 1:42.315 +0.030 17
4 Ed Jones Fortec Motorsports 1:42.336 +0.051 19
5 Jake Dennis Fortec Motorsports 1:42.634 +0.349 19
6 Oscar Tunjo Josef Kaufmann Racing 1:42.668 +0.383 19
7 Steijn Schothorst Josef Kaufmann Racing 1:42.810 +0.525 18
8 Andrea Pizzitola ART Junior Team 1:42.816 +0.531 20
9 Bruno Bonifacio Prema Powerteam 1:42.864 +0.579 19
10 Aurelien Panis Prema Powerteam 1:42.879 +0.594 18
11 Ignazio D’agosto KTR 1:42.954 +0.669 18
12 Kevin Joerg Jenzer Motorsport 1:42.954 +0.669 18
13 Matthieu Vaxiviere Tech 1 Racing 1:42.964 +0.679 17
14 Victor Franzoni Koiranen GP 1:43.019 +0.734 17
15 Guilherme Silva Koiranen GP 1:43.044 +0.759 19
16 Gustav Malja Josef Kaufmann Racing 1:43.052 +0.767 19
17 Luca Ghiotto Prema Powerteam 1:43.096 +0.811 17
18 William Vermont ARTA Engineering 1:43.133 +0.848 19
19 Egor Orudzhev Tech 1 Racing 1:43.172 +0.887 15
20 Nyck De Vries Koiranen GP 1:43.214 +0.929 20
21 Mikko Pakari Fortec Motorsports 1:43.463 +1.178 19
22 Roman Mavlanov RC Formula 1:43.588 +1.303 19
23 Benjamin Bailly RC Formula 1:43.591 +1.306 16
24 Yu Kanamaru KTR 1:43.660 +1.375 19
25 Ryan Tveter Fortec Motorsports 1:43.700 +1.415 19
26 Levin Amweg Jenzer Motorsport 1:43.819 +1.534 18
27 Simon Gachet ARTA Engineering 1:43.957 +1.672 18
28 Leo Roussel ARTA Engineering 1:44.004 +1.719 18
29 Francesco Mora Interwetten.com Racing 1:44.373 +2.088 17
30 Alex Albon KTR 1:44.513 +2.228 8
31 Marcos Siebert Jenzer Motorsport 1:44.573 +2.288 16
32 Alejandro Abogado Interwetten.com Racing 1:45.355 +3.070 19