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Gasly quickest of the bunch on final day of Eurocup testing

by Ant Musker

Photo: Renault Sport/DPPI

Pierre Gasly recorded the fastest time of the whole test on the final day of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 test at the Red Bull Ring.

The Tech 1 driver was the only man to break in to the 1m28s with his lap in the morning session. Nyck De Vries continued his positive testing form finishing second on the timesheet with Ignazio D?Agsoto ending third.

Two British drivers, Jake Dennis and Oliver Rowland completed the top five with yesterday morning?s pacesetter Steijn Schothorst the sixth fastest man on track.

William Vermont, Oscar Tunjo and Mikko Pakari were seventh, eighth and ninth respectably while Alexander Albon made an appearance in the top ten.

In the second session the times were a lot slower with Dennis leading from Rowland.

Again De Vries and Schothorst were amongst the frontrunners with Andrea Pizzitola and Pakari sixth and seventh on the timesheets.

Gustav Malja, Aurelien Panis and Alex Lynn all made it in to the top ten for the first time of the test, F3 racer Lynn returning to FR2.0 for a day to help out Prema.

But it was Gasly?s lap which alerted the attention, suggesting that he could be a major threat to the top step of the podium come Motorland.

De Vries has certainly showed at the Red Bull Ring that he will be a championship contender, with Esteban Ocon, Oscar Tunjo, Schothorst, Dennis and Rowland all showing their strong pace these past two days.

Morning session

1 Pierre Gasly Tech 1 1.28.885
2 Nyck De Vries Koiranen GP 1.29.211 0.326
3 Ignazio D?agosto KTR 1.29.321 0.436
4 Oliver Rowland Manor MP 1.29.349 0.464
5 Jake Dennis Fortec Motorsport 1.29.450 0.565
6 Steijn Schothorst Josef Kaufmann Racing 1.29.485 0.600
7 William Vermont ARTA Engineering 1.29.536 0.651
8 Oscar Tunjo Josef Kaufmann Racing 1.29.566 0.681
9 Mikko Pakari Fortec Motorsport 1.29.631 0.746
10 Alexander Albon KTR 1.29.676 0.791
11 Guilherme Silva Koiranen GP 1.29.698 0.813
12 Esteban Ocon ART Junior 1.29.703 0.818
13 Andrea Pizzitola ART Junior 1.29.745 0.860
14 Stefan Wackerbauer Interwetten 1.29.798 0.913
15 Alexandre Baron ART Junior 1.29.842 0.957
16 Benjamin Bailly RC Formula 1.29.870 0.985
17 Gustav Malja Josef Kaufmann Racing 1.29.925 1.040
18 Gregor Ramsay Euronova 1.29.971 1.086
19 Ed Jones Fortec Motorsport 1.30.004 1.119
20 Aurelien Panis RC Formula 1.30.007 1.122
21 Victor Franzoni Koiranen GP 1.30.027 1.142
22 Antonio Fuoco Prema Powerteam 1.30.107 1.222
23 Yu Kanamaru KTR 1.30.136 1.251
24 Matthieu Vaxiviere Tech 1 1.30.148 1.263
25 Kevin Joerg Jenzer Motorsport 1.30.170 1.285
26 Alex Lynn Prema Powerteam 1.30.228 1.343
27 Leo Roussel ARTA Engineering 1.30.234 1.349
28 Simon Tirman ARTA Engineering 1.30.348 1.463
29 Marcos Siebert Jenzer Motorsport 1.30.367 1.482
30 Levin Amweg Jenzer Motorsport 1.30.699 1.814
31 Andrew Tang Jenzer Motorsport 1.30.708 1.823
32 Javier Merlo Manor MP 1.30.863 1.978
33 Luke Chudleigh Tech 1 1.31.098 2.213
34 Javier Amado Euronova 1.31.380 2.495
35 Simon Gachet ARTA Engineering 1.31.023 3.138

Afternoon session

1 Jake Dennis Fortec Motorsport 1.29.511
2 Oliver Rowland Manor MP 1.29.659 0.148
3 Steijn Schothorst Josef Kaufmann Racing 1.29.703 0.192
4 Nyck De Vries Koiranen GP 1.29.756 0.245
5 Guilherme Silva Koiranen GP 1.29.767 0.256
6 Andrea Pizzitola ART Junior 1.29.800 0.289
7 Mikko Pakari Fortec Motorsport 1.29.934 0.423
8 Gustav Malja Josef Kaufmann Racing 1.29.941 0.430
9 Aurelien Panis RC Formula 1.29.947 0.436
10 Alex Lynn Prema powerteam 1.29.990 0.497
11 Ignazio D?agosto KTR 1.30.002 0.491
12 Pierre Gasly Tech 1 1.30.004 0.493
13 Oscar Tunjo Josef Kaufmann Racing 1.30.028 0.517
14 Javier Merlo Manor MP 1.30.133 0.622
15 Esteban Ocon ART Junior 1.30.218 0.707
16 Alexandre Baron ART Junior 1.30.228 0.717
17 William Vermont ARTA Engineering 1.30.258 0.747
18 Ed Jones Fortec Motorsport 1.30.310 0.799
19 Yu Kanamaru KTR 1.30.324 0.813
20 Viktor Franzoni Koiranen GP 1.30.349 0.838
21 Benjamin Bailly RC Formula 1.30.434 0.923
22 Levin Amweg Jenzer Motorsport 1.30.506 0.995
23 Marcos Siebert Jenzer Motorsport 1.30.617 1.106
24 Stefan Wackerbaur Interwetten 1.30.638 1.127
25 Andrew Tang Jenzer motorsport 1.30.716 1.205
26 Kevin Joerg Jenzer Motorsport 1.30.730 1.219
27 Antonio Fuoco 1.30.763 1.252
28 Alexander Albon KTR 1.31.004 1.493
29 Leo Roussel ARTA Engineering 1.31.056 1.545
30 Javier Amado Euronova 1.31.056 1.545
31 Simon Gachet ARTA Engineering 1.31.098 1.587
32 Luke Chudleigh Tech 1 1.31.144 1.633
33 Simon Trman ARTA Engineering 1.31.146 1.635
34 Matthieu Vaxivere Tech 1 1.31.154 1.643