Photo: Ferran Mallol / ASM
Tech 1’s Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 rookie Anthoine Hubert ended the Paul Ricard test on a high note by topping the final session of running on day two.
The usual suspects were in control for most of the running with Paul Ricard record-setter Nyck de Vries and usual frontrunner Alex Albon one-upping each other with faster laps.
However, while the Dutchman would curtail his fastest lap attempts coming into the final minutes, it was French F4 champion Hubert who rose to the occasison, taking over at the top.
As the clock ticked down to zero, the Frenchman wound up leading Albon by 0.11s, albeit coming up a little less than two tenths short of de Vries’ morning record.
A last-minute lap allowed Prema Poweteam’s Dennis Olsen into third, with Josef Kaufmann Racing’s Kevin Jorg in fourth between the Norwegian and his teammate Bruno Bonifacio.
Fortec’s Matt Parry led Egor Orudzhev in sixth, with de Vries settling for eighth ahead of fellow Dutch drivers Beitske Visser and Steijn Schothorst.
Session results
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Anthoine Hubert | Tech 1 Racing | 2:03.201 | 38 | |
| 2 | Alexander Albon | KTR | 2:03.311 | 0.110 | 23 |
| 3 | Dennis Olsen | Prema Powerteam | 2:03.431 | 0.230 | 37 |
| 4 | Kevin Jorg | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 2:03.567 | 0.366 | 20 |
| 5 | Bruno Bonifacio | Prema Powerteam | 2:03.585 | 0.384 | 27 |
| 6 | Matt Parry | Fortec Motorsports | 2:03.635 | 0.434 | 25 |
| 7 | Egor Orudzhev | Tech 1 Racing | 2:03.689 | 0.488 | 32 |
| 8 | Nyck de Vries | Koiranen GP | 2:03.879 | 0.678 | 32 |
| 9 | Beitske Visser | AVF | 2:04.049 | 0.848 | 38 |
| 10 | Steijn Schothorst | Manor MP Motorsport | 2:04.096 | 0.895 | 28 |
| 11 | Hans Villemi | Prema Powerteam | 2:04.119 | 0.918 | 37 |
| 12 | Andrea Pizzitola | Manor MP Motorsport | 2:04.148 | 0.947 | 18 |
| 13 | Gregor Ramsay | KTR | 2:04.251 | 1.050 | 22 |
| 14 | Darius Oskoui | ARTA Engineering | 2:04.324 | 1.123 | 26 |
| 15 | Victor Franzoni | China BRT by JCS | 2:04.351 | 1.150 | 22 |
| 16 | Gustav Malja | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 2:04.392 | 1.191 | 25 |
| 17 | Matheo Tuscher | China BRT by JCS | 2:04.570 | 1.369 | 25 |
| 18 | Aurelien Panis | ART Junior Team | 2:04.661 | 1.460 | 36 |
| 19 | Jules Gounon | KTR | 2:04.707 | 1.506 | 30 |
| 20 | Levin Amweg | ART Junior Team | 2:04.727 | 1.526 | 40 |
| 21 | Akash Nandy | Tech 1 Racing | 2:04.759 | 1.558 | 31 |
| 22 | Ignazio D’Agosto | Koiranen GP | 2:04.763 | 1.562 | 19 |
| 23 | Yannick Mettler | RC Formula | 2:04.769 | 1.568 | 31 |
| 24 | Matthew Graham | Manor MP Motorsport | 2:04.855 | 1.654 | 26 |
| 25 | Jeroen Slaghekke | ART Junior Team | 2:04.872 | 1.671 | 32 |
| 26 | Patric Armand | Tech 1 Racing | 2:04.903 | 1.702 | 33 |
| 27 | Andrew Tang | Jenzer Motorsport | 2:05.096 | 1.895 | 26 |
| 28 | Marek Bockmann | Jenzer Motorsport | 2:05.480 | 2.279 | 27 |
| 29 | Julio Moreno | Manor MP Motorsport | 2:05.724 | 2.523 | 27 |
| 30 | Denis Korneev | Jenzer Motorsport | 2:05.756 | 2.555 | 19 |
| 31 | Dennis Anoschin | Jenzer Motorsport | 2:05.925 | 2.724 | 29 |
| 32 | Martin Rump | Fortec Motorsports | 2:05.992 | 2.791 | 3 |
| 33 | Nicholas Surguladze | Koiranen GP | 2:05.999 | 2.798 | 35 |
| 34 | Tom Le Coq | RC Formula | 2:06.236 | 3.035 | 24 |
| 35 | Vasily Romanov | Tech 1 Racing | 2:06.535 | 3.334 | 21 |
| 36 | Sun Zheng | China BRT by JCS | 2:06.568 | 3.367 | 31 |