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Isaakyan and Deletraz head practice for Eurocup FR2.0 opener

by Gruz David
Matevos Isaakyan

Photo: Francois Flamand/DPPI

Matevos Isaakyan and Louis Deletraz topped the two Friday sessions of the first Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 weekend of the season at Aragon.

JD’s Isaakyan, who finished third in FR2.0 Alps last year, took the lead during the final stage of the first session, stealing top spot from Kevin Jorg.

The Russian finished two and a half tenths ahead of FR2.0 NEC runner-up Deletraz, while Anton de Pasquale in third was the best rookie of the session.

Swiss driver Jorg and Frenchman Anthoine Hubert finished just behind the Australian, being only 0.004s and 0.013s slower respectively.

Matthew Graham, a late addition to the field, started with sixth leading a British trio completed by Ben Barnicoat and Harrison Scott.

Croatian Martin Kodric and another Briton Jack Aitken completed the top ten.

Although Deletraz ended the second session on top by improving his time, he was still unable to beat Isaakyan’s benchmark time from the first practice.

His NEC rival Barnicoat was second fastest with Dennis Olsen completing the top three, ahead of Jorg.

Jake Hughes took fifth, edging out Kodric and fellow Koiranen driver Aitken, while Isaakyan, Ignazio D’Agosto and Scott rounded the top ten out.

Practice results
Pos. Driver Team FP1 FP2
1 Matevos Isaakyan JD Motorsport 1:55.895 1:56.800
2 Louis Deletraz Josef Kaufmann Racing 1:56.159 1:55.929
3 Anton de Pasquale Koiranen GP 1:56.285 1:58.117
4 Ben Barnicoat Fortec Motorsport 1:56.526 1:56.288
5 Kevin Jorg Josef Kaufmann Racing 1:56.289 1:56.408
6 Anthoine Hubert Tech 1 Racing 1:56.298 1:57.429
7 Dennis Olsen Manor MP Motorsport 1:57.030 1:56.363
8 Matthew Graham AVF 1:56.430 1:56.430
9 Jake Hughes Koiranen GP 1:56.850 1:56.522
10 Harrison Scott AVF 1:56.645 1:56.645
11 Martin Kodric Fortec Motorsport 1:56.725 1:56.664
12 Jack Aitken Koiranen GP 1:56.774 1:56.694
13 James Allen ARTA Engineering 1:56.835 1:56.835
14 Ignazio D’Agosto Manor MP Motorsport 1:56.897 1:56.839
15 Thiago Vivacqua JD Motorsport 1:56.886 1:57.759
16 Ukyo Sasahara ART Junior Team 1:57.134 1:57.597
17 Callan O’Keeffe Fortec Motorsport 1:57.219 1:57.173
18 Amaury Richard ARTA Engineering 1:57.209 1:57.457
19 Simon Gachet Tech 1 Racing 1:57.244 1:57.547
20 Valentin Hasse-Clot Strakka Racing 1:57.677 1:57.272
21 Henrique Chaves AVF 1:57.287 1:57.287
22 Lasse Sorensen Manor MP Motorsport 1:57.446 1:57.299
23 Zachary Claman Demelo Fortec Motorsport 1:57.373 1:58.085
24 Hugo de Sadeleer Tech 1 Racing 1:57.732 1:57.411
25 Darius Oskoui ART Junior Team 1:57.421 1:57.666
26 Charlie Eastwood Strakka Racing 1:58.094 1:57.454
27 Luke Chudleigh Fortec Motorsport 1:57.795 1:57.794
28 Amaury Bonduel JD Motorsport 1:58.795 1:58.131
29 Bruno Baptista Koiranen GP 2:00.636 1:59.300