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Jaafar quickest in opening session of Jerez FR3.5 test

by Peter Allen
Jazeman Jaafar

Photo: Lorenzo Charlez/ASM

Jazeman Jaafar set the pace as the second and final Formula Renault 3.5 pre-season test at Jerez got underway on Monday morning.

With a time of 1m26.840s, the ISR driver was 0.158s quicker than second-placed Strakka man Will Stevens, with the top two being the only ones to get below the 1m27s mark.

Stevens’ team-mate Mattias Laine was third, just ahead of Lotus-Charouz driver Matthieu Vaxiviere. Norman Nato was fifth for DAMS ahead of Nigel Melker, driving the second ISR car this week.

Sergey Sirotkin took P7 for Fortec ahead of Arden’s Pierre Gasly, and the Lotus F1-backed duo of Marlon Stockinger?and Marco Sorensen.

Morning session times
Pos. Driver Team Time Gap
1 Jazeman Jaafar ISR 1:26.840
2 Will Stevens Strakka Racing 1:26.998 +0.158
3 Matias Laine Strakka Racing 1:27.027 +0.187
4 Matthieu Vaxiviere Lotus 1:27.051 +0.211
5 Norman Nato DAMS 1:27.110 +0.270
6 Nigel Melker ISR 1:27.186 +0.346
7 Sergey Sirotkin Fortec Motorsports 1:27.296 +0.456
8 Pierre Gasly Arden Motorsport 1:27.469 +0.629
9 Marlon Stockinger Lotus 1:27.530 +0.690
10 Marco Sorensen Tech 1 Racing 1:27.656 +0.816
11 Nikolay Martsenko Comtec Racing 1:27.725 +0.885
12 William Buller Arden Motorsport 1:27.729 +0.889
13 Carlos Sainz, Jr. DAMS 1:27.786 +0.946
14 Pietro Fantin International Draco Racing 1:27.829 +0.989
15 Luca Ghiotto International Draco Racing 1:27.917 +1.077
16 Roberto Merhi Zeta Corse 1:27.919 +1.079
17 Oliver Rowland Fortec Motorsports 1:28.134 +1.294
18 Tio Ellinas Tech 1 Racing 1:28.254 +1.414
19 Zoel Amberg AVF 1:28.320 +1.480
20 Meindert van Buuren Pons Racing 1:28.548 +1.708
21 Roman Mavlanov Zeta Corse 1:29.011 +2.171
22 Robert Visoiu Pons Racing 1:30.158 +3.318
23 Beitske Visser AVF 1:30.433 +3.593