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Leclerc edges de Vries in Spa-Francorchamps practice

by Valentin Khorounzhiy
written by Valentin Khorounzhiy
Photo: Fast Lane Promotion

Photo: Fast Lane Promotion

Fortec’s Charles Leclerc posted the quickest lap time around Spa-Francorchamp in the two-hour practice session ahead of the Formula Renault 2.0’s fourth round.

A last-minute effort from the rising Monegasque star allowed him to beat series leader Nyck de Vries‘ benchmark by 0.041s.

The Dutchman himself led the entirety of the second hour of running, having taken over at the top from Jenzer’s Marek Bockmann, who led much of the first hour.

Matevos Isaakyan, who won both races of the previous round at Spielberg, secured third, two tenths slower than the benchmark lap.

Tech 1’s Luke Chudleigh was fourth, while Koiranen’s George Russell was the final driver to go below 2:19, doing so under the checkered flag.

NEC regular Ben Barnicoat took sixth, ahead of Cram’s Alessio Rovera. Raoul Owens, Dario Capitanio and Patric Armand concluded the top ten, their lap times fitting within 0.004s.

Session results
Pos. Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Charles Leclerc Fortec Motorsports 2:18.510 17
2 Nyck de Vries Koiranen GP 2:18.551 0.041 18
3 Matevos Isaakyan JD Motorsport 2:18.719 0.209 17
4 Luke Chudleigh Tech 1 Racing 2:18.834 0.324 18
5 George Russell Koiranen GP 2:18.868 0.358 30
6 Ben Barnicoat Fortec Motorsports 2:19.196 0.686 33
7 Alessio Rovera Cram Motorsport 2:19.365 0.855 27
8 Raoul Owens Mark Burdett Motorsport 2:19.387 0.877 19
9 Alex Bosak Prema Powerteam 2:19.390 0.880 19
10 Dario Capitanio BVM Racing 2:19.391 0.881 16
11 Patric Armand Tech 1 Racing 2:19.486 0.976 19
12 Seb Morris Fortec Motorsports 2:19.487 0.977 26
13 Akash Nandy Tech 1 Racing 2:19.640 1.130 18
14 Hugo de Sadeleer Tech 1 Racing 2:19.774 1.264 33
15 Simon Gachet ARTA Engineering 2:19.961 1.451 17
16 Pietro Fittipaldi MGR Motorsport 2:20.136 1.626 27
17 Denis Korneev JD Motorsport 2:20.308 1.798 18
18 Matteo Gonfiantini TS Corse 2:20.358 1.848 33
19 Jorge Cevallos Fortec Motorsports 2:20.433 1.923 33
20 Marek Bockmann Jenzer Motorsport 2:20.556 2.046 32
21 Thiago Vivacqua Fortec Motorsports 2:20.730 2.220 18
22 James Allen ARTA Engineering 2:20.896 2.386 16
23 Hong Li Ye Koiranen Motorsport 2:21.439 2.929 25
24 Kang Ling Koiranen GP 2:21.479 2.969 24
25 Pietro Peccenini TS Corse 2:21.525 3.015 33
26 Sun Zheng China BRT by JCS 2:21.788 3.278 20
27 Daniele Cazzaniga GSK Grand Prix 2:21.867 3.357 27
28 Martin Kodric Fortec Motorsports 2:21.919 3.409 8
29 Danyil Pronenko AS Motorsport by GSK 2:21.934 3.424 28
30 Yuan Bo Koiranen GP 2:22.174 3.664 35
31 Semen Evstigneev BVM Racing 2:22.813 4.303 3
32 Stefan Riener Cram Motorsport 2:29.988 11.478 4