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Home News Magnussen beats Felix da Costa to top wet opening practice
NewsWorld Series Formula V8 3.5

Magnussen beats Felix da Costa to top wet opening practice

by Valentin Khorounzhiy
written by Valentin Khorounzhiy

Photo: Renault Sport/DPPI

Danish youngster Kevin Magnussen narrowly topped the first free practice session of the 2013 Formula Renault 3.5 season at Monza, beating Antonio Felix da Costa by just 0.15 seconds.

The Portuguese Red Bull Junior Team member led practice for the bigger part of the rain-soaked session, but was dethroned by Magnussen shortly before the flag. Rookies Jazeman Jaafar and Christopher Zanella were, rather unexpectedly, third and fourth, while Lucas Foresti took fifth for Comtec.

The situation in the lower half of the top ten was almost mirrored as Magnussen’s teammate Norman Nato took sixth in his first practice session in the series, ahead of Felix da Costa’s teammate Pietro Fantin. Sergey Sirotkin, Marco Sorensen and Nico Muller rounded out the top ten.

Another practice session is yet to be completed on Friday, while Saturday and Sunday will both feature a qualifying session and a race.

Session results
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Kevin Magnussen DAMS 1:50.041 22
2 Antonio Felix da Costa Arden Caterham 1:50.198 0.157 22
3 Jazeman Jaafar Carlin 1:50.547 0.506 23
4 Christopher Zanella ISR 1:50.785 0.744 25
5 Lucas Foresti SMP Racing by Comtec 1:50.853 0.812 23
6 Norman Nato DAMS 1:50.926 0.885 18
7 Pietro Fantin Arden Caterham 1:51.034 0.993 24
8 Sergey Sirotkin ISR 1:51.256 1.215 21
9 Marco Sorensen Lotus 1:51.364 1.323 23
10 Nico Muller International Draco Racing 1:51.556 1.515 21
11 Andre Negrao International Draco Racing 1:51.567 1.526 21
12 Matias Laine P1 Motorsport 1:51.665 1.624 21
13 Stoffel Vandoorne Fortec Motorsports 1:51.783 1.742 25
14 Oliver Webb Fortec Motorsports 1:51.807 1.766 25
15 Mikhail Aleshin Tech 1 Racing 1:51.833 1.792 22
16 Will Stevens P1 Motorsport 1:51.839 1.798 18
17 Nigel Melker Tech 1 Racing 1:52.048 2.007 21
18 Daniil Move SMP Racing by Comtec 1:52.099 2.058 23
19 Zoel Amberg Pons Racing 1:52.462 2.421 24
20 Marlon Stockinger Lotus 1:52.509 2.468 19
21 Carlos Huertas Carlin 1:52.958 2.917 22
22 Mihai Marinescu Zeta Corse 1:52.981 2.940 20
23 Arthur Pic AV Formula 1:53.141 3.100 17
24 Emmanuel Piget Zeta Corse 1:53.939 3.898 21
25 Yann Cunha AV Formula 1:53.976 3.935 18
26 Nikolay Martsenko Pons Racing 1:54.691 4.650 18