Photo: Eric Vargiolu / DPPI
McLaren junior Kevin Magnussen remained unbeatable over Friday testing for the Formula Renault 3.5 Catalunya finale, as he narrowly beat Will Stevens to first in the closing stages of the race.
The Caterham academy driver was the only driver to challenge the Dane, briefly taking over at the top with a few minutes to go. However, Magnussen had enough time to retake first, which he did, clearing Stevens’ effort by a quarter of a second.
Stoffel Vandoorne was third, leading Antonio Felix da Costa and Arthur Pic. Christopher Zanella, who led throughout the first half of the hour-long session, wound up sixth, with DAMS driver Norman Nato taking seventh.
Nico Muller, Pietro Fantin and Nigel Melker rounded out the top ten.
Session results
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Kevin Magnussen | DAMS | 1:30.877 | 21 | |
| 2 | Will Stevens | P1 by Strakka Racing | 1:31.143 | +0.266 | 19 |
| 3 | Stoffel Vandoorne | Fortec Motorsports | 1:31.479 | +0.602 | 20 |
| 4 | Antonio Felix da Costa | Arden Caterham | 1:31.571 | +0.694 | 21 |
| 5 | Arthur Pic | AV Formula | 1:31.615 | +0.738 | 23 |
| 6 | Christopher Zanella | ISR | 1:31.689 | +0.812 | 19 |
| 7 | Norman Nato | DAMS | 1:31.804 | +0.927 | 22 |
| 8 | Nico Muller | International Draco Racing | 1:31.816 | +0.939 | 21 |
| 9 | Pietro Fantin | Arden Caterham | 1:31.857 | +0.980 | 21 |
| 10 | Nigel Melker | Tech 1 Racing | 1:31.860 | +0.983 | 20 |
| 11 | Marco Sorensen | Lotus | 1:31.876 | +0.999 | 24 |
| 12 | Marlon Stockinger | Lotus | 1:31.925 | +1.048 | 26 |
| 13 | Daniil Move | SMP Racing by Comtec | 1:31.964 | +1.087 | 21 |
| 14 | Carlos Sainz, Jr. | Zeta Corse | 1:31.984 | +1.107 | 21 |
| 15 | Matias Laine | P1 by Strakka Racing | 1:32.015 | +1.138 | 20 |
| 16 | Oliver Webb | Fortec Motorsports | 1:32.045 | +1.168 | 26 |
| 17 | Carlos Huertas | Carlin | 1:32.117 | +1.240 | 20 |
| 18 | Zoel Amberg | Pons Racing | 1:32.153 | +1.276 | 23 |
| 19 | Andre Negrao | International Draco Racing | 1:32.260 | +1.383 | 19 |
| 20 | William Buller | Zeta Corse | 1:32.310 | +1.433 | 21 |
| 21 | Lucas Foresti | SMP Racing by Comtec | 1:32.640 | +1.763 | 19 |
| 22 | Nikolay Martsenko | Pons Racing | 1:32.785 | +1.908 | 20 |
| 23 | Sergey Sirotkin | ISR | 1:32.798 | +1.921 | 12 |
| 24 | Mikhail Aleshin | Tech 1 Racing | 1:33.010 | +2.133 | 20 |
| 25 | Yann Cunha | AV Formula | 1:36.164 | +5.287 | 9 |
| DNP | Jazeman Jaafar | Carlin |
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