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Home News Malja tops afternoon running on first day of FR3.5 Aragon test
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Malja tops afternoon running on first day of FR3.5 Aragon test

by Peter Allen
written by Peter Allen
Gustav Malja

Photo: Motorsport Publication

Gustav Malja kept Formula Renault 2.0 graduates on top in the afternoon session on day one of the Motorland Aragon Formula Renault 3.5 post-season test.

Driving the #22 Zeta Corse entry that Roberto Merhi took to three wins during the 2014 season, the Swedish driver claimed top spot inside the final ten minutes with a time of 1m41.725s.

That was 0.019s quicker than second-placed Arden driver Nicholas Latifi.

Morning pace-setter Alex Albon had been poised to top the times again on his first day in an FR3.5 car before being shuffled down to third in the closing stages. However, the Lotus F1 junior driver’s earlier benchmark remained the quickest time of the day.

Tio Ellinas was fourth quickest for Strakka ahead of Egor Orudzhev, took over from Charles Leclerc in the #8 Arden entry for the afternoon.

Draco and AVF regulars Pietro Fantin and Beitske Visser were sixth and seventh respectively ahead of DAMS tester Jazeman Jaafar, Andrea Pizzitola of Lotus and Jann Mardenborough for Tech 1, with the top ten covered by just 0.368s.

Afternoon session results
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Gustav Malja Zeta Corse 1:41.725 23
2 Nicholas Latifi Arden Motorsport 1:41.744 0.019 31
3 Alex Albon Lotus 1:41.792 0.067 32
4 Tio Ellinas Strakka Racing 1:41.826 0.101 31
5 Egor Orudzhev Arden Motorsport 1:41.878 0.153 39
6 Pietro Fantin International Draco Racing 1:41.890 0.165 26
7 Beitske Visser AVF 1:41.928 0.203 24
8 Jazeman Jaafar DAMS 1:42.027 0.302 27
9 Andrea Pizzitola Lotus 1:42.034 0.309 29
10 Jann Mardenborough Tech 1 Racing 1:42.093 0.368 37
11 Dennis Olsen Strakka Racing 1:42.147 0.422 29
12 Nyck de Vries DAMS 1:42.205 0.480 17
13 Bruno Bonifacio International Draco Racing 1:42.547 0.822 24
14 Seb Morris Fortec Motorsports 1:42.690 0.965 25
15 Matevos Isaakyan AVF 1:42.697 0.972 23
16 Sandy Stuvik Pons Racing 1:42.903 1.178 24
17 Ben Barnicoat Fortec Motorsports 1:42.982 1.257 35
18 Louis Deletraz Zeta Corse 1:42.982 1.257 11
19 Indy Dontje Comtec Racing 1:43.031 1.306 25
20 Luis Sa Silva Pons Racing 1:43.380 1.655 26
21 Guillaume Cunnington Tech 1 Racing 1:51.744 10.019 30