Photo: Jose Espallargas / ASM
Ferrari protege Raffaele Marciello continued to be unbeatable in the Formula Renault 3.5 Aragon test, making it four out of four sessions in first as he rounds out his two-day tenure with P1 by Strakka.
F1 hopeful Sergey Sirotkin led most of the early stages of the session, but soon yielded first place to the FIA European F3 Champion. Marciello then went one better in the final hour, as he smashed the track record with a 1:38.976 benchmark.
The Italian’s lap record remained unbeaten until the checkered flag, with Red Bull junior Carlos Sainz being the only driver within half a second of Marciello.
Eurocup Formula Renault runner-up Oliver Rowland took fourth with Fortec, with 3.5 regulars Jazeman Jaafar and Nikolay Martsenko rounding out the top five.
Pierre Gasly was sixth with Arden, while another Eurocup racer Luca Ghiotto took seventh for Draco. Sirotkin wound up eighth, while Zoel Amberg and Pietro Fantin, testing with Arden and Draco respectively, rounded out the top ten.
Session results
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Raffaele Marciello | P1 by Strakka Racing | 1:38.976 | 48 | |
| 2 | Carlos Sainz, Jr. | DAMS | 1:39.428 | 0.452 | 41 |
| 3 | Oliver Rowland | Fortec Motorsports | 1:39.719 | 0.743 | 33 |
| 4 | Jazeman Jaafar | ISR | 1:39.782 | 0.806 | 29 |
| 5 | Nikolay Martsenko | Zeta Corse | 1:39.794 | 0.818 | 32 |
| 6 | Pierre Gasly | Arden Caterham | 1:39.888 | 0.912 | 47 |
| 7 | Luca Ghiotto | International Draco Racing | 1:39.938 | 0.962 | 30 |
| 8 | Sergey Sirotkin | Fortec Motorsports | 1:39.987 | 1.011 | 34 |
| 9 | Zoel Amberg | Arden Caterham | 1:40.077 | 1.101 | 54 |
| 10 | Pietro Fantin | International Draco Racing | 1:40.086 | 1.110 | 38 |
| 11 | William Buller | AV Formula | 1:40.157 | 1.181 | 44 |
| 12 | Nico Muller | SMP Racing by Comtec | 1:40.228 | 1.252 | 27 |
| 13 | Matias Laine | P1 by Strakka Racing | 1:40.371 | 1.395 | 40 |
| 14 | Nick Yelloly | Carlin | 1:40.565 | 1.589 | 38 |
| 15 | Matthieu Vaxiviere | Pons Racing | 1:40.633 | 1.657 | 39 |
| 16 | Marlon Stockinger | Lotus | 1:40.711 | 1.735 | 41 |
| 17 | Kimiya Sato | Lotus | 1:40.741 | 1.765 | 46 |
| 18 | Roman Mavlanov | Zeta Corse | 1:40.850 | 1.874 | 17 |
| 19 | Alex Lynn | DAMS | 1:40.859 | 1.883 | 27 |
| 20 | Marco Sorensen | Tech 1 Racing | 1:40.891 | 1.915 | 49 |
| 21 | Dean Stoneman | Carlin | 1:40.981 | 2.005 | 30 |
| 22 | Andrea Pizzitola | AV Formula | 1:41.126 | 2.150 | 48 |
| 23 | Riccardo Agostini | Pons Racing | 1:41.447 | 2.471 | 43 |
| 24 | Jordan Oon | Tech 1 Racing | 1:43.812 | 4.836 | 31 |