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Matthieu Vaxiviere makes it three from three at Aragon FR3.5 test

by Peter Allen
written by Peter Allen
Matthieu Vaxiviere

Photo: F. Mallol / AS Media

Lotus Formula Renault 3.5 driver?Matthieu Vaxiviere?remained unbeatable at the start of day two of the Aragon test.

With the new low downforce configuration that will be used at the opening race at each round mandatory for today’s running, Vaxiviere led for the majority of the session, getting down to his best time of 1m40.662s with more than two hours to go.

As in the two sessions on Monday, Vaxiviere’s margin was considerable, with second-placed Tio Ellinas 0.421s adrift.

Oliver Rowland was third, with his Fortec team-mate Jazeman Jaafar in fifth behind AVF’s Beitske Visser.

DAMS Red Bull Junior Dean Stoneman was sixth ahead of Carlin’s Tom Dillmann. Vaxiviere’s team-mate Meindert van Buuren took eighth, followed by?Gustav Malja and?Pietro Fantin.

Dillmann is running alone for Carlin today with Sean Gelael absent due to university exams, while Facu Regalia has taken back his #7 Zeta car – the team’s only entry at this test – after Roman Mavlanov tested it yesterday.

Morning session results
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Matthieu Vaxiviere Lotus 1:40.662 29
2 Tio Ellinas Strakka Racing 1:41.083 0.421 39
3 Oliver Rowland Fortec Motorsports 1:41.126 0.464 29
4 Beitske Visser AVF 1:41.245 0.583 21
5 Jazeman Jaafar Fortec Motorsports 1:41.254 0.592 32
6 Dean Stoneman DAMS 1:41.418 0.756 41
7 Tom Dillmann Carlin 1:41.479 0.817 41
8 Meindert van Buuren Lotus 1:41.505 0.843 32
9 Gustav Malja Strakka Racing 1:41.559 0.897 35
10 Pietro Fantin International Draco Racing 1:41.694 1.032 41
11 Nyck de Vries DAMS 1:41.723 1.061 31
12 Egor Orudzhev Arden Motorsport 1:41.870 1.208 48
13 Philo Paz Armand Pons Racing 1:42.395 1.733 39
14 Nicholas Latifi Arden Motorsport 1:42.544 1.882 44
15 Bruno Bonifacio International Draco Racing 1:42.676 2.014 44
16 Alfonso Celis AVF 1:42.766 2.104 33
17 Roy Nissany Tech 1 Racing 1:42.830 2.168 39
18 Roberto Merhi Pons Racing 1:42.939 2.277 28
19 Facu Regalia Zeta Corse 1:42.956 2.294 35
20 Aurelien Panis Tech 1 Racing 1:43.439 2.777 46