Photo: Alvaro Rivero/DPPI
Egor Orudzhev topped the times in the first of Friday’s sessions ahead of the final Formula Renault 3.5 round at Jerez, ahead of the AVF duo of Beitske Visser and Alfonso Celis.
Orudzhev, who arrives in Jerez off the back of his second win of the season in the last race at Le Mans, took top spot away from erstwhile pacesetter Nyck de Vries with his penultimate lap of the session.
The two AVF drivers then also slotted in ahead of de Vries, with Visser 0.263 seconds off Orudzhev’s 1m28.758s and 35 thousandths of a second ahead of team-mate Celis.
Orudzhev’s Arden team-mate Nicholas Latifi took fifth behind de Vries, and followed by Tio Ellinas, Tom Dillmann and Jazeman Jaafar.
Aurelien Panis and Sean Gelael completed the top 10, with champion Oliver Rowland 13th and confirmed runner-up Matthieu Vaxiviere only 18th of the 19 runners.
Session results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Egor Orudzhev | Arden Motorsport | 1:28.758 | 20 | |
| 2 | Beitske Visser | AVF | 1:29.021 | 0.263 | 20 |
| 3 | Alfonso Celis | AVF | 1:29.056 | 0.298 | 18 |
| 4 | Nyck de Vries | DAMS | 1:29.138 | 0.380 | 17 |
| 5 | Nicholas Latifi | Arden Motorsport | 1:29.171 | 0.413 | 19 |
| 6 | Tio Ellinas | Strakka Racing | 1:29.398 | 0.640 | 19 |
| 7 | Tom Dillmann | Jagonya Ayam with Carlin | 1:29.480 | 0.722 | 18 |
| 8 | Jazeman Jaafar | Fortec Motorsports | 1:29.644 | 0.886 | 20 |
| 9 | Aurelien Panis | Tech 1 Racing | 1:29.759 | 1.001 | 20 |
| 10 | Sean Gelael | Jagonya Ayam with Carlin | 1:29.886 | 1.128 | 20 |
| 11 | Dean Stoneman | DAMS | 1:29.939 | 1.181 | 21 |
| 12 | Gustav Malja | Strakka Racing | 1:29.969 | 1.211 | 21 |
| 13 | Oliver Rowland | Fortec Motorsports | 1:30.164 | 1.406 | 11 |
| 14 | Yu Kanamaru | Pons Racing | 1:30.241 | 1.483 | 20 |
| 15 | Andre Negrao | International Draco Racing | 1:30.264 | 1.506 | 24 |
| 16 | Roy Nissany | Tech 1 Racing | 1:30.292 | 1.534 | 20 |
| 17 | Marlon Stockinger | Lotus | 1:30.678 | 1.920 | 8 |
| 18 | Matthieu Vaxiviere | Lotus | 1:30.888 | 2.130 | 13 |
| 19 | Nikita Zlobin | Pons Racing | 1:30.987 | 2.229 | 19 |