Photo: Florent Gooden/ DPPI
Oliver Rowland topped the timesheets in the afternoon session on day one of the Formula Renault 3.5 test at Jerez.
The Fortec driver was the only one to dip into the 1m26s during the session, but had four other drivers within a tenth of his time.
Marlon Stockinger took second for Lotus, 0.016 slower than Rowland and just one thousandth of a second ahead of DAMS driver Carlos Sainz.
Sergey Sirotkin managed fourth in the other Fortec car, 0.039s behind his team-mate, while Norman Nato was fifth for DAMS.
Will Stevens took sixth for Strakka Racing ahead of Comtec’s Nikolay Martsenko and Arden Red Bull Junior Pierre Gasly. Ninth was Luca Ghiotto (Draco) with ISR tester Nigel Melker completing the top ten.
ISR’s Jazemann Jaafar managed the best time of the day during the morning session, and was 12th of the 23 runners in the afternoon.
Afternoon session times
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | Oliver Rowland | Fortec Motorsports | 1:26.986 | |
| 2 | Marlon Stockinger | Lotus | 1:27.002 | 0.016 |
| 3 | Carlos Sainz | DAMS | 1:27.003 | 0.017 |
| 4 | Sergey Sirotkin | Fortec Motorsports | 1:27.025 | 0.039 |
| 5 | Norman Nato | DAMS | 1:27.079 | 0.093 |
| 6 | Will Stevens | Strakka Racing | 1:27.264 | 0.278 |
| 7 | Nikolay Martsenko | Comtec Racing | 1:27.281 | 0.295 |
| 8 | Pierre Gasly | Arden Motorsport | 1:27.313 | 0.327 |
| 9 | Luca Ghiotto | International Draco Racing | 1:27.340 | 0.354 |
| 10 | Nigel Melker | ISR | 1:27.346 | 0.360 |
| 11 | Pietro Fantin | International Draco Racing | 1:27.391 | 0.405 |
| 12 | Jazeman Jaafar | ISR | 1:27.443 | 0.457 |
| 13 | Roberto Merhi | Zeta Corse | 1:27.655 | 0.669 |
| 14 | Tio Ellinas | Tech 1 Racing | 1:27.670 | 0.684 |
| 15 | Meindert van Buuren | Pons Racing | 1:27.881 | 0.895 |
| 16 | Zoel Amberg | AVF | 1:27.918 | 0.932 |
| 17 | William Buller | Arden Motorsport | 1:28.202 | 1.216 |
| 18 | Marco Sorensen | Tech 1 Racing | 1:28.320 | 1.334 |
| 19 | Matthieu Vaxiviere | Lotus | 1:28.461 | 1.475 |
| 20 | Beitske Visser | AVF | 1:28.605 | 1.619 |
| 21 | Roman Mavlanov | Zeta Corse | 1:28.873 | 1.887 |
| 22 | Robert Visoiu | Pons Racing | 1:29.115 | 2.129 |
| 23 | Mattias Laine | Strakka Racing | 1:29.321 | 2.321 |