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Visser maintains lead to top day one of Catalunya test

by Gruz David
Photo: Lorenzo Charles / Renault Sport Media

Photo: Lorenzo Charles / Renault Sport Media

Having topped the running in the morning session, Beitske Visser continued to set the pace in the Formula Renault Eurocup test at Catalunya by improving her benchmark time by 0.7s in the afternoon.

In the beginning of afternoon practice, it was Anthoine Hubert who took the initiative to get into first. He wouldn’t stay there for long, though, as Bruno Bonifacio soon went fastest, going on to lead much of the session.

However, there was a flurry of activity in the final minutes of the session and the Brazilian wound up settling for tenth, while Visser managed a last-gasp lap to top the timesheets.

The Dutch racer, who is yet to reveal her 2014 plans, was followed by Caterham-backed Matt Parry and Swiss driver Kevin Jorg.

Monegasque karting graduate Charles Leclerc continued to run at the front in fourth, with Egor Orudzhev,?the top rookie of the 2013 season, finishing fifth.

Louis Deletraz secured sixth place with French duo of Hubert and Andrea Pizzitola in seventh and eighth respectively. Estonian Martin Rump and the aforementioned Bonifacio completed the top ten.

Session results
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Beitske Visser AVF 1:43.396 38
2 Matt Parry Fortec Motorsports 1:43.573 +0.177 28
3 Kevin Jorg Josef Kaufmann Racing 1:43.580 +0.184 24
4 Charles Leclerc Fortec Motorsports 1:43.695 +0.299 19
5 Egor Orudzhev Tech 1 Racing 1:43.723 +0.327 29
6 Louis Deletraz Josef Kaufmann Racing 1:43.970 +0.574 22
7 Anthoine Hubert Tech 1 Racing 1:44.076 +0.680 20
8 Andrea Pizzitola Manor MP Motorsport 1:44.087 +0.691 17
9 Martin Rump Fortec Motorsports 1:44.146 +0.750 17
10 Bruno Bonifacio Prema Powerteam 1:44.165 +0.769 13
11 Aurelien Panis ART Junior Team 1:44.502 +1.106 28
12 Matthew Graham CHINA BRT by JCS 1:44.617 +1.221 20
13 Ignazio D’Agosto Koiranen GP 1:44.862 +1.466 5
14 Hans Villemi Prema Powerteam 1:44.912 +1.516 29
15 Dennis Olsen Prema Powerteam 1:44.977 +1.581 17
16 Julio Moreno Manor MP Motorsport 1:45.103 +1.707 26
17 Vasily Romanov Tech 1 Racing 1:45.177 +1.781 31
18 Vitaly Larionov Koiranen GP 1:45.225 +1.829 38
19 Hong Li Ye Koiranen GP 1:45.294 +1.898 17
20 Jeoren Slaghekke ART Junior Team 1:45.420 +2.024 29
21 Niholas Surguladze Koiranen GP 1:45.803 +2.407 25
22 Jules Gounon KTR 1:46.060 +2.664 14
23 Sun Zheng CHINA BRT by JCS 1:46.681 +3.285 28
24 Mikhail Tarasov Koiranen GP 1:47.756 +4.360 33
25 Alex Albon KTR No Time
26 Gregor Ramsay KTR No Time