Photo: GEPA pictures/ Dutch Photo Agency / Alexander Trienitz
Dutch racer Beitske Visser was quickest in the morning session of day one of Eurocup Formula Renault’s third pre-season testing event at Catalunya.
Visser, who is testing with recently confirmed Eurocup entrants AVF, firmly held on to first place for most of the session and managed to keep it until the checkered flag despite mid-session challenges from Louis Deletraz and Matthew Graham.
Her final session-topping time wound up being three tenths clear of nearest rival Charles Leclerc, who was quick right off the bat on his first appearance in Eurocup pre-season testing.
Graham took third, ahead of Aurelien Panis and Deletraz, while Ignazio D’Agosto was the quickest out of five Koiranen cars in sixth.
Andrea Pizzitola and Alex Albon, who will both be heading into their third year in the Eurocup, took seventh and eighth respectively, while Bruno Bonifacio and Hong Li Ye rounded out the top ten.
Session results
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Beitske Visser | AVF | 1:44.076 | 36 | |
| 2 | Charles Leclerc | Fortec Motorsports | 1:44.392 | 0.316 | 31 |
| 3 | Matthew Graham | China BRT by JCS | 1:44.742 | 0.666 | 39 |
| 4 | Aurelien Panis | ART Junior Team | 1:44.804 | 0.728 | 34 |
| 5 | Louis Deletraz | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 1:44.854 | 0.778 | 30 |
| 6 | Ignazio D’Agosto | Koiranen GP | 1:44.958 | 0.882 | 22 |
| 7 | Andrea Pizzitola | Manor MP Motorsport | 1:45.106 | 1.030 | 26 |
| 8 | Alexander Albon | KTR | 1:45.218 | 1.142 | 27 |
| 9 | Bruno Bonifacio | Prema Powerteam | 1:45.258 | 1.182 | 38 |
| 10 | Hong Li Ye | Koiranen GP | 1:45.415 | 1.339 | 42 |
| 11 | Kevin Jorg | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 1:45.427 | 1.351 | 28 |
| 12 | Anthoine Hubert | Tech 1 Racing | 1:45.566 | 1.490 | 30 |
| 13 | Matt Parry | Fortec Motorsports | 1:45.659 | 1.583 | 37 |
| 14 | Dennis Olsen | Prema Powerteam | 1:45.696 | 1.620 | 40 |
| 15 | Vasily Romanov | Tech 1 Racing | 1:46.001 | 1.925 | 38 |
| 16 | Martin Rump | Fortec Motorsports | 1:46.191 | 2.115 | 34 |
| 17 | Nicholas Surguladze | Koiranen GP | 1:46.329 | 2.253 | 38 |
| 18 | Hans Villemi | Prema Powerteam | 1:46.396 | 2.320 | 33 |
| 19 | Gregor Ramsay | KTR | 1:46.789 | 2.713 | 60 |
| 20 | Jeroen Slaghekke | ART Junior Team | 1:46.954 | 2.878 | 49 |
| 21 | Julio Moreno | Manor MP Motorsport | 1:46.997 | 2.921 | 28 |
| 22 | Egor Orudzhev | Tech 1 Racing | 1:47.497 | 3.421 | 27 |
| 23 | Sun Zheng | China BRT by JCS | 1:47.842 | 3.766 | 37 |
| 24 | Vitaly Larionov | Koiranen GP | 1:49.049 | 4.973 | 17 |
| 25 | Mikhail Tarasov | Koiranen GP | 1:51.961 | 7.885 | 38 |
| 26 | Jules Gounon | KTR | No Time Set |