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Zaruba and Albon top FR2.0 NEC practice sessions at Most

by Gruz David
Photo: Evers Media / Formula Renault 2.0 NEC

Photo: Evers Media / Formula Renault 2.0 NEC

Local driver Josef Zaruba posted the quickest lap of Friday practice ahead of the penultimate round of the Formula Renault 2.0 NEC season at Most.

The Czech driver recorded the best effort of the day in the morning session, with series returnee Andrea Pizzitola finishing second, only 0.15s off the mark.

Louis Deletraz was the best of the championship frontrunners trio in third, followed by AVF trio Jules Gounon, Roy Geerts and Matthew Graham.

Only separated by three thousandths of a second, Stefan Riener and Jake Hughes, who had switched from Mark Burdett Motorsport to ART Junior Team from this weekend onwards, finished seventh and eighth respectively. The top ten was completed by Euronova’s Ukyo Sasahara and Fortec’s Seb Morris.

The second, final session saw part-time driver Alex Albon take the top spot, beating Deletraz and Hughes by less than 0.3s.

It was close as well between fourth and sixth place, with the difference between Gustav Malja, Morris and Eurocup Formula Renault race winner Kevin Jorg being only 0.04s.

Graham and Geerts took seventh and eighth respectively, followed by?Callan O’Keeffe and Zaruba.

Combined practice results
Practice 1 Practice 2
Pos. Driver Team Time Pos. Driver Team Time
1 Josef Zaruba AVF 1:30.733 1 Alex Albon KTR 1:30.787
2 Andrea Pizzitola Manor MP Motorsport 1:30.883 2 Louis Deletraz Josef Kaufmann Racing 1:30.799
3 Louis Deletraz Josef Kaufmann Racing 1:31.149 3 Jake Hughes ART Junior Team 1:30.809
4 Jules Gounon AVF 1:31.289 4 Gustav Malja Josef Kaufmann Racing 1:31.040
5 Roy Geerts AVF 1:31.355 5 Seb Morris Fortec Motorsports 1:31.061
6 Matthew Graham AVF 1:31.381 6 Kevin Jorg Josef Kaufmann Racing 1:31.079
7 Stefan Riener Speedfish Racing 1:31.450 7 Matthew Graham AVF 1:31.221
8 Jake Hughes ART Junior Team 1:31.453 8 Roy Geerts AVF 1:31.265
9 Ukyo Sasahara Euronova 1:31.525 9 Callan O’Keeffe ART Junior Team 1:31.345
10 Seb Morris Fortec Motorsports 1:31.545 10 Josef Zaruba AVF 1:31.355
11 Ben Barnicoat Fortec Motorsports 1:31.606 11 Martin Kodric Fortec Motorsports 1:31.432
12 Alex Albon KTR 1:31.813 12 Steijn Schothorst Manor MP Motorsport 1:31.472
13 Gustav Malja Josef Kaufmann Racing 1:31.972 13 Julio Moreno Manor MP Motorsport 1:31.507
14 Raoul Owens Mark Burdett Motorsport 1:32.010 14 Andrea Pizzitola Manor MP Motorsport 1:31.530
15 Kevin Jorg Josef Kaufmann Racing 1:32.162 15 Gregor Ramsay KTR 1:31.719
16 Martin Kodric Fortec Motorsports 1:32.170 16 Robin Hansson Fragus BR Motorsport 1:31.868
17 Cedric Freiburghaus Fragus BR Motorsport 1:32.172 17 Raoul Owens Mark Burdett Motorsport 1:31.900
18 Steijn Schothorst Manor MP Motorsport 1:32.181 18 Jules Gounon AVF 1:31.960
19 Callan O’Keeffe ART Junior Team 1:32.240 19 Ryan Tveter Josef Kaufmann Racing 1:32.543
20 Robin Hansson Fragus BR Motorsport 1:32.340 20 Inigo Bikuna AVF 1:32.577
21 Ryan Tveter Josef Kaufmann Racing 1:32.360 21 Stefan Riener Speedfish Racing 1:32.589
22 Julio Moreno Manor MP Motorsport 1:32.440 22 Ukyo Sasahara Euronova 1:32.675
23 Gregor Ramsay KTR 1:32.929 23 Ben Barnicoat Fortec Motorsports 1:32.917
24 Ivan Matveev Euronova 1:33.232 24 Ivan Matveev Euronova 1:33.338
25 Harri Salminen PositiOne 1:34.233 25 David Richert Inter Europol 1:35.192
26 David Richert Inter Europol 1:36.039 26 Harri Salminen PositiOne 3:25.039
27 Inigo Bikuna AVF 1:50.271 27 Cedric Freiburghaus Fragus BR Motorsport No Time