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 |