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Deletraz beats rival Barnicoat to double pole for first two Eurocup races

by Gruz David
Louis Deletraz

Photo: Renault Sport/DPPI

Louis Deletraz was quickest in the first Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 qualifying session of the season, which enables him to start the first two races of the triple-header weekend at Aragon from pole position.

As usual, the field was split into two groups during the qualifying. Deletraz controlled the second session, taking the lead around the half-way point and beating the top Group A time, which was set by the Swiss driver’s 2014 NEC rival Ben Barnicoat.

As Deletraz had the best lap in the second-fastest lap classification, too, the Josef Kaufmann driver will start the second race of the weekend from pole as well.

Last year’s runner-up Dennis Olsen was just 0.01s slower than Deletraz in terms of both the fastest and second fastest times so his starting position will be third for both races.

The aforementioned Barnicoat will line up second in race one, having stolen the lead from Kevin Jorg in the final minute of the session. The Swiss will have to do with fourth despite leading Group A for the bigger part of the 15-minute-long qualifying.

Both Jorg and Matevos Isaakyan are ahead of Barnicoat in terms of second fastest laps, which puts them into the top four of the second race’s grid.

Frenchman Anthoine Hubert and top Koiranen driver Jake Hughes will start fifth and seventh respectively in both races while Isaakyan and Barnicoat take the sixth for each runnings.

Race one’s top ten is rounded out by Simon Gachet, Ignazio D’Agosto and Harrison Scott.

Scott and Gachet will switch positions?for race two with Ukyo Sasahara starting between them.

Qualifying results

Race 1 grid – fastest times Race 2 grid – second fastest times
Pos. Driver Group A Group B Pos. Driver Group A Group B
1 Louis Deletraz 1:55.766 1 Louis Deletraz 1:55.868
2 Ben Barnicoat 1:55.964 2 Kevin Jorg 1:56.326
3 Dennis Olsen 1:55.777 3 Dennis Olsen 1:55.877
4 Kevin Jorg 1:56.008 4 Matevos Isaakyan 1:56.365
5 Anthoine Hubert 1:55.875 5 Anthoine Hubert 1:55.956
6 Matevos Isaakyan 1:56.117 6 Ben Barnicoat 1:56.412
7 Jake Hughes 1:55.957 7 Jake Hughes 1:56.158
8 Simon Gachet 1:56.365 8 Harrison Scott 1:56.418
9 Ignazio D’Agosto 1:56.050 9 Ukyo Sasahara 1:56.182
10 Harrison Scott 1:56.393 10 Simon Gachet 1:56.457
11 Jack Aitken 1:56.075 11 Jack Aitken 1:56.213
12 Martin Kodric 1:56.572 12 Martin Kodric 1:56.674
13 Ukyo Sasahara 1:56.119 13 Ignazio D’Agosto 1:56.214
14 Thiago Vivacqua 1:56.635 14 Callan O’Keeffe 1:56.746
15 Matthew Graham 1:56.186 15 Matthew Graham 1:56.349
16 Charlie Eastwood 1:56.658 16 Thiago Vivacqua 1:56.805
17 Henrique Chaves 1:56.561 17 Anton de Pasquale 1:56.715
18 Callan O’Keeffe 1:56.714 18 Lasse Sorensen 1:56.944
19 Valentin Hasse-Clot 1:56.636 19 Henrique Chaves 1:56.725
20 Lasse Sorensen 1:56.760 20 Charlie Eastwood 1:56.951
21 Amaury Richard 1:56.667 21 Amaury Richard 1:56.778
22 Hugo de Sadeleer 1:56.988 22 Hugo de Sadeleer 1:57.198
23 Luke Chudleigh 1:56.682 23 James Allen 1:57.032
24 Darius Oskoui 1:57.189 24 Darius Oskoui 1:57.424
25 Anton de Pasquale 1:56.833 25 Valentin Hasse-Clot 1:57.097
26 Zachary Claman Demelo 1:57.246 26 Zachary Claman Demelo 1:57.633
27 James Allen 1:56.943 27 Luke Chudleigh 1:57.188
28 Amaury Bonduel 1:57.707 28 Amaury Bonduel 1:57.959
29 Bruno Baptista 1:57.624 29 Bruno Baptista 1:57.636