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Sirotkin heads first morning of FR3.5 pre-season testing

by Peter Allen
written by Peter Allen
Sergey Sirotkin

Photo: Jose Espallargas/ASM

Sergey Sirotkin set the pace on the opening morning of Formula Renault 3.5 pre-season testing for 2014 at Motorland Aragon.

The Russian, who has joined Fortec Motorsports for his second year in the series, managed a time of 1m39.235s.

That put him 0.285s ahead of second-placed Zoel Amberg, who was confirmed as a race driver by the AVF team during the session.

ISR recruit Jazeman Jaafar was third, just ahead of Strakka’s Will Stevens. Pietro Fantin took fifth for Draco ahead of Comtec signing Nikolay Martsenko.

Nigel Melker was seventh driving for Zeta Corse, before he returns to his 2013 team Tech 1 for the remaining two days of the test. The top ten was completed by Marlon Stockinger (Lotus),?Luca Ghiotto (Draco) and Oliver Rowland (Fortec).

Session results
Pos. Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Sergey Sirotkin Fortec Motorsports 1:39.235 37
2 Zoel Amberg AVF 1:39.520 0.285 34
3 Jazeman Jaafar ISR 1:39.764 0.529 33
4 Will Stevens Strakka Racing 1:39.862 0.627 24
5 Pietro Fantin International Draco Racing 1:39.987 0.752 48
6 Nikolay Martsenko Comtec Racing 1:40.007 0.772 27
7 Nigel Melker Zeta Corse 1:40.076 0.841 45
8 Marlon Stockinger Lotus 1:40.261 1.026 33
9 Luca Ghiotto International Draco Racing 1:40.315 1.080 26
10 Oliver Rowland Fortec Motorsports 1:40.339 1.104 31
11 Pierre Gasly Arden Motorsport 1:40.386 1.151 34
12 Matthieu Vaxiviere Lotus 1:40.492 1.257 33
13 Carlos Sainz DAMS 1:40.501 1.266 41
14 Meindert van Buuren Pons Racing 1:40.504 1.269 28
15 Matias Laine Strakka Racing 1:40.587 1.352 33
16 Daniil Move Pons Racing 1:40.595 1.360 30
17 Norman Nato DAMS 1:40.663 1.428 40
18 Marco Sorensen Tech 1 Racing 1:41.089 1.854 20
19 Will Buller Arden Motorsport 1:41.435 2.200 21
20 Roberto Merhi Zeta Corse 1:42.348 3.113 19
21 Beitske Visser AVF 1:42.421 3.186 38
22 Liam Venter Comtec Racing 1:42.984 3.749 35