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Sirotkin tops final session of Formula Renault 3.5 pre-season

by Valentin Khorounzhiy
Photo: Florent Gooden / DPPI / Renault SPort Media

Photo: Florent Gooden / DPPI / Renault SPort Media

Fortec’s Sergey Sirotkin was quickest in the afternoon session of day three of the Jerez Formula Renault 3.5 test.

Sirotkin took over at the top from Pons Racing’s Tio Ellinas in the closing minutes of the day, bringing his number of?topped pre-season sessions up to three.

The Cypriot, who switched to Pons after two days with Tech 1, picked up a personal best result of second as he led AVF’s Zoel Amberg and Arden’s Pierre Gasly in third and fourth respectively.

Gasly was followed by two compatriots in Norman Nato and Matthieu Vaxiviere, while series veteran Marco Sorensen took seventh for Tech 1.

Beitske Visser, who has been unveiled as AVF’s full-time 3.5 driver today, took eighth, as Marlon Stockinger and Will Buller rounded out the top ten.

Session results
Pos. Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1 Sergey Sirotkin Fortec Motorsports 1:27.358 19
2 Tio Ellinas Pons Racing 1:27.579 0.221 35
3 Zoel Amberg AVF 1:27.657 0.299 34
4 Pierre Gasly Arden Motorsport 1:27.744 0.386 26
5 Norman Nato DAMS 1:27.824 0.466 34
6 Matthieu Vaxiviere Lotus 1:28.243 0.885 48
7 Marco Sorensen Tech 1 Racing 1:28.439 1.081 47
8 Beitske Visser AVF 1:28.453 1.095 33
9 Marlon Stockinger Lotus 1:28.701 1.343 45
10 William Buller Arden Motorsport 1:28.750 1.392 20
11 Will Stevens Strakka Racing 1:28.845 1.487 39
12 Carlos Sainz, Jr. DAMS 1:29.024 1.666 21
13 Roberto Merhi Zeta Corse 1:29.520 2.162 25
14 Matias Laine Strakka Racing 1:29.654 2.296 25
15 Roman Mavlanov Zeta Corse 1:30.077 2.719 17
16 Meindert van Buuren Pons Racing 1:30.216 2.858 30
17 Jazeman Jaafar ISR 1:30.305 2.947 32
18 Nikolay Martsenko Comtec Racing 1:30.464 3.106 46
19 Pietro Fantin International Draco Racing 1:30.470 3.112 13
20 Oliver Rowland Fortec Motorsports No Time 8
21 Luca Ghiotto International Draco Racing No Time 4