FR 3.5 tests – Magnussen rules the roost at Motorland

Today and tomorrow the last two days of Formula testing are being held at Motorland-Aragon in Spain. Renault 3.5 Series of the year. Very lively at the end of the season, Kevin Magnussen won the best time in 1'39"915. The Dane, who was then at the wheel of a car from the French Dams team, was ahead of the Italian Riccardo Agostini (International Draco Racing) by 0", who won this year's transalpine championship. F3. Will Stevens (P1 Motorsport), best time of the morning, completes the top 3 in 1'40"371.

In the top 5, we also find the two residents of Red Bull Junior Team, namely Carlos Sainz Jr (AV Formula) and Daniel Kvyat (Arden Caterham). The Spaniard and the Russian are ahead of the first Frenchman. Norman Nato (Tech 1 Racing), author of a very good performance, completed a lap of the Hispanic track in 1'40"450. Paul-Loup Chatin, the other Habs present, sets the fifteenth time.

Tomorrow, second and final day of testing.

Here are the cumulative times of the two sessions of the day*:
1. Kevin Magnussen (Dams) 1’39”915
2. Ricardo Agostini (Draco) 1’40”349
3. Will Stevens (P1 Motorsport) 1’40”371
4. Carlos Sainz Jr (AV Formula) 1’40”433
5. Daniel Kvyat (Arden Caterham) 1’40”453
6. Norman Nato (Tech 1 Racing) 1’40”540
7. Sergey Sirotkin (ISR) 1’40”561
8. Raffaele Marciello (Fortec) 1’40”703
9. Carlos Huertas (Carlin) 1’40”762
10. Nikolay Martsenko (Fortec) 1’40”868
11. Zoel Amberg (Pons) 1’40 »897
12. Yann Cunha (AV Formula) 1’40”987
13. Gianamarco Raimondo (Draco)
14. Marco Sorensen (Lotus) 1’41”042
15. Paul-Loup Chatin (Tech 1 Racing) 1’41”070
16. Lucas Foresti (Comtec) 1’41”075
17. Oliver Rowland (P1 Motorsport) 1’41”241
18. Luciano Bacheta (Pons) 1’41”273
19. Pietro Fantin (Lotus) 1’41”276
20. Steffel Vandoorne (Dams) 1’41”321
21. Sergey Sirotkin (Tech 1 Racing) 1’41”354
22. Jack Harvey (Carlin) 1’41”389
23. Josh Hill (ISR) 1’41”606
24. Jake Dennis (Lotus) 1’41”606
25. Niccolo Schiro (AV Formula) 1’41”762
26. Paul-Loup Chatin (Comtec) 1’41”793
27. Will Buller (Comtec) 1’41”852
28. Jimmy Eriksson (ISR) 1’42”217
29. Jordan King (BVM Target) 1’42”387
30. Matias Laine (Arden Caterham) 1’42”541

*: Some drivers appear twice because they changed teams at midday break.