Aragon FR3.5 test: Stoffel Vandoorne tops times for Fortec
New McLaren junior driver Stoffel Vandoorne topped the first Formula Renault 3.5 test of 2013 at Aragon on Friday
The Belgian, who was snapped up by McLaren earlier this week, topped both the morning and afternoon sessions in the Fortec car which took Robin Frijns to the 2012 championship.
Vandoorne, who also succeeded Frijns as Formula Renault Eurocup champion last year, pipped FR3.5 veteran Daniil Move to top spot in the closing minutes of both the morning and afternoon sessions.
The best times of the day came in the afternoon session, as the teams got some dry running in after the track had been wet for most of the morning.
Red Bull junior and championship favourite Antonio Felix da Costa jumped Move to take second just before the end of the day's running, leaving the Russian with the third fastest time.
The top six was completed by the Draco cars of Nico Muller and Andre Negrao, who sandwiched fifth placed Will Stevens.
Combined Friday testing times: Pos Driver Team Time Gap 1. Stoffel Vandoorne Fortec 1m39.913s 2. Antonio Felix da Costa Arden Caterham 1m40.055s + 0.142s 3. Daniil Move Comtec 1m40.068s + 0.155s 4. Nico Muller Draco 1m40.162s + 0.249s 5. Will Stevens P1 1m40.325s + 0.412s 6. Andre Negrao Draco 1m40.398s + 0.485s 7. Pietro Fantin Arden Caterham 1m40.724s + 0.811s 8. Matias Laine P1 1m40.731s + 0.818s 9. Tom Dillmann ISR 1m40.734s + 0.821s 10. Norman Nato DAMS 1m40.734s + 0.821s 11. Sergey Sirotkin ISR 1m41.036s + 1.123s 12. Marco Sorensen Lotus 1m41.089s + 1.176s 13. Marlon Stockinger Lotus 1m41.120s + 1.207s 14. Nikolay Martsenko Pons 1m41.174s + 1.261s 15. Zoel Amberg Pons 1m41.176s + 1.263s 16. Kevin Magnussen DAMS 1m41.236s + 1.323s 17. Oliver Webb Fortec 1m41.320s + 1.407s 18. Lucas Foresti Comtec 1m41.361s + 1.448s 19. Mihail Aleshin Tech 1 1m41.460s + 1.547s 20. Jazeman Jaafar Carlin 1m41.496s + 1.583s 21. Nigel Melker Tech 1 1m41.752s + 1.839s 22. Mihai Marinescu Zeta 1m42.567s + 2.654s 23. Arthur Pic AV 1m42.790s + 2.877s 24. Yann Cunha AV 1m42.940s + 3.027s 25. Carlos Huertas Carlin 1m43.277s + 3.364s 26. Daniel Zampieri Zeta 1m43.304s + 3.391s
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