Oliver Rowland fastest on day two of Jerez Formula Renault 3.5 test
Oliver Rowland set the pace on the second day of Formula Renault 3.5 testing at the Jerez circuit on Tuesday
The British driver, second fastest on Monday, posted a best time of 1m25.396s halfway through the morning session on fresh tyres, and the benchmark went unchallenged for the rest of the day.
His best time was over a second quicker than what pacesetter Jazeman Jaafar had managed on the opening day of the test on Monday.
Rowland's Fortec team dominated the times, with team-mate Sergey Sirotkin - who bemoaned traffic hindering his progress - finishing in second position, less than a tenth off the pace.
Reigning Formula Renault Eurocup champion Pierre Gasly felt he gave away a couple of tenths of a second on his best lap as he went third quickest, ahead of Jaafar and Carlos Sainz Jr, who topped the times in the afternoon session for DAMS.
Unlike most of the other teams, DAMS saved its new tyres for the afternoon running, with Norman Nato completing a team one-two in that session. Sainz's time, however, was 1.4 seconds slower than Rowland's.
The session was red-flagged once when Lotus driver Matthieu Vaxiviere stopped on track right before the end of the morning session.
The test concludes with the final day of FR3.5 pre-season running on Wednesday.
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps 1. Oliver Rowland Fortec 1m25.396s 52 2. Sergey Sirotkin Fortec 1m25.491s +0.095s 42 3. Pierre Gasly Arden 1m25.527s +0.131s 73 4. Jazeman Jaafar ISR 1m25.544s +0.148s 49 5. Carlos Sainz DAMS 1m25.701s +0.305s 65 6. Pietro Fantin Draco 1m25.818s +0.422s 44 7. Norman Nato DAMS 1m25.834s +0.438s 55 8. Marlon Stockinger Lotus 1m25.862s +0.466s 77 9. Nikolay Martsenko Comtec 1m25.865s +0.469s 50 10. Nigel Melker ISR 1m25.948s +0.552s 17 11. Zoel Amberg AVF 1m25.961s +0.565s 43 12. Will Stevens Strakka 1m26.139s +0.743s 52 13. Matias Laine Strakka 1m26.198s +0.802s 54 14. Marco Sorensen Tech 1 1m26.240s +0.844s 44 15. William Buller Arden 1m26.269s +0.873s 61 16. Matthieu Vaxiviere Lotus 1m26.335s +0.939s 53 17. Meindert Van Buuren Pons 1m26.401s +1.005s 56 18. Luca Ghiotto Draco 1m26.489s +1.093s 38 19. Tio Ellinas Tech 1 1m26.725s +1.329s 55 20. Beitske Visser AVF 1m26.924s +1.528s 55 21. Roberto Merhi Zeta Corse 1m26.994s +1.598s 60 22. Roman Mavlanov Zeta Corse 1m27.097s +1.701s 56
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