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Matthieu Vaxiviere on top as Formula Renault 3.5 test ends at Jerez

Matthieu Vaxiviere led a one-two for the Lotus Formula Renault 3.5 team on the second day of post-season testing at Jerez on Wednesday

The Frenchman, who raced for the Charouz-run squad this season, comfortably set the pace ahead of Nicholas Latifi, who took his maiden FR3.5 podium for Tech 1 last weekend.

Tuesday's pacesetter Pietro Fantin was third fastest, with Jazeman Jaafar - switching from a season with ISR to drive for Fortec - next up, as all of the fastest times were set in the morning for the second day running.

"This morning I was blocked on my best lap," said Vaxiviere. "Had it not happened it would have been possible to go even faster.

"The important thing is that we did a good job. The package looks promising, but now I must wait to see what the future holds."

McLaren junior Nyck de Vries - stepping up from the Formula Renault Eurocup to acclimatise with his FR3.5 team DAMS - was fifth quickest, 0.7 seconds off the pace set by Vaxiviere.

Vaxiviere dominated the slower afternoon session as well, leading the rest of the field by a full second, as Oscar Tunjo and FR Eurocup racer Egor Orudzhev were his closest challengers.

The field dropped from 19 cars to 18 with Comtec not running on Wednesday, while AVF and Tech 1 continued to run one car.

Zeta Corse sat out the test for the second day running, but AUTOSPORT understands the Russian-owned outfit plans to be back for the next test in early November.

Morning times:

Pos  Driver              Team     Time       Gap
 1.  Matthieu Vaxiviere  Lotus    1m27.074s
 2.  Nicholas Latifi     Lotus    1m27.456s  +0.382s
 3.  Pietro Fantin       Draco    1m27.502s  +0.428s
 4.  Jazeman Jaafar      Fortec   1m27.560s  +0.486s
 5.  Nyck de Vries       DAMS     1m27.792s  +0.718s
 6.  Jordan King         Arden    1m27.811s  +0.737s
 7.  Beitske Visser      AVF      1m27.899s  +0.825s
 8.  Luca Ghiotto        Fortec   1m27.911s  +0.837s
 9.  Dennis Olsen        Strakka  1m27.945s  +0.871s
10.  Richard Gonda       Tech 1   1m28.012s  +0.938s
11.  Dean Stoneman       Pons     1m28.032s  +0.958s
12.  Jimmy Eriksson      DAMS     1m28.065s  +0.991s
13.  Oscar Tunjo         Pons     1m28.071s  +0.997s
14.  Egor Orudzhev       Arden    1m28.102s  +1.028s
15.  Gustav Malja        ISR      1m28.222s  +1.148s
16.  Andrea Pizzitola    ISR      1m28.595s  +1.521s
17.  Bruno Bonifacio     Draco    1m29.177s  +2.103s
18.  Jake Hughes         Strakka  1m30.186s  +3.112s

Afternoon times:

Pos  Driver              Team     Time       Gap
 1.  Matthieu Vaxiviere  Lotus    1m27.952s
 2.  Oscar Tunjo         Pons     1m29.007s  +1.055s
 3.  Egor Orudzhev       Arden    1m29.064s  +1.112s
 4.  Dean Stoneman       Pons     1m29.151s  +1.199s
 5.  Gustav Malja        ISR      1m29.220s  +1.268s
 6.  Luca Ghiotto        Fortec   1m29.240s  +1.288s
 7.  Andrea Pizzitola    ISR      1m29.389s  +1.437s
 8.  Richard Gonda       Tech 1   1m29.405s  +1.453s
 9.  Jazeman Jaafar      Fortec   1m29.459s  +1.507s
10.  Nyck de Vries       DAMS     1m29.531s  +1.579s
11.  Jordan King         Arden    1m29.598s  +1.646s
12.  Jimmy Eriksson      DAMS     1m29.694s  +1.742s
13.  Jake Hughes         Strakka  1m29.697s  +1.745s
14.  Nicholas Latifi     Lotus    1m29.734s  +1.782s
15.  Beitske Visser      AVF      1m30.195s  +2.243s
16.  Dennis Olsen        Strakka  1m30.243s  +2.291s
17.  Pietro Fantin       Draco    1m30.785s  +2.833s
18.  Bruno Bonifacio     Draco    1m31.302s  +3.350s

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