FR3.5 testing: Matthieu Vaxiviere keeps Lotus on top at Aragon
Matthieu Vaxiviere kept the Lotus team on top in this week's Formula Renault 3.5 test at Aragon as he comfortably set the pace on Tuesday
The Frenchman, who raced for the Charouz-run team in 2014, led the way by a quarter of a second in the morning session, before leading the way by 0.495s as the pace picked up in the afternoon.
Vaxiviere was back in the Lotus car after not taking part in the first day of the test, as he had been travelling back from the Shanghai World Endurance Championship event.
Lotus has so far topped three of the four days of post-season testing, as Alexander Albon was fastest for the team on Monday, and Vaxivere topped the second day of post-season running at Jerez last month.
Formula Renault 2.0 racer Gustav Malja was second fastest again with Zeta Corse, while another regular winter frontrunner - Draco's Pietro Fantin - was third fastest.
After the morning session had started out in damp conditions, all of the meaningful times came in the afternoon running, with Jazeman Jaafar and Egor Orudzhev next up ahead of Nicholas Latifi.
Combined times:
Pos Driver Tea Time Gap 1. Matthieu Vaxiviere Lotus 1m40.519s 2. Gustav Malja Zeta 1m41.014s +0.495s 3. Pietro Fantin Draco 1m41.096s +0.577s 4. Jazeman Jaafar Fortec 1m41.108s +0.589s 5. Egor Orudzhev Arden 1m41.116s +0.597s 6. Nicholas Latifi Lotus 1m41.203s +0.684s 7. Beitske Visser AVF 1m41.252s +0.733s 8. Dennis Olsen Strakka 1m41.328s +0.809s 9. Nyck De Vries DAMS 1m41.364s +0.845s 10. Andrea Pizzitola Tech 1 1m41.588s +1.069s 11. Lucas Auer Arden 1m41.603s +1.084s 12. Luís Sa Silva Fortec 1m41.621s +1.102s 13. Luca Ghiotto Strakka 1m41.841s +1.322s 14. Oscar Tunjo Pons 1m41.984s +1.465s 15. Indy Dontje Comtec 1m42.057s +1.538s 16. Bruno Bonifacio Draco 1m42.151s +1.632s 17. Meindert van Buuren Comtec 1m42.228s +1.709s 18. Sandy Stuvik Pons 1m42.278s +1.759s 19. Vasily Romanov Zeta 1m42.495s +1.976s 20. Alex Bosak AVF 1m43.297s +2.778s 21. Maxx Ebenal Tech 1 1m46.483s +5.964s 22. Guillaume Cunnington Tech 1 1m54.283s +13.764s
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