Tom Dillmann fastest for AVF in post-season F3.5 testing at Aragon
Former Carlin racer Tom Dillmann was fastest for AVF in both sessions on day two of Formula 3.5 V8 testing at Aragon
The Frenchman set the fastest lap of 1m40.941s in the morning, before lowering the benchmark on three successive laps in the afternoon to an eventual 1m40.728s.
"I found myself well suited to the car since my first outing in it," said Dillmann, who set pole position at Jerez for this year's final Formula Renault 3.5 round, but ended the season winless.
"The chemistry was there straight away, and we showed that with our laptimes.
"The base set-up was great and we only had to adapt ourselves to the weather conditions, it was a job we accomplished well."
Double 2015 race winner Egor Orudzhev took second on day two, driving for his regular team Arden.
The Russian finished just 0.047s ahead of impressive Formula Renault 2.0 race winner Jake Hughes (Strakka).
The Briton led his compatriot and former Koiranen GP Formula Renault 2.0 team-mate Jack Aitken, who was also running for the Silverstone-based team.
Alfonso Celis Jr, who raced for AVF during 2015, also showed strongly.
The Mexican took third in the morning and ended the day fifth overall, despite an off-track moment.
Louis Deletraz completed the top-six for Fortec, which ran Oliver Rowland to this year's FR3.5 title, ahead of his stablemate at Josef Kaufmann Racing in FR2.0 this year, Kevin Jorg.
Dutchman Daniel de Jong returned to the cockpit following injury in a GP2 race at Spa earlier this year.
He drove a Charouz-run Lotus to assist in reacclimatising to the cockpit after several months of recovery.
MORNING TIMES:
Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tom Dillmann | AVF | 1m40.941s | - | 30 |
2 | Jake Hughes | Strakka Racing | 1m41.548s | 0.607s | 36 |
3 | Alfonso Celis | AVF | 1m41.654s | 0.713s | 28 |
4 | Kevin Jorg | Arden Motorsport | 1m41.951s | 1.010s | 30 |
5 | Jack Aitken | Strakka Racing | 1m41.987s | 1.046s | 33 |
6 | Egor Orudzhev | Arden Motorsport | 1m42.147s | 1.206s | 31 |
7 | Daniel de Jong | Lotus | 1m42.212s | 1.271s | 36 |
8 | Yu Kanamaru | Pons Racing | 1m42.306s | 1.365s | 30 |
9 | Louis Deletraz | Fortec Motorsports | 1m42.324s | 1.383s | 31 |
10 | Vladimir Atoev | Spirit of Race | 1m42.400s | 1.459s | 29 |
11 | Alex Bosak | Fortec Motorsports | 1m42.717s | 1.776s | 33 |
12 | Aurelien Panis | Tech 1 Racing | 1m43.336s | 2.395s | 19 |
13 | Nikita Zlobin | Spirit of Race | 1m43.381s | 2.440s | 36 |
14 | Tatiana Calderon | Pons Racing | 1m43.510s | 2.569s | 36 |
15 | Roy Nissany | Tech 1 Racing | 1m44.061s | 3.120s | 31 |
16 | Guillaume Cunnington | Lotus | 1m49.566s | 8.625s | 20 |
AFTERNOON TIMES:
Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tom Dillmann | AVF | 1m40.728s | - | 31 |
2 | Egor Orudzhev | Arden Motorsport | 1m41.101s | 0.373s | 42 |
3 | Jake Hughes | Strakka Racing | 1m41.148s | 0.420s | 32 |
4 | Jack Aitken | Strakka Racing | 1m41.168s | 0.440s | 32 |
5 | Alfonso Celis | AVF | 1m41.244s | 0.516s | 31 |
6 | Louis Deletraz | Fortec Motorsports | 1m41.467s | 0.739s | 27 |
7 | Kevin Jorg | Arden Motorsport | 1m41.822s | 1.094s | 30 |
8 | Aurelien Panis | Tech 1 Racing | 1m42.018s | 1.290s | 32 |
9 | Daniel de Jong | Lotus | 1m42.052s | 1.324s | 33 |
10 | Yu Kanamaru | Pons Racing | 1m42.250s | 1.522s | 29 |
11 | Vladimir Atoev | Spirit of Race | 1m42.341s | 1.613s | 24 |
12 | Nikita Zlobin | Spirit of Race | 1m42.432s | 1.704s | 32 |
13 | Alex Bosak | Fortec Motorsports | 1m42.566s | 1.838s | 29 |
14 | Roy Nissany | Tech 1 Racing | 1m43.061s | 2.333s | 27 |
15 | Tatiana Calderon | Pons Racing | 1m43.217s | 2.489s | 29 |
16 | Guillaume Cunnington | Lotus | 1m48.569s | 7.841s | 34 |
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