Vergne leads as rain mars FR3.5 test
Carlin's Jean-Eric Vergne was quickest on day two of Formula Renault 3.5 testing at Barcelona, but once again rain interfered with the teams' plans
Repeated showers meant scant chance for dry running in the morning, which was yet another session topped by title favourite Daniel Ricciardo (ISR).
Conditions had been extremely treacherous early on, catching out Arthur Pic and Cesar Ramos, who both ended up with damaged cars after incidents.
The afternoon session opened with a brief period of dry running, in which Vergne took the opportunity to lap in 1m34.409s to set the pace ahead of BVM Target's Daniel Zampieri and ISR team-mates Ricciardo and Nathanael Berthon.
Shortly after those quick times were set, the rain returned with a vengeance, with conditions eventually getting so bad that the field sat out the final hours.
Pos Driver Team Time Gap 1. Jean-Eric Vergne Carlin 1m34.409s 2. Daniel Zampieri BVM Target 1m34.894s + 0.485s 3. Daniel Ricciardo ISR 1m35.156s + 0.747s 4. Nathanael Berthon ISR 1m35.171s + 0.762s 5. Brendon Hartley Gravity-Charouz 1m35.369s + 0.960s 6. Kevin Korjus Tech 1 1m35.651s + 1.242s 7. Jan Charouz Gravity-Charouz 1m35.670s + 1.261s 8. Sergio Canamasas BVM Target 1m35.677s + 1.268s 9. Daniel McKenzie Comtec 1m35.686s + 1.277s 10. Oliver Webb Pons 1m35.721s + 1.312s 11. Miki Monras Pons 1m35.853s + 1.444s 12. Arthur Pic Tech 1 1m35.923s + 1.514s 13. Robert Wickens Carlin 1m36.011s + 1.602s 14. Cesar Ramos Fortec 1m36.149s + 1.740s 15. Alexander Rossi Fortec 1m36.210s + 1.801s 16. Nelson Panciatici KMP 1m36.219s + 1.810s 17. Daniel de Jong Comtec 1m36.236s + 1.827s 18. Daniil Move P1 1m36.400s + 1.991s 19. Walter Grubmuller P1 1m36.406s + 1.997s 20. Albert Costa Epsilon Euskadi 1m36.414s + 2.005s 21. Stephane Richelmi Draco 1m36.948s + 2.539s 22. Andre Negrao Draco 1m37.267s + 2.858s 23. Emmanuel Piget Epsilon Euskadi 1m40.890s + 6.481s 24. Fairuz Fauzy Mofaz 1m41.946s + 7.537s 25. Jake Rosenzweig Mofaz 1m49.013s + 14.604s 26. Anton Nebylitskiy KMP 1m52.032s + 17.623s
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