Hartley tops day one at Snetterton
New Zealander Brandon Hartley topped the times on the first day of this week's test at Snetterton today
The 18-year-old reigning Formula Renault Eurocup champion posted a best time of 1:01.298s, three quarters of a second quicker than the official lap record, and edged out second-placed Sergio Perez by just one hundredth of a second.
"I'm pleased with the progress we're making," said Hartley. "I'm developing a good relationship with my engineer and we're working well together to get a better understanding of the new car."
Hitech Racing teammates Max Chilton and Walter Grubmuller were third and fourth fastest respectively, followed by a quartet of Carlin cars including National Class front runner Andy Meyrick, who was just 0.343s slower than Hartley in a 2005-spec Dallara Mugen-Honda.
A total of 25 cars took part in the day's running with Ultimate Motorsport's Michael Devaney and T-Sport's Steven Guerrero having their first outings of the season after missing the Pembrey test last week.
The Snetterton test concludes with a second day of running tomorrow.
Today's times:
Pos Driver Team Time 1. Brendon Hartley Carlin Motorsport 1:01.298 2. Sergio Perez T-Sport 1:01.308 3. Max Chilton Hitech Racing 1:01.335 4. Walter Grubmuller Hitech Racing 1:01.423 5. Oliver Turvey Carlin Motorsport 1:01.499 6. Jaime Alguersuari Carlin Motorsport 1:01.593 7. Andy Meyrick Carlin Motorsport (N) 1:01.641 8. Sam Abay Carlin Motorsport 1:01.693 9. Jonathan Kennard Hitech Racing 1:01.705 10. Atte Mustonen Raikkonen Robertson 1:01.785 11. Henry Arundel Raikkonen Robertson 1:01.847 12. Marcus Ericsson Fortec Motorsport 1:01.868 13. Sebastian Hohenthal Fortec Motorsport 1:01.881 14. Stefan Wilson Fluid Motorsport (N) 1:01.921 15. Jay Bridger Fluid Motorsport (N) 1:01.946 16. John Martin Raikkonen Robertson 1:02.057 17. Alistair Jackson Raikkonen Robertson 1:02.101 18. Michael Devaney Ultimate Motorsport 1:02.340 19. Phillip Major Fortec Motorsport 1:02.456 20. Salman Al-Khalifa T-Sport (N) 1:02.707 21. Steven Guerrero T-Sport (N) 1:03.259 22. Hywel Lloyd CF Racing (N) 1:03.959 23. Kristjan Einar Carlin Motorsport (N) 1:04.027 24. Craig Reiff Nexa Racing (N) 1:04.287 25. Nick Tandy Joe Tandy Racing 1:15.448
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