Barba ends Valencia WSR test on top
Marco Barba set the fastest time of the weekend in the final Formula Renault 3.5 Series test at Valencia on Sunday afternoon
The Draco Racing driver produced a 1m21.978s lap as much of the field switched to new tyres for qualifying simulations late in the session.
"We'd been encountering brake problems from the beginning of this morning," said Barba. "We changed quite a few things and the car was very good this afternoon. I went on the attack and I got the fastest time.
"At Jerez, like here in Valencia, we worked hard on the set-ups. We will concentrate more on the car's behaviour in race conditions in [the next test at] Barcelona."
Barba's late run pushed previous pace-setter Marcos Martinez (Pons Racing) down to second, with P1 driver James Walker's morning time keeping him third in the combined classification.
Series returnee Adrian Valles had been quickest for Epsilon Euskadi for much of the afternoon before ending up fourth, ahead of USR's Miguel Molina and Barba's Draco team-mate Bertrand Baguette.
British Formula 3 graduate Oliver Turvey was the day's top rookie in eighth place for Carlin Motorsport.
World Series by Renault testing resumes at Barcelona on 30-31 March.
Sunday's combined testing times:
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Marco Barba Draco 1:21.978 48 2. Marcos Martinez Pons 1:22.018 + 0.040 55 3. James Walker P1 1:22.023 + 0.045 42 4. Adrian Valles Epsilon 1:22.027 + 0.049 65 5. Miguel Molina USR 1:22.170 + 0.192 61 6. Bertrand Baguette Draco 1:22.216 + 0.238 67 7. Charles Pic Tech1 1:22.264 + 0.286 68 8. Oliver Turvey Carlin 1:22.331 + 0.353 67 9. Chris van der Drift Epsilon 1:22.344 + 0.366 65 10. Alex Marsoin Comtec 1:22.427 + 0.449 75 11. Greg Mansell USR 1:22.514 + 0.536 59 12. Jaime Alguersuari Carlin 1:22.522 + 0.544 89 13. Tobias Hegewald Interwetten 1:22.701 + 0.723 23 14. Edoardo Piscopo Prema 1:22.823 + 0.845 70 15. Sten Pentus Fortec 1:22.928 + 0.950 52 16. Fauzy Fairuz Fortec 1:23.036 + 1.058 84 17. Anton Nebylitski Comtec 1:23.079 + 1.101 85 18. Federico Leo Pons 1:23.183 + 1.205 50 19. Julian Leal Prema 1:23.425 + 1.447 105
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