Martinez ends Barcelona test on top
Marcos Martinez headed the classification in the afternoon session at the conclusion of Barcelona's three day Formula Renault 3.5 test on Thursday
The 22-year-old Pons driver's time of 1:33.710 failed to eclipse Robert Wickens' morning best by eight tenths of a second.
Wickens was absent from the afternoon running owing to A1GP commitments.
Salvador Duran, the 2007 Barcelona World Series pole-sitter and entering his second season with Interwetten.com, ended the afternoon second fastest, ahead of Frenchman Julien Jousse. Martinez, Duran and Jousse were among only seven drivers to improve on their morning times.
The day was the final collective test before the first race in Monza, although several teams, notably RC Motorsport and newcomers Ultimate-Signature, plan to visit Le Castellet for aerodynamic evaluation before moving on to Italy.
RC will run at Paul Ricard's Track 3A configuration, which features a long straight, to simulate Monza.
Pos Driver Team Time Laps 1. Marcos Martinez Pons 1:33.710 37 2. Salvador Duran Interwetten 1:33.826 26 3. Julien Jousse Tech 1 1:33.980 26 4. Fabio Carbone Ultimate-Signature 1:33.991 38 5. Marco Barba Draco 1:34.070 19 6. Charles Pic Tech 1 1:34.178 33 7. Miguel Molina Prema 1:34.227 16 8. Alvaro Barba Prema 1:34.236 44 9. Mario Romancini Epsilon 1:34.283 30 10. James Walker Fortec 1:34.416 25 11. Pablo Sanchez Interwetten 1:34.427 34 12. Pasquale Di Sabatino Comtec 1:34.560 40 13. Daniil Move KTR 1:34.585 42 14. Aleix Alcaraz RC 1:34.742 37 15. Maximo Cortes Pons 1:34.768 24 16. Alexandre Marsoin Epsilon 1:34.843 29 17. Claudio Cantelli Ultimate-Signature 1:35.149 43 18. Mikhail Aleshin Carlin 1:35.219 25 19. Giedo Van der Garde P1 1:35.549 26 20. Pippa Mann P1 1:35.701 10 21. Bertrand Baguette Draco 1:35.959 21 22. Guillaume Moreau KTR 1:36.030 8 23. Borja Garcia RC 1:36.261 6 24. Julian Theobald Fortec 1:36.473 49 25. Robert Wickens Carlin no time 0
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