Pic sets pace on final day in Spain
Charles Pic set the pace on the final day of World Series by Renault testing at Valencia, which marked the last time the teams will use the current car
The 17-year-old outpaced the experienced Mikhail Aleshin to set his best lap during the morning session on Friday, as the majority of the best times were set earlier in the day.
"I set my fastest time fairly early on this morning, the track was clearly faster than it was yesterday," said Pic, who was driving for 2007 champions Tech 1 Racing.
"I've made some useful progress on my driving technique, we are now going to work on that to analyse and understand what we have collected over the last three days."
Marco Bonanomi set the third fastest time, although he was one of several drivers to have their times disallowed.
The Italian and Marco Barba were both punished for "failure to observe the course route", while Michael Herck and Daniil Move's cars failed a weight check.
Guillaume Moreau set the fourth fastest time of the test, but the French driver felt that he could have been even quicker.
"We have significantly improved the car here," he said, "but I'm sure I could have gone two tenths of a second faster if it wasn't for yellow flags."
Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Pic Tech1 Racing 1:21.391 97
2. Aleshin Carlin Motorsport 1:21.416 67
3. Bonanomi Red Devil T.Comtec 1:21.429 97
4. Moreau Ktr 1:21.614 66
5. Molina Prema Powerteam 1:21.625 85
6. Baguette Inter. Draco R. 1:21.748 82
7. Wickens Carlin Motorsport 1:21.818 96
8. Move Cram Competition 1:21.825 54
9. Herck Pons Racing 1:21.836 94
10. Buurman Prema Powerteam 1:21.951 127
11. Alcaraz Pons Racing 1:21.969 91
12. Jousse Tech1 Racing 1:21.983 93
13. Kimball Victory Engineering 1:22.040 93
14. Fauzy Fortec Motorsport 1:22.082 110
15. Cecotto Rc Motorsport 1:22.092 71
16. Barba Inter. Draco R. 1:22.131 38
17. Romancini Epsilon Euskadi 1:22.138 64
18. Sanchez Interwetten.Com 1:22.162 105
19. Maassen Ktr 1:22.285 90
20. Mann Cram Competition 1:22.290 45
21. Walker Red Devil T.Comtec 1:22.551 126
22. Di Sabatino Rc Motorsport 1:22.695 98
23. Christo Fortec Motorsport 1:22.945 110
24. Garcia Epsilon Euskadi 1:22.997 69
25. Leal Interwetten.Com 1:24.007 95
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