Ricciardo quickest in second session

The Australian's time of 1m27.758s was two tenths faster than reigning Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup champion Albert Costa, the only other man to crack the 1m28s barrier.

Entering the meeting with an 11-point championship lead over Ricciardo, Carlin's Mikhail Aleshin ended the afternoon third fastest on 1m28.019s.

Magny-Cours winner Nathanael Berthon (Draco) briefly led the session before being bumped down to fourth spot. Pons Racing's Ferrari Academy driver Daniel Zampieri recovered from a disappointing morning session, in which could only manage 15th fastest, to claim fifth place.

Fortec's Jon Lancaster completed the top six. Fellow Briton Greg Mansell, fresh from supporting his father Nigel's round Britain cycle ride for UK Youth, spent much of the session in third. He would eventually slip to 10th, but fared better than Comtec team-mate Stefano Coletti whose afternoon was disrupted following an off-track incident.

This morning's pacesetter Esteban Guerrieri could only manage 15th fastest for ISR.

Pos  Driver             Team             Time       Gap
 1.  Daniel Ricciardo   Tech 1           1m27.758s
 2.  Albert Costa       Epsilon Euskadi  1m27.957s  + 0.199s
 3.  Mikhail Aleshin    Carlin           1m28.019s  + 0.261s
 4.  Nathanael Berthon  Draco            1m28.265s  + 0.507s
 5.  Daniel Zampieri    Pons             1m28.277s  + 0.519s
 6.  Jon Lancaster      Fortec           1m28.324s  + 0.566s
 7.  Walter Grubmuller  P1               1m28.439s  + 0.681s
 8.  Keisuke Kunimoto   Epsilon Euskadi  1m28.485s  + 0.727s
 9.  Federico Leo       Pons             1m28.624s  + 0.866s
10.  Greg Mansell       Comtec           1m28.643s  + 0.885s
11.  Jean Eric Vergne   Tech 1           1m28.677s  + 0.919s
12.  Victor Garcia      KMP              1m28.803s  + 1.045s
13.  Anton Nebylitskiy  KMP              1m28.815s  + 1.057s
14.  Filip Salaquarda   ISR              1m28.918s  + 1.160s
15.  Esteban Guerrieri  ISR              1m28.923s  + 1.165s
16.  Jake Rosenzweig    Carlin           1m28.953s  + 1.195s
17.  Nelson Panciatici  Junior Lotus     1m29.002s  + 1.244s
18.  Jan Charouz        P1               1m29.010s  + 1.252s
19.  Julian Leal        Draco            1m29.010s  + 1.252s
20.  Sten Pentus        Fortec           1m29.318s  + 1.560s
21.  Bruno Mendez       FHV Interwetten  1m29.353s  + 1.595s
22.  Stefano Coletti    Comtec           1m29.399s  + 1.641s
23.  Daniil Move        Junior Lotus     1m29.750s  + 1.992s
24.  Sergio Canamasas   FHV Interwetten