Hegewald edges Bortolotti in second practice at Barcelona
Tobias Hegewald edged out newly crowned champion Mirko Bortolotti to set the pace in mixed conditions in the second practice session in Barcelona
Times fell in the early stages as hints of a fully dry line began to emerge, with Hegewald trading fastest laps with Christopher Zanella.
After a brief red flag caused by Plamen Kralev, the session resumed and Hegewald shaved more than 1s off his previous benchmark to set a 1m38.333s, which stood for the rest of the session.
Zanella stayed second, more than half a second in arrears, before Mirko Bortolotti and then Mihai Marinescu displaced him in the final 15 minutes.
Having set the pace in a wet morning practice, Miki Monras ended the session fifth fastest ahead of Jack Clarke, Mikkel Mac and Kelvin Snoeks.
Parthiva Sureshwaren was more than two seconds down the road in ninth, while tenth went to Jose Luis Abadin, who was only able to complete five laps.
Pos Driver Time Gap 1. Tobias Hegewald 1m38.333s 2. Mirko Bortolotti 1m38.619s + 0.286s 3. Mihai Marinescu 1m38.971s + 0.638s 4. Christopher Zanella 1m39.017s + 0.684s 5. Miki Monras 1m39.562s + 1.229s 6. Jack Clarke 1m39.853s + 1.520s 7. Mikkel Mac 1m39.913s + 1.580s 8. Kelvin Snoeks 1m39.953s + 1.620s 9. Parthiva Sureshwaren 1m40.407s + 2.074s 10. Jose Luis Abadin 1m40.429s + 2.096s 11. Alex Brundle 1m40.534s + 2.201s 12. Maxim Snegirev 1m40.545s + 2.212s 13. Benjamin Lariche 1m40.795s + 2.462s 14. Thiemo Storz 1m40.860s + 2.527s 15. James Cole 1m40.984s + 2.651s 16. Ramon Pineiro 1m41.049s + 2.716s 17. Sunghak Mun 1m41.607s + 3.274s 18. Plamen Kralev 1m41.633s + 3.300s
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