Jokinen fastest in Marrakech practice
Johan Jokinen set the fastest time of Formula 2's first practice session on a street circuit at Marrakech today
The 19-year-old Dane launched himself to the top of the timesheet late in the session, finishing seven tenths clear of second-placed Dean Stoneman.
Stoneman had a brief spell at the top shortly after he spun with 10 minutes remaining, but he had no answer for Jokinen's reply two laps from the end.
Kazim Vasiliauskas was third quickest, ahead of Philipp Eng, Jolyon Palmer and Ricardo Teixeira.
The times were hugely spaced out, with more than two seconds between first and 10th places, as the drivers had just half an hour to find the limits between the walls.
Aside from Stoneman, there were spins by Armaan Ebrahim and Ajith Kumar, while Jack Clarke survived a brush with the wall and several drivers skipped the final chicane.
Benjamin Lariche was shown the black and white flag for crossing the pitlane entry line on one of his laps.
Jonathan Kennard took part in the session to conduct development work in the F2 test car, deputising for regular tester Steven Kane who is on BTCC duty this weekend.
Pos Driver Time Gap Laps 1. Johan Jokinen 1m34.670s 14 2. Dean Stoneman 1m35.327s +0.657 16 3. Kazim Vasiliauskas 1m35.381s +0.711 17 4. Philipp Eng 1m35.672s +1.002 16 5. Jolyon Palmer 1m35.711s +1.041 16 6. Ricardo Teixeira 1m35.848s +1.178 17 7. Paul Rees 1m36.092s +1.422 16 8. Nicola de Marco 1m36.114s +1.444 16 9. Sergei Afanasiev 1m36.470s +1.800 15 10. Benjamin Bailly 1m36.577s +1.907 18 11. Ivan Samarin 1m36.605s +1.935 15 12. Will Bratt 1m36.766s +2.096 15 13. Armaan Ebrahim 1m36.779s +2.109 17 14. Mihai Marinescu 1m36.890s +2.220 15 15. Natalia Kowalska 1m36.930s +2.260 15 16. Parthiva Sureshwaren 1m36.931s +2.261 16 17. Benjamin Lariche 1m37.173s +2.503 15 18. Kelvin Snoeks 1m37.353s +2.683 16 19. Jack Clarke 1m37.460s +2.790 11 20. Plamen Kralev 1m39.320s +4.650 13 21. Ajith Kumar 1m40.542s +5.872 14
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