Miki Monras sets pace at Barcelona in wet first practice
Silverstone race-winner Miki Monras set the pace in first practice for the Formula 2 finale at Catalunya this weekend
The 19-year-old Spaniard made the most of the wet conditions to top the session by half a second with a of 2m02.568s, ahead of new champion Mirko Bortolotti and Jack Clarke.
Early session pacesetter Mikkel Mac was fourth fastest ahead of Kelvin Snoeks, Tobias Hegewald and Benjamin Lariche.
Christopher Zanella, former McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC Award finalist James Cole and Mihai Marinescu completed the top 10.
The session was briefly red-flagged halfway through to recover the crashed car of Russian driver Max Snegirev.
Pos Driver Time Gap 1. Miki Monras 2m02.568s 2. Mirko Bortolotti 2m03.164s + 0.596s 3. Jack Clarke 2m03.874s + 1.306s 4. Mikkel Mac 2m03.905s + 1.337s 5. Kelvin Snoeks 2m04.137s + 1.569s 6. Tobias Hegewald 2m04.173s + 1.605s 7. Benjamin Lariche 2m04.228s + 1.660s 8. Christopher Zanella 2m04.897s + 2.329s 9. James Cole 2m04.915s + 2.347s 10. Mihai Marinescu 2m05.176s + 2.608s 11. Thiemo Storz 2m05.353s + 2.785s 12. Jose Luis Abadin 2m05.547s + 2.979s 13. Alex Brundle 2m05.794s + 3.226s 14. Maxim Snegirev 2m07.146s + 4.578s 15. Plamen Kralev 2m07.676s + 5.108s 16. Sunghak Mun 2m08.641s + 6.073s 17. Parthiva Sureshwaren 2m09.201s + 6.633s
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