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Returnee Brundle leads F2 testing

Alex Brundle was quickest on the first day of Formula 2 testing at Catalunya today, edging out fellow Briton Jack Clarke by 0.180 seconds

The best times were set during the final 45-minute session, during which use of the cars' overboost facility was permitted. Clarke had earlier topped session two, while Mihai Marinescu had been quickest on a dry track in the morning.

Brundle contested the inaugural F2 season in 2009 before moving to British Formula 3 this year, but has returned to F2 for winter testing.

F3 Euro Series driver Christopher Zanella was third ahead of fellow F2 debutant - and Italian F3 champion - Cesar Ramos.

Behind Maxime Jousse, Marinescu, Kelvin Snoeks, Benjamin Lariche and Ramon Pineiro, the next of the newcomers was Formula Palmer Audi champion Nigel Moore, who took 10th.

The day was interrupted by various minor incidents, and a more substantial crash for German driver Thiemo Storz, who was soon able to resume running.

Formula Ford graduate Daniel Cammish was only 14th in the final session, but had been in the top 10 for most of the day.

The test concludes tomorrow, when Formula Renault driver Jukka Honkavuori and sometime Superleague Formula driver Martin Qing Ha will also have their first experience of F2.

Pos  Driver               Time       Gap
 1.  Alex Brundle         1m37.722s
 2.  Jack Clarke          1m37.902s  + 0.180s
 3.  Christopher Zanella  1m38.119s  + 0.397s
 4.  Cesar Ramos          1m38.289s  + 0.567s
 5.  Maxime Jousse        1m38.380s  + 0.658s
 6.  Mihai Marinescu      1m38.513s  + 0.791s
 7.  Kelvin Snoeks        1m38.645s  + 0.923s
 8.  Benjamin Lariche     1m38.648s  + 0.926s
 9.  Ramon Pineiro        1m38.667s  + 0.945s
10.  Nigel Moore          1m38.770s  + 1.048s
11.  Thiemo Storz         1m38.793s  + 1.071s
12.  Dominik Kraihamer    1m39.529s  + 1.807s
13.  Max Snegirev         1m39.624s  + 1.902s
14.  Daniel Cammish       1m39.729s  + 2.007s
15.  Plamen Kralev        1m40.596s  + 2.874s

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