Stoneman tops first Zolder practice
Dean Stoneman set the quickest time of the opening free practice session for this weekend's Formula 2 round at Zolder
The 19-year-old Briton lies second in the championship and was the only driver to break into the 1m23s during the half hour.
Championship leader Jolyon Palmer was second fastest, 0.163s slower than Stoneman but nearly half a second clear of the rest.
Jack Clarke, Nicola de Marco and Sergei Afanasiev were covered by just 0.026s in third, fourth and fifth.
Another tenth covered the next four cars with Will Bratt, Armaan Ebrahim, Benjamin Bailly and Kazim Vasiliauskas tightly-bunched ahead of Mihai Marinescu, who completed the top 10.
Philipp Eng, who topped Tuesday's test at the Belgian circuit, was only 13th quickest today.
Ricardo Teixeira and Paul Rees both had spins during the session, but there were no major incidents.
Pos Driver Time Gap Laps 1. Dean Stoneman 1m23.840s 17 2. Jolyon Palmer 1m24.003s +0.163 16 3. Jack Clarke 1m24.443s +0.603 17 4. Nicola de Marco 1m24.460s +0.620 16 5. Sergei Afanasiev 1m24.469s +0.629 18 6. Will Bratt 1m24.512s +0.672 17 7. Armaan Ebrahim 1m24.551s +0.711 17 8. Benjamin Bailly 1m24.578s +0.738 17 9. Kazim Vasiliauskas 1m24.596s +0.756 18 10. Mihai Marinescu 1m24.627s +0.787 17 11. Paul Rees 1m24.803s +0.963 17 12. Parthiva Sureshwaren 1m25.299s +1.459 19 13. Philipp Eng 1m25.350s +1.510 18 14. Ivan Samarin 1m25.454s +1.614 18 15. Kelvin Snoeks 1m25.464s +1.624 18 16. Natalia Kowalska 1m25.480s +1.640 17 17. Benjamin Lariche 1m25.755s +1.915 17 18. Ricardo Teixeira 1m25.874s +2.034 15 19. Plamen Kralev 1m26.057s +2.217 14
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