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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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