Vasiliauskas tops first day at Portimao
Kazim Vasiliauskas set the fastest time of the first day of this week's Formula 2 test at Portimao
The Lithuanian, who finished seventh in F2 this season, went quickest in the final hour's running during the afternoon session.
Newly-crowned McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC Award winner Dean Smith finished the test in second place. He set his best time during the morning and, as the temperature climbed during the afternoon, it remained the best of the day until the boost was turned up for the final hour.
Benjamin Bailly pinched the third quickest time as the chequered flag came out to end the day. Johan Jokinen continued his good F2 testing form, after topping the first day of last week's test at Valencia. He finishing second fastest in both the morning and afternoon sessions and then led for much of the evening, before dropping to fourth at the end.
Ramon Pineiro was fifth, with Russian Ivan Samarin sixth, Alex Brundle seventh and F2 newcomer Duncan Tappy eighth. Jose Alonso Liste and Jolyon Palmer completed the top 10.
Pos Driver Time Gap 1. Kazim Vasiliauskas 1m35.437s 2. Dean Smith 1m35.660s + 0.233s 3. Benjamin Bailly 1m36.142s + 0.705s 4. Johan Jokinen 1m36.155s + 0.718s 5. Ramon Pineiro 1m36.305s + 0.868s 6. Ivan Samarin 1m36.315s + 0.878s 7. Alex Brundle 1m36.428s + 0.991s 8. Duncan Tappy 1m36.522s + 1.085s 9. Jose Alonso Liste 1m36.658s + 1.221s 10. Jolyon Palmer 1m36.704s + 1.267s 11. Jack Clarke 1m36.809s + 1.372s 12. Benjamin Lariche 1m36.814s + 1.377s 13. Nico Muller 1m36.927s + 1.490s 14. Ricardo Teixeira 1m37.252s + 1.815s 15. Kelvin Snoeks 1m37.374s + 1.937s 16. Paul Rees 1m38.287s + 2.850s
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