Christopher Zanella sets early F2 pace at Paul Ricard

Daniel McKenzie topped the timings screens for most of the session, the Britonn being one of the few drivers to have visited the circuitl previously when racing in Formula Renault 3.5 in 2011.

He was ultimately beaten by Zanella, who clocked a time 0.170s quicker on his final lap of the session.

Markus Pommer ended the session in third, less than 0.1s behind McKenzie, with championship leader Luciano Bacheta in fourth position. Dino Zamparelli continued his strong form from Brands Hatch, where he secured his maiden F2 podium, to go fifth quickest.

Mauro Calamia had his best performance of the season so far to wind up sixth ahead of Axcil Jefferies and Hector Hurst.

Usual frontrunners Mihai Marinescu, Matheo Tuscher and Alex Fontana could only manage ninth, 10th and 11th respectively.


Pos Driver                 Time               Laps
 1. Christopher Zanella    1m54.562s           17
 2. Daniel McKenzie        1m54.732s  + 0.170  14
 3. Markus Pommer          1m54.755s  + 0.193  18
 4. Luciano Bacheta        1m55.037s  + 0.475  15
 5. Dino Zamparelli        1m55.224s  + 0.662  19
 6. Mauro Calamia          1m55.409s  + 0.847  19
 7. Axcil Jefferies        1m55.564s  + 1.002  16
 8. Hector Hurst           1m55.772s  + 1.210  15
 9. Mihai Marinescu        1m55.797s  + 1.235  18
10. Matheo Tuscher         1m56.103s  + 1.541  16
11. Alex Fontana           1m56.197s  + 1.635  17
12. Kevin Mirocha          1m56.237s  + 1.675  18
13. David Zhu              1m57.227s  + 2.665  18
14. Plamen Kralev          1m58.078s  + 3.516  16