Barcelona Formula Renault 3.5: Kevin Magnussen leads practice
Kevin Magnussen led the way in Formula Renault 3.5 free practice at Barcelona on Friday ahead of this weekend's season finale
The Carlin driver went to the top of the times inside the final two minutes during an exciting end to the afternoon session.
The flurry of action was caused by a late red flag that cost teams seven minutes of the final quarter of an hour.
When the session restarted everyone headed out on track and the laptimes tumbled. Title contenders Sam Bird and Jules Bianchi were the first to depose Kevin Korjus at the top after the stoppage, but Magnussen was not far behind to better them.
The Dane went quicker again on his following lap, which was enough to keep him out of reach as Korjus responded to take second place for Lotus.
The Estonian then set the fastest time through the first sector on his final lap, but decided to abort the effort and head for the pits.
ISR driver Bird's efforts over his final laps were enough to take third, while Alexander Rossi and Will Stevens knocked Bianchi down another couple of places.
The final improvement towards the top of the times came from championship leader Bianchi's closest rival in the points race, as Robin Frijns demoted him from sixth to seventh.
Series returnee Tamas Pal Kiss was strong throughout the session on his way to eighth for BVM Target, while the top 10 was completed by Russians Mikhail Aleshin and Daniil Move.
The afternoon session gave the drivers some valuable laps on a relatively dry track, after the morning running had been affected by heavy rain.
Red Bull junior Antonio Felix da Costa had led the way in the wet, with championship outsider Bird close behind, and Frijns again just ahead of Bianchi further down the top 10.
Practice one times: Pos Driver Team Time Gap 1. Antonio Felix da Costa Arden Caterham 1m51.961s 2. Sam Bird ISR 1m52.178s + 0.217s 3. Nico Muller Draco 1m52.500s + 0.539s 4. Will Stevens Carlin 1m52.608s + 0.647s 5. Arthur Pic DAMS 1m52.646s + 0.685s 6. Kevin Magnussen Carlin 1m52.811s + 0.850s 7. Robin Frijns Fortec 1m53.080s + 1.119s 8. Jules Bianchi Tech 1 1m53.097s + 1.136s 9. Marco Sorensen Lotus 1m53.114s + 1.153s 10. Jake Rosenzweig ISR 1m53.216s + 1.255s 11. Alexander Rossi Arden Caterham 1m53.258s + 1.297s 12. Vittorio Ghirelli Comtec 1m53.279s + 1.318s 13. Andre Negrao Draco 1m53.517s + 1.556s 14. Aaro Vainio RFR 1m53.619s + 1.658s 15. Walter Grubmuller P1 1m53.756s + 1.795s 16. Mikhail Aleshin RFR 1m54.135s + 2.174s 17. Daniil Move P1 1m54.153s + 2.192s 18. Lucas Foresti DAMS 1m54.319s + 2.358s 19. Tamas Pal Kiss BVM Target 1m54.395s + 2.434s 20. Kevin Korjus Lotus 1m54.397s + 2.436s 21. Daniel Abt Tech 1 1m54.401s + 2.440s 22. Nick Yelloly Comtec 1m54.931s + 2.970s 23. Yann Cunha Pons 1m54.989s + 3.028s 24. Carlos Huertas Fortec 1m55.723s + 3.762s 25. Zoel Amberg Pons 1m55.792s + 3.831s 26. Nikolay Martsenko BVM Target 1m56.069s + 4.108s Practice two times: Pos Driver Team Time Gap 1. Kevin Magnussen Carlin 1m30.736s 2. Kevin Korjus Lotus 1m30.851s + 0.115s 3. Sam Bird ISR 1m30.997s + 0.261s 4. Alexander Rossi Arden Caterham 1m31.019s + 0.283s 5. Will Stevens Carlin 1m31.062s + 0.326s 6. Robin Frijns Fortec 1m31.226s + 0.490s 7. Jules Bianchi Tech 1 1m31.238s + 0.502s 8. Tamas Pal Kiss BVM Target 1m31.247s + 0.511s 9. Mikhail Aleshin RFR 1m31.424s + 0.688s 10. Daniil Move P1 1m31.456s + 0.720s 11. Antonio Felix da Costa Arden Caterham 1m31.481s + 0.745s 12. Marco Sorensen Lotus 1m31.518s + 0.782s 13. Daniel Abt Tech 1 1m31.569s + 0.833s 14. Nico Muller Draco 1m31.591s + 0.855s 15. Arthur Pic DAMS 1m31.694s + 0.958s 16. Aaro Vainio RFR 1m31.733s + 0.997s 17. Walter Grubmuller P1 1m31.862s + 1.126s 18. Nick Yelloly Comtec 1m31.907s + 1.171s 19. Andre Negrao Draco 1m32.022s + 1.286s 20. Vittorio Ghirelli Comtec 1m32.052s + 1.316s 21. Yann Cunha Pons 1m32.404s + 1.668s 22. Nikolay Martsenko BVM Target 1m32.434s + 1.698s 23. Lucas Foresti DAMS 1m32.482s + 1.746s 24. Jake Rosenzweig ISR 1m33.527s + 2.791s 25. Zoel Amberg Pons 1m33.543s + 2.807s 26. Carlos Huertas Fortec 1m33.804s + 3.068s
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