Magnussen sets Aragon test pace

Kevin Magnussen set the pace on the first day of Formula Renault 3.5 testing at Aragon on Wednesday.

The McLaren Formula 1 test driver, who finished seventh in the FR3.5 championship this year with Carlin, was back in action with DAMS for the second time this winter.

Magnussen set the quickest time of the day in the final hour, as he, Italian F3 champion Riccardo Agostini and Will Stevens knocked Carlos Sainz Jr off the top of the timesheets.

Sainz, who only ran for the afternoon session, was in action for new team AV Formula, which has replaced Team RFR for the winter tests with a view to joining the championship next year.

Next up was Formula Renault ALPS champion Daniil Kvyat. The Red Bull-backed Russian was in action for Arden Caterham, and he had Macau Grand Prix winner Antonio Felix da Costa on hand to offer advice.

Sixth quickest Norman Nato made sure three of the drivers getting ‘prize’ tests for their achievements in other junior categories were in the top six on the first day of the test, which continues on Thursday and Friday.

Day one times:  Pos  Driver                  Team            Time       Gap  1.  Kevin Magnussen         DAMS            1m39.915s  2.  Riccardo Agostini       Draco           1m40.349s  + 0.434s  3.  Will Stevens            P1              1m40.371s  + 0.456s  4.  Carlos Sainz Jr         AV              1m40.433s  + 0.518s  5.  Daniil Kvyat            Arden Caterham  1m40.453s  + 0.538s  6.  Norman Nato             Tech 1          1m40.540s  + 0.625s  7.  Sergey Sirotkin         ISR/Tech        1m40.561s  + 0.646s  8.  Raffaele Marciello      Fortec          1m40.703s  + 0.788s  9.  Carlos Huertas          Carlin          1m40.762s  + 0.847s 10.  Nikolay Martsenko       Fortec          1m40.868s  + 0.953s 11.  Zoel Amberg             Pons            1m40.897s  + 0.982s 12.  Yann Cunha              AV              1m40.987s  + 1.072s 13.  Gianmarco Raimondo      Draco           1m40.997s  + 1.082s 14.  Marco Sorensen          Lotus           1m41.042s  + 1.127s 15.  Paul-Loup Chatin        Tech 1/Comtec   1m41.070s  + 1.155s 16.  Lucas Foresti           Comtec          1m41.075s  + 1.160s 17.  Oliver Rowland          P1              1m41.241s  + 1.326s 18.  Luciano Bacheta         Pons            1m41.273s  + 1.358s 19.  Pietro Fantin           Lotus           1m41.276s  + 1.361s 20.  Stoffel Vandoorne       DAMS            1m41.321s  + 1.406s 21.  Jack Harvey             Carlin          1m41.389s  + 1.439s 22.  Josh Hill               ISR             1m41.606s  + 1.474s 23.  Jake Dennis             Lotus           1m41.652s  + 1.737s 24.  Niccolo Schiro          AV              1m41.762s  + 1.847s 25.  Will Buller             Comtec          1m41.852s  + 1.937s 26.  Jimmy Eriksson          ISR             1m42.217s  + 2.302s 27.  Jordan King             BVM Target      1m42.387s  + 2.472s 28.  Matias Laine            Arden Caterham  1m42.541s  + 2.626s 

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/real-world-racing/3rdparty/magnussen-sets-aragon-test-pace

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