Robin Frijns tops Renault 3.5 testing, new car as fast as GP2UPDATE
Robin Frijns
Doing a little research on Frijns, in 3 years of motorsport he already has 2 MAJOR championships:
2010 - Formula BMW Europe Champion 2011 - Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Champion
2012 - Already during the first few Formula Renault 3.5 tests on top ... again ! Definitely one to watch !
Note: No Red Bull, no Marussia, no Air Asia, no Gravity, no Lotus no whatever else backing ... just 'Frijns Industrial Group' (http://www.frijnsindustrialgroup.com/), the family company backing him ... thus free of politics.
03/15/12 The new Formula Renault 3.5 car (also known as the World Series by Renault) is over 4 seconds per lap faster than the car it replaces and buts it on par with GP2 cars, perhaps even faster..
Wednesday Testing
Robin Frijns
Robin Frijns kept Fortec at the top of the timesheets on the second day of pre-season testing for the new Formula Renault 3.5 car at Paul Ricard.
The reigning Formula Renault Eurocup champion shaved more than one second off his pacesetting best on the opening day to post a 1m45.667s.
That was just enough to edge out Tech 1's Jules Bianchi, who got to within two thousandths of Frijns's benchmark in the afternoon.
The Dutchman's best time is more than four seconds faster than the lap record in the old Formula Renault 3.5 car, a 1m49.901s set by 2011 champion Robert Wickens.
Wednesday Times
Pos
Driver
Team
Time
Behind
1.
Robin Frijns
Fortec Motorsports
1m45.667s
+0.000s
2.
Jules Bianchi
Tech 1 Racing
1m45.669s
+0.002s
3.
Kevin Magnussen
Carlin
1m45.952s
+0.285s
4.
Richie Stanaway
Lotus
1m45.975s
+0.308s
5.
Carlos Huertas
Fortec Motorsports
1m46.116s
+0.449s
6.
Arthur Pic
Dams
1m46.128s
+0.461s
7.
Walter Grubmuller
P1 Motorsport
1m46.334s
+0.667s
8.
Sam Bird
Isr
1m46.334s
+0.667s
9.
Andre Negrao
International Draco
1m46.368s
+0.701s
10.
Marco Sorensen
Lotus
1m46.376s
+0.709s
11.
Nick Yelloly
Comtec Racing
1m46.473s
+0.806s
12.
Nico Muller
International Draco
1m46.561s
+0.894s
13.
Daniil Move
P1 Motorsport
1m46.821s
+1.154s
14.
Lucas Foresti
Dams
1m46.922s
+1.255s
15.
Alexander Rossi
Arden Caterham
1m46.931s
+1.264s
16.
Kevin Korjus
Tech 1 Racing
1m46.944s
+1.277s
17.
Vittorio Ghirelli
Comtec Racing
1m47.705s
+2.038s
18.
Will Stevens
Carlin
1m47.719s
+2.052s
19.
Zoel Amberg
Pons Racing
1m47.724s
+2.057s
20.
Anton Nebylitskiy
Team Rfr
1m47.821s
+2.154s
21.
Lewis Williamson
Arden Caterham
1m47.848s
+2.181s
22.
Nicolay Martsenko
Bvm Target
1m47.912s
+2.245s
23.
Jake Rosenzweig
Isr
1m47.997s
+2.330s
24.
Mikhail Aleshin
Team Rfr
1m48.021s
+2.354s
25.
Giovanni Venturini
Bvm Target
1m48.261s
+2.594s
26.
Yann Cunha
Pons Racing
1m49.319s
+3.652s
Tuesday Testing
Reigning Formula Renault Eurocup champion Robin Frijns set the fastest time on the first day of pre-season testing for the new Formula Renault 3.5 car at Paul Ricard on Tuesday.
The Fortec Motorsports driver snatched the top spot away from the more experienced Alexander Rossi and Jules Bianchi in the closing stages of the day, with fellow rookie Richie Stanaway (Lotus/Gravity-Charouz) joining him at the top just before the end.
F1 test drivers Bianchi and Rossi ended the day third and fourth for Tech 1 and Arden respectively, while Carlos Huertas was another rookie to shine as he put the second Fortec car in the top five.
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