Fittipaldi tops FR3.5 test at Jerez

Pietro Fittipaldi leaves pit lane at Jerez

Brazilian Pietro Fittipaldi completed the afternoon session putting the strongest lap of the day, 1.27.392, with the #Rookie Steijn Schothorst, Yu Kanamaru, Konstantin Tereschenko (Teo Martin Motorsport) and Dorian Boccolacci closing the top 5

Temperatures reached their highest at the start of the afternoon session with little action during the first hour until Argentinean Facu Regalía stepped in the track with the Durango Racing Team car.

Italian driver Damiano Fioravanti leaded the charts with RP Motorsport until Dorian Boccolacci (Fortec Motorsports) putted in a competitive lap and took the lead ahead Fioravanti, Diego Menchaca (Fortec Motorsports), Yu Kanamaru (Arden Motorsport) and Steijn Schothorst (RP Motorsport) .

Japanese Yu Kanamaru improved the best register from Dorian Boccolaci, with Damiano Fioravanti, Steijn Schothorst and Matevos Isaakyan (Arden Motorsport) following the Frenchman while the Telmex driver Diego Menchaca (Fortec Motorsports) moved to P2.

Fittipaldi

After the red flag caused by Kevin Jorg (Teo Martín Motorsport) the last half an hour opened the familiar thrill with all top 10 drivers wrapped in less than 1 second. With ten minutes left, a series of improvements leaded by Binder, Kanamaru, Schothorst and Fittipaldi ended with the Brazilian putting the strongest lap of the day, 1.27.392, with the #Rookie Steijn Schothorst, Yu Kanamaru, Konstantin Tereschenko (Teo Martin Motorsport) and Dorian Boccolacci closing the top 5.

Best Driver: Pietro Fittipaldi (Lotus) – 1.27.392

"A really good day of testing! We were quickest in the morning and quickest in the afternoon. It has been very nice to work with the whole Lotus team, they did a great job and I’m really happy! Looking forward to tomorrow’s test!"