It was, as expected, a very hot day of free practice at the Circuit Paul Ricard for the opening of the fifth round of the Euroformula season. Warm temperatures characterized a day which saw the ‘new’ drivers shining, as 15 cars took the track, with the last-minute addition of a third car by Drivex. The Spanish squad is fielding, alongside Trappa and Fiorentino, a third car for Celo Hahn, already seen at the Hungaroring with BVM Racing.
The best lap time of the day was posted by Drivex’s Filippo Fiorentino, who stopped the clock in 1.55.826 in the second session. The Brazilian had already topped the rankings in session 1 (1.56.348). In the combined results, he beat his countryman Alceu Feldmann, in his second outing with BVM Racing, by 0s482. Third was Argentina’s Gino Trappa 5Drivex), 0s604 clear from the top.
Fourth and first of the EFO regulars was Javier Herrera (BVM, +0s619), ahead of teammate Alessandro Famularo (+0s648) and championship leader Rui-heng Yeh (Motopark, +0s787).
The second session was shortened by five minutes, following a red flag that was raised when Ferrazzano’s car stopped along the track in turn 6, while also to be noted is that Wiktor Dobrzanski (Motopark), suffering from flu, finished last.
