Photo: Jose Espallargas/ASM
Sergey Sirotkin set the pace on the opening morning of Formula Renault 3.5 pre-season testing for 2014 at Motorland Aragon.
The Russian, who has joined Fortec Motorsports for his second year in the series, managed a time of 1m39.235s.
That put him 0.285s ahead of second-placed Zoel Amberg, who was confirmed as a race driver by the AVF team during the session.
ISR recruit Jazeman Jaafar was third, just ahead of Strakka’s Will Stevens. Pietro Fantin took fifth for Draco ahead of Comtec signing Nikolay Martsenko.
Nigel Melker was seventh driving for Zeta Corse, before he returns to his 2013 team Tech 1 for the remaining two days of the test. The top ten was completed by Marlon Stockinger (Lotus),?Luca Ghiotto (Draco) and Oliver Rowland (Fortec).
Session results
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
| 1 | Sergey Sirotkin | Fortec Motorsports | 1:39.235 | 37 | |
| 2 | Zoel Amberg | AVF | 1:39.520 | 0.285 | 34 |
| 3 | Jazeman Jaafar | ISR | 1:39.764 | 0.529 | 33 |
| 4 | Will Stevens | Strakka Racing | 1:39.862 | 0.627 | 24 |
| 5 | Pietro Fantin | International Draco Racing | 1:39.987 | 0.752 | 48 |
| 6 | Nikolay Martsenko | Comtec Racing | 1:40.007 | 0.772 | 27 |
| 7 | Nigel Melker | Zeta Corse | 1:40.076 | 0.841 | 45 |
| 8 | Marlon Stockinger | Lotus | 1:40.261 | 1.026 | 33 |
| 9 | Luca Ghiotto | International Draco Racing | 1:40.315 | 1.080 | 26 |
| 10 | Oliver Rowland | Fortec Motorsports | 1:40.339 | 1.104 | 31 |
| 11 | Pierre Gasly | Arden Motorsport | 1:40.386 | 1.151 | 34 |
| 12 | Matthieu Vaxiviere | Lotus | 1:40.492 | 1.257 | 33 |
| 13 | Carlos Sainz | DAMS | 1:40.501 | 1.266 | 41 |
| 14 | Meindert van Buuren | Pons Racing | 1:40.504 | 1.269 | 28 |
| 15 | Matias Laine | Strakka Racing | 1:40.587 | 1.352 | 33 |
| 16 | Daniil Move | Pons Racing | 1:40.595 | 1.360 | 30 |
| 17 | Norman Nato | DAMS | 1:40.663 | 1.428 | 40 |
| 18 | Marco Sorensen | Tech 1 Racing | 1:41.089 | 1.854 | 20 |
| 19 | Will Buller | Arden Motorsport | 1:41.435 | 2.200 | 21 |
| 20 | Roberto Merhi | Zeta Corse | 1:42.348 | 3.113 | 19 |
| 21 | Beitske Visser | AVF | 1:42.421 | 3.186 | 38 |
| 22 | Liam Venter | Comtec Racing | 1:42.984 | 3.749 | 35 |