PRACTICE: Aron fastest for Hitech Pulse-Eight in Barcelona

Paul Aron started the Barcelona weekend in good form, topping the Free Practice session for Hitech Pulse-Eight. The Estonian set a 1:26.922 to head the pack ahead of Enzo Fittipaldi in the Van Amersfoort Racing car and MP Motorsport’s Franco Colapinto.

AIX Racing’s Joshua Duerksen set the initial pace, a 1:27.742 putting him on top early with the majority waiting to venture out onto the circuit. That was bettered by Ritomo Miyata in the Rodin Motorsport #6, lowering the time to beat to a 1:27.639.

As the clock ticked to under 30 minutes remaining of Free Practice, the track filled up and the times flowed.

Championship leader Paul Aron was the first to break into the 1:26s, setting the fastest time of a 1:26.922 with just over 20 minutes left of the session. Fittipaldi filtered through in second, 0.136s down with Colapinto third for MP.

DAMS Lucas Oil rounded out the top five, with Jak Crawford heading up teammate Juan Manuel Correa in fourth and fifth places respectively.

Qualifying in Barcelona is set to get underway at 15:55 local time.