Photo: Formula Renault 1.6 NEC Junior
Austrian karting graduate Florian Janits topped both practice sessions of the Formula Renault 1.6 NEC Junior round at Zolder.
The morning session was completely dominated by Lechner Racing,?whose drivers locked out the top three. Janits was first, leading championship leader?Anton De Pasquale and Max Defourny by three tenths of a second.
Larry ten Voorde, who entered the weekend with MB Motorsport, and last round’s race winner Ralf Aron finished fourth and fifth respectively, followed by title contender Janneau Esmeijer.
The top ten was completed by Stuart Racing’s Marcel Lenerz, Provily’s Boris Kolff, Scuderia Nordica’s Oliver Soderstrom and Lechner Racing’s Ferdinand Habsburg.
In session two, Janits and De Pasquale once again ended up first and second respectively, while ten Voorde and Aron both improved a spot to take third and fourth.
Lenerz, Defourny and Esmeijer all remained in the top seven as Habsburg, Paul Sieljes and Soderstrom rounded out the top ten.
Combined practice results
| Practice 1 | Practice 2 | ||||||
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time | Pos. | Driver | Team | Time |
| 1 | Florian Janits | Lechner Racing | 1:38.425 | 1 | Florian Janits | Lechner Racing | 1:38.644 |
| 2 | Anton De Pasquale | Lechner Racing | 1:38.730 | 2 | Anton De Pasquale | Lechner Racing | 1:38.654 |
| 3 | Max Defourny | Lechner Racing | 1:38.751 | 3 | Larry ten Voorde | MB Motorsport | 1:38.713 |
| 4 | Larry ten Voorde | MB Motorsport | 1:38.962 | 4 | Ralf Aron | Scuderia Nordica | 1:38.745 |
| 5 | Ralf Aron | Scuderia Nordica | 1:39.231 | 5 | Marcel Lenerz | Stuart Racing | 1:38.855 |
| 6 | Janneau Esmeijer | Provily Racing | 1:39.665 | 6 | Max Defourny | Lechner Racing | 1:38.871 |
| 7 | Marcel Lenerz | Stuart Racing | 1:39.722 | 7 | Janneau Esmeijer | Provily Racing | 1:39.003 |
| 8 | Boris Kolff | Provily Racing | 1:39.847 | 8 | Ferdinand Habsburg | Lechner Racing | 1:39.270 |
| 9 | Oliver Soderstrom | Scuderia Nordica | 1:39.948 | 9 | Paul Sieljes | Stuart Racing | 1:39.394 |
| 10 | Ferdinand Habsburg | Lechner Racing | 1:40.221 | 10 | Oliver Soderstrom | Scuderia Nordica | 1:39.443 |
| 11 | Nico Otto | Captain Racing | 1:40.448 | 11 | Boris Kolff | Provily Racing | 1:39.614 |
| 12 | Cedric Piro | Pirosports | 1:40.598 | 12 | Nico Otto | Captain Racing | 1:39.723 |
| 13 | Paul Sieljes | Stuart Racing | 1:40.785 | 13 | Cedric Piro | Pirosports | 1:40.184 |