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Kanamaru sets the pace in Silverstone practice

by Gruz David
Photo: FOTOSPEEDY

Photo: FOTOSPEEDY

Japanese Yu Kanamaru kicked off the fourth Euroformula Open round of the season as quickest in practice at Silverstone.

Kanamaru, who is sitting third in the standings, recorded his benchmark time in the second session out of three, just like the rest of the field bar Antoni Ptak.

The sophomore driver was more than half a second clear of all the others with Alessio Rovera being his closest chaser.

Campos duo Diego Menchaca and championship leader and third session topper?Konstantin Tereshchenko followed the leaders and ended up ahead of another teammate pairing, Yarin Stern and Tanart Sathienthirakul from West-Tec.

William Barbosa and Andres Saravia were seventh and eighth fastest, while the top ten was completed by Italians Damiano Fioravanti and Leonardo Pulcini.

Vitor Baptista, who is currently sitting second in the standings as Tereschenko’s closest chaser, had a low-key Friday running, and was only 11th fastest.

Practice results
Pos. Driver Team Session 1 Session 2 Session 3
1 Yu Kanamaru EmilioDeVillota Motorsport 2:08.691 1:55.966 1:57.556
2 Alessio Rovera BVM Racing 2:10.994 1:56.514 1:57.943
3 Diego Menchaca Campos Racing No Time 1:56.643 1:57.627
4 Konstantin Tereshchenko Campos Racing 2:09.344 1:56.755 1:57.466
5 Yarin Stern Team West-Tec 2:05.894 1:57.075 1:57.737
6 Tanart Sathienthirakul Team West-Tec 2:12.533 1:57.078 1:57.704
7 William Barbosa BVM Racing 2:10.810 1:57.088 1:58.803
8 Andres Saravia RP Motorsport 2:11.591 1:57.347 1:58.521
9 Damiano Fioravanti RP Motorsport 2:09.747 1:57.393 1:58.329
10 Leonardo Pulcini DAV Racing 2:09.727 1:57.395 1:57.673
11 Vitor Baptista RP Motorsport 2:10.902 1:57.399 1:59.321
12 Igor Walilko RP Motorsport 2:06.190 1:58.071 1:59.473
13 Henrique Baptista Campos Racing 2:11.147 1:58.767 1:59.202
14 Antoni Ptak RP Motorsport 2:11.209 1:59.232 1:58.616
15 Alexey Chuklin Corbetta Competizioni 2:11.087 1:58.837 1:59.689
16 Ahmad Al Ghanem Campos Racing 2:12.711 1:59.702 2:00.354
17 Jose Manuel Vilalta EmilioDeVillota Motorsport 2:14.523 1:59.777 2:00.110