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Campos Racing’s Diego Menchaca topped both days of the first Euroformula Open pre-season testing event at Jerez.
The Mexican, who signed up with the Spanish squad for a?second season after taking eighth last year, led the field by two tenths on both occasions.
Eurocup FR2.0 regular?Ferdinand Habsburg ended up as best of the rest in both days with his Drivex machinery.
FIA F3 converts Julio Moreno and Kang Ling were third and fifth quickest respectively with Igor Walilko?taking fourth between them.
David Beckmann also took part in the testing as part of the?preparation for his FIA F3 campaign, ending up sixth just ahead of recent Carlin signing Colton Herta.
RP Motorsport’s Antoni Ptak, Teo Martin’s Tatiana Calderon and South African Sisa Ngebulana?were eighth, ninth and 10th respectively.
The Colombian female driver improved to take third on day two, followed by sophomore driver Leonardo Pulcini and MSA Formula graduate Petru Florescu.
Beckmann was?sixth once again with Damiano Fioravanti, Herta, Ptak and Matteo Ferrer completing the top 10.
Day 1 overall times
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time |
| 1 | Diego Menchaca | Campos Racing | 1:36.343 |
| 2 | Ferdinand Habsburg | Drivex School | 1:36.582 |
| 3 | Julio Moreno | Campos Racing | 1:36.762 |
| 4 | Igor Walilko | RP Motorsport | 1:37.071 |
| 5 | Kang Ling | DAV Racing | 1:37.089 |
| 6 | David Beckmann | Campos Racing | 1:37.317 |
| 7 | Colton Herta | Carlin | 1:37.323 |
| 8 | Antoni Ptak | RP Motorsport | 1:37.405 |
| 9 | Tatiana Calderon | Teo Martin Motorsport | 1:37.427 |
| 10 | Sisa Ngebulana | DAV Racing | 1:37.621 |
| 11 | Matteo Ferrer | RP Motorsport | 1:37.631 |
| 12 | Petru Florescu | Teo Martin Motorsport | 1:37.732 |
| 13 | Kantadhee Kusiri | RP Motorsport | 1:37.988 |
| 14 | Nikita Zlobin | Teo Martin Motorsport | 1:38.119 |
| 15 | Ameya Vaidyanathan | Carlin | 1:38.136 |
| 16 | Keyvan Andres | Carlin | 1:38.232 |
| 17 | Damiano Fioravanti | RP Motorsport | 1:38.481 |
| 18 | Danylo Pronenko | BVM Racing | 1:38.645 |
| 19 | Jose Manuel Vilalta | Teo Martin Motorsport | 1:39.013 |
| 20 | Jonathan Cecotto | DAV Racing | 1:40.378 |
| 21 | Alex Liang | Drivex School | 1:42.352 |
| 22 | Leonardo Pulcini | Campos Racing | 1:51.110 |
Day 2 overall times
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time |
| 1 | Diego Menchaca | Campos Racing | 1:35.561 |
| 2 | Ferdinand Habsburg | Drivex School | 1:35.773 |
| 3 | Tatiana Calderon | Teo Martin Motorsport | 1:35.883 |
| 4 | Leonardo Pulcini | Campos Racing | 1:36.113 |
| 5 | Petru Florescu | Teo Martin Motorsport | 1:36.298 |
| 6 | David Beckmann | Campos Racing | 1:36.321 |
| 7 | Damiano Fioravanti | RP Motorsport | 1:36.434 |
| 8 | Colton Herta | Carlin | 1:36.509 |
| 9 | Antoni Ptak | RP Motorsport | 1:36.644 |
| 10 | Matteo Ferrer | RP Motorsport | 1:36.669 |
| 11 | Igor Walilko | RP Motorsport | 1:36.924 |
| 12 | Julio Moreno | Campos Racing | 1:36.931 |
| 13 | Danylo Pronenko | BVM Racing | 1:37.031 |
| 14 | Nikita Zlobin | Teo Martin Motorsport | 1:37.175 |
| 15 | Keyvan Andres | Carlin | 1:37.218 |
| 16 | Kang Ling | DAV Racing | 1:37.265 |
| 17 | Sisa Ngebulana | DAV Racing | 1:37.286 |
| 18 | Kantadhee Kusiri | RP Motorsport | 1:37.319 |
| 19 | Jose Manuel Vilalta | Teo Martin Motorsport | 1:37.797 |
| 20 | Ameya Vaidyanathan | Carlin | 1:37.871 |
| 21 | Alex Liang | Drivex School | 1:41.151 |