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Dean Stoneman enjoyed a superb maiden run in Formula Two to end fastest after the first two official days of testing at Snetterton on 6-7 April.
Stoneman, 19, posted a benchmark time of 58.535s early in the second morning, and remained fastest for the rest of the day despite the best efforts of Sergey Afanasiev and fellow Briton Jolyon Palmer - both of whom finished within one tenth of Stoneman's time.
Russia's Afanasiev also set his fastest time during the morning running of the second day, and he ended the test just 0.066s shy of Stoneman's time. Palmer was a further 0.033s behind Afanasiev, the Briton having topped the timesheets himself after the opening day of the test.
With every Williams JPH1B F2 car being maintained to an exact equal standard the closeness of the field was once again in full evidence, with the top 14 drivers all covered by less than one second and the entire field separated by just over 2.6 seconds.
Behind the lead trio Denmark's Johan Jokinen set the fourth fastest time ahead of series returnee Armaan Ebrahim, whilst Tom Gladdis rounded out the top six with a best effort little over three tenths of a second off Stoneman.
Natalia Kowalska of Poland was 17th quickest, 1.2 seconds down to Stoneham.
Formula Two Test - Snetterton, United Kingdom 6/7 April - Combined Results:
Pos Driver Time/Gap
1. Dean Stoneman 58.535s
2. Sergei Afanasiev +0.066
3. Jolyon Palmer +0.099
4. Johan Jokinen +0.331
5. Armaan Ebrahim +0.336
6. Tom Gladdis +0.387
7. Mihai Marinescu +0.602
8. Paul Rees +0.662
9. Jack Clarke +0.667
10. Benjamin Bailly +0.694
11. Will Bratt +0.695
12. Nicola de Marco +0.707
13. Philipp Eng +0.737
14. Ivan Samarin +1.153
15. Ricardo Teixeira +1.198
16. Benjamin Lariche +1.231
17. Natalia Kowalska +1.234
18. Jose Alonso Liste +1.277
19. Kelvin Snoeks +1.284
20. Parthiva Sureshwaren +1.454
21. Plamen Kralev +1.895
22. Ajith Kumar +2.631
photo:F2 Series
Dean Stoneman enjoyed a superb maiden run in Formula Two to end fastest after the first two official days of testing at Snetterton on 6-7 April.
Stoneman, 19, posted a benchmark time of 58.535s early in the second morning, and remained fastest for the rest of the day despite the best efforts of Sergey Afanasiev and fellow Briton Jolyon Palmer - both of whom finished within one tenth of Stoneman's time.
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Russia's Afanasiev also set his fastest time during the morning running of the second day, and he ended the test just 0.066s shy of Stoneman's time. Palmer was a further 0.033s behind Afanasiev, the Briton having topped the timesheets himself after the opening day of the test.
With every Williams JPH1B F2 car being maintained to an exact equal standard the closeness of the field was once again in full evidence, with the top 14 drivers all covered by less than one second and the entire field separated by just over 2.6 seconds.
Behind the lead trio Denmark's Johan Jokinen set the fourth fastest time ahead of series returnee Armaan Ebrahim, whilst Tom Gladdis rounded out the top six with a best effort little over three tenths of a second off Stoneman.
Natalia Kowalska of Poland was 17th quickest, 1.2 seconds down to Stoneham.
Formula Two Test - Snetterton, United Kingdom 6/7 April - Combined Results:
Pos Driver Time/Gap
1. Dean Stoneman 58.535s
2. Sergei Afanasiev +0.066
3. Jolyon Palmer +0.099
4. Johan Jokinen +0.331
5. Armaan Ebrahim +0.336
6. Tom Gladdis +0.387
7. Mihai Marinescu +0.602
8. Paul Rees +0.662
9. Jack Clarke +0.667
10. Benjamin Bailly +0.694
11. Will Bratt +0.695
12. Nicola de Marco +0.707
13. Philipp Eng +0.737
14. Ivan Samarin +1.153
15. Ricardo Teixeira +1.198
16. Benjamin Lariche +1.231
17. Natalia Kowalska +1.234
18. Jose Alonso Liste +1.277
19. Kelvin Snoeks +1.284
20. Parthiva Sureshwaren +1.454
21. Plamen Kralev +1.895
22. Ajith Kumar +2.631
photo:F2 Series