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Ten days after its official debut, the Formula Renault FR-19 can take pride of a new track record for the Formula Renault Eurocup! With a lap of 1:59.786s at Circuit Paul Ricard, Alexander Smolyar (R-ace GP) broke the now former benchmark time held by Yifei Ye by more than a second. The SMP Racing protégé was followed by team mate
Oscar Piastri (R-ace GP) and rookie Ugo de Wilde (JD Motorsport).

Four sessions kicked off the programme this Friday at Castellet, which is the first track on the 2019 calendar to host the new Formula Renault FR-19s.

In the first session, Oscar Piastri was first to head the timing screen. After being bumped off the top spot by Ugo de Wilde, the Australian responded with a time of 2:00.904s to edge the Belgian by 0.03s. Oscar Piastri then doubled up with a time of 2:00.013s against Victor Martin (MP Motorsport) and the two did it again in session three, with the
Australian dominating again in 2:00.363s.

In the last ten minutes of the final session of the day saw Alexander Smolyar become the first driver to break the two-minute barrier. The Russian spoiled his team mate’s attempt to run the table, while Ugo de Wilde, Victor Martins and Sebastián Fernandez (Arden Motorsport) completed the top five.

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