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Results & lap times

Theophile Nael remains the fastest rider of the rookie test! In the morning he can lap Jarama in the Mahindra in just 1:29.216! Consequently, he was slightly faster than Nikita Bedrin with his 1:29.250.

 

That's it! Nobody beats Nikita Bedrin! He is the fastest rookie of the afternoon in his DS Penkse. Behind his best time are Maini, Nael, Martins and Pourchaire!

Five minutes left on the clock! But there are only ten drivers on the track and nobody is improving at the moment.

The last ten minutes in Madrid are about to begin![ The aim is still to oust Bedrin from first place! He leads with a 1:29.250. The best time in the morning was even a 01:29.216!   

The field of drivers is within one and a half seconds of each other. Special mention must go to Abbi Pulling, who is in 9th place in her Nissan! Elia Weiss is currently in last place. However, the young German also has almost two hours less track time than the rest.

Slater and Voisin improve to 6th and 8th place and are the two best Porsche-powered drivers! Otherwise, there are no significant shifts. Still 30 minutes on the clock.

Victor Martins at least caused a shift and a new best second sector. However, he only managed fourth place with his fastest lap, as he lost six and a half tenths in the first and second sectors.

The riders are now gradually returning to the track. There are only 45 minutes to go!

This marks the final hour of the rookie test in Madrid. The current intermediate standings are:

Bedrin - 1:29.250 (DS Penske)

Maini - 1:29.330 (Mahindra)   

Nael - 1:29.418 (Mahindra)

Pourchaire - 1:30.330 (Citroen)

O'Sullivan - 1:30.431 (Envision)    

Only two drivers are currently on the track. Barter for Lola Yamaha Abt and Noda for Jaguar. But neither is on course for improvement.

An hour and 16 minutes before the end of the session, Elia Weiss finally takes to the track! Hopefully the problems have been resolved and the young German will finally get his track time.

Now there are two big improvements in quick succession! First, Maini in the Mahindra narrowly beats his team-mate Nael and then Bedrin from DS Penkse overtakes them both. Bedrin's new best time is a 1:29.250! Interestingly, Nael holds both the first and second fastest sectors. In the third sector, however, the second Mahindra rookie loses two whole tenths.

It's quiet on the track at the moment. Half of the session is over. No other driver has yet set a fast lap with the aim of catching up with Nael.

Theophile Nael sets an exclamation mark! He had already won the morning session and now he drives a barely slower lap with more than an hour and a half left on the clock. The new best time is a 1:29.418 and almost a second faster than that of second-placed O'Sullivan.

Green flag! The session continues.

The first hour of the afternoon test is now over. The current standings are as follows:

1. O'Sullivan - 1:30.431 (Envision)

2nd Pourchaire - 1:30.512 (Citroen)

3rd Nael - 1:30.753 (Mahindra)    

4th Dürksen - 1:30.798 (Citroen)   

5th Maini - 1:30.841 (Mahindra)

The session will continue in three minutes! The reason was probably gravel. After a lot of work with the broom, the dirt has now been cleaned up.

RED FLAG! Something is wrong in turns 3 and 4. There is a warning about slippery track conditions there.

None of the Porsche-powered cars are currently in the top 10. Cupra Kiro is still best placed in 12th place with her Shields, followed directly behind by Slater in thirteenth. The remaining Porsche-powered drivers are in the last four places.

O'Sullivan takes back the lead! With his 1:30.431, we are slowly closing in on the fastest time of the morning. Elia Weiss has still not completed a lap.

Theo Pourchaire beats his team-mate and now also sets a best time! He manages to get round the circuit three tenths faster in the Citroen. His time was 1:30.512. Nael also improved and beat Dürksen. However, he is still two and a half tenths slower than Pourchaire.

New best time! Joshua Dürksen can beat O'Sullivan's time! The Citroen driver is faster in the first and second sectors. Slightly slower in the last sector. In the end, however, his 1:30.798 is six hundredths faster than O'Sullivan's lap.

The first batch of laps has been completed. Most of the drivers are back in the pit lane. Only Kvyat, Güven and both Citroens are still doing their laps. The top 5 after the first exchange of blows are: O'Sullivan, Maini, Martins, Kvyat and Pulling!

Almost all the drivers have already set lap times. However, both DS Penske drivers are still without a time, presumably for strategic reasons. Elia Weiss from Porsche is the only other driver without a lap time. He already had a technical defect in the morning and got stuck in the gravel shortly before the end. It is to be hoped that his continued visit to the pits is not due to problems.

Kush Maini is able to improve significantly once again. His 1:30.939 is the fastest by half a second ahead of Victor Martins! There was also a brief excursion in turn 5 with a short yellow flag, but nothing with consequences it seems. Now O'Sullivan just manages to overtake Maini! He is eight hundredths faster than the Mahindra rider. The new best time is 1:30.859!

The first lap times are slowly trickling in. Kush Maini is currently the leader with a 1:33.641! The best time from the morning session was a 1:29.216.

Green flag! The rookie test enters its second round. A three-hour session awaits us. Most of the drivers head straight out onto the track!

In the morning, Theophile Nael in the Mahindra finished the three-hour session as the fastest driver! Kush Maini, also in the Mahindra, was second and Nikita Bedrin in the DS Penske third. It can be assumed that the rookies have now gained all the more confidence and feel for the car to become even faster in the afternoon.

Welcome back to the live ticker! In just under five minutes, the rookies will take to the track in Madrid for the afternoon session.