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Will qualifies 16th for Eurocup opener at Motorland Aragon

R-ace GP ART Junior Team driver Will Palmer will line up 16^th for the opening race of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season at Motorland Aragon in Spain, and 11^th for race two.

In a divided qualifying format, which saw the field take to the track in two separate groups, Will posted the eighth fastest time in Group A with a 1m56.504s lap. His second quickest time, which sets the grid for race two, was a 1m56.513s which put him 6^th overall in his group and 12th overall. Max Defourny set the overall fastest time from Group B to claim pole position with that giving precedence to Group B in row order.

As his 15-minutes of qualifying track time got underway, Will took to the track along with 11 other runners and quickly set about warming up his tyres. His first competitive lap was a 1m57.108s which put him provisionally fifth as Lando Norris set the pace for Josef Kaufmann Racing.

The Southwater racer soon improved once more and improved his personal best time to a 1m56.591s, which closed the gap to the provisional pole-sitter to just 0.455s. Times continued to tumble however and Will was shuffled back in the order. The 2015 BRDC Formula 4 Champion regrouped however and improved slightly to a 1m56.513s which put him sixth in his group as time continued to tick down. On his final lap of the session, the BRDC SuperStar shaved one hundredth of a second of his personal best to end with a quickest lap of 1m56.504s, which left him eighth in Group A as the chequered flag flew.

Lando Norris had set the pace in Group A with a 1m55.577s, but Will's R-ace GP ART Junior Max Defourny bested that in Group B with a 1m55.159s to secure pole position for the opening race of the 2016 season.

Race one gets underway in Spain at 12:00 BST with lights out to start race two at 17:35. Another qualifying session takes place tomorrow (Sunday) at 08:00 which sets the order for the third and final race of the weekend, which starts at 11:25.

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 - Motorland Aragon, Spain - Race One Qualifying

1. M Defoury, R-ace GP ART Junior Team, 1m55.159s
2. L Norris, Josef Kaufmann Racing, 1m55.577s
3. D Boccolacci, Tech 1 Racing, 1m55.582s
4. G Aubry, Tech 1 Racing, 1m56.194s
5. J Daruvala, Josef Kaufmann Racing, 1m55.724s
6. H Scott, AVF by Adrian Valles, 1m56.203s
7. Rt Shwartzman, Josef Kaufmann Racing, 1m55.797s
8. N Troitskiy, Fortec Motorsports, 1m56.290s
9. B Baptista, Fortec Motorsports, 1m56.112s
10. A Korneev, JD Motorsport, 1m56.332s
11. H Chaves, AVF by Adrian Valles, 1m56.210s
12. H de Sadeller, Tech 1 Racing, 1m56.452s
13. F Habsburg, Fortec Motorsports, 1m56.212s
14. J Falchero, R-ace GP ART Junior Team, 1m56.475s
15. J Allen, JD Motorsport, 1m56.471s
16. W Palmer, R-ace GP ART Junior Team, 1m56.504s
17. V Romanov, Fortec Motorsports, 1m56.560s
18. N Isaakyan, AVF by Adrian Valles, 1m56.980s
19. S Fenestraz, Tech 1 Racing, 1m56.758s
20. A Perullo, Technorace, 1m57.264s
21. R Pflucker, Cram Motorsport, 1m57.131s
22. D Richert, Cram Motorsport, 1m59.014s
23. D Porcelli, MGR Motorsport, 1m57.988s
24. J Pankiewicz, AVF by Adrian Valles, 1m59.102s

Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 - Motorland Aragon, Spain - Race Two Qualifying

1. M Defourny, R-ace GP ART Junior Team, 1m55.220s
2. L Norris, Josef Kaufmann Racing, 1m55.632s
3. D Boccolacci, Tech 1 Racing, 1m55.632s
4. H Scott, AVF by Adrian Valles, 1m56.253s
5. R Shwartzman, Josef Kaufmann Racing, 1m55.943s
6. G Aubry, Tech 1 Racing, 1m56.346s
7. J Daruvala, Josef Kaufmann Racing, 1m55.957s
8. N Troitskiy, Fortec Motorsports, 1m56.367s
9. B Baptista, Fortec Motorsports, 1m56.297s
10. H de Sadeleer, Tech 1 Racing, 1m56.490s
11. F Habsburg, Fortec Motorsports, 1m56.329s
12. W Palmer, R-ace GP ART Junior Team, 1m56.513s
13. H Chaves, AVF by Adrian Valles, 1m56.505s
14. A Korneev, JD Motorsport, 1m56.690s
15. V Romanov, Fortec Motorsports, 1m56.758s
16. J Falchero, R-ace GP ART Junior Team, 1m56.699s
17. S Fenestraz, Tech 1 Racing, 1m56.843s
18. N Isaakyan, AVF by Adrian Valles, 1m57.013s
19. J Allen, JD Motorsport, 1m56.870s
20. A Perullo, Technorace, 1m57.300s
21. R Pflucker, Cram Motorsport, 1m57.190s
22. J Pankiewicz, AVF by Adrian Valles, 1m59.178s
23. D Porcelli, MGR Motorsport, 1m58.316s
24. D Richert, Cram Motorsport, 1m59.315s

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