Enrique Ruiz has opened the weekend in a manner that Porsche Mathershaw will be keen to continue by setting the fastest lap time of free practice by almost two tenths over the nearest car. The two Downtons of van Snelheid and Zetticci joined him in the top three in 2nd and 3rd respectively, while home hero Simon was three tenths away from his teammate and back in 4th place. Further back it was Kangur who put his car 5th fastest ahead of the Lucas of Nathaniel Powers, who with teammate Thunström also looking solid in 8th, will be making a return to Qualifying this weekend after being excluded for the last two rounds. Giodano put in a good effort to go 7th fastest, in a result that will no doubt please the Italian and his team. The Ingrams also had another solid showing today, also getting both cars inside the top 10 with Mattson digging deep on home turf to find some pace in hand over recent race winner Vasquez. Yakumi Takahashi will be looking for redemption in France this year as he went 12th fastest in his Arrow. Oleksandr Zozulya a couple of places back will be happy to be avoiding the potential of a DNQ this race, setting a time approximately one tenth faster than his teammate. Felix Peréz also looked better this weekend in 15th, as did Zientek who set a time that was fast enough for 18th place and looking as though he was really finding a groove. Lopez struggled with only Alvarez making it inside the top 20, and Arrow driver Addison failing even to do that, seemingly unable to trust the rear of the car on medium to high speed turn-in. Further back, Westwood struggled for pace all session - the car looked like a real handful and to be handling like a pig. Westwood will be glad they have something to celebrate as it's unlikely to be a party based on their potential race result. North Star had a difficult session, with Kidd having managed 17th while Halvosen languished in 23rd, just ahead of one of the stars of the season in Xylander who sadly will miss this race. Finally bringing up the rear we have the two Meteors who on this pace will find it extremely tight to qualify for the race on their speed alone. Full results below.
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