| By Peter Mills | Tuesday, March 31st 2015, 19:27 GMT |
Matthieu Vaxiviere remained in command at Aragon as the final pre-season Formula Renault 3.5 test concluded on Tuesday with a day reserved for running the series' low-downforce set-up.
The Lotus protege recorded his fastest time of 1m40.662s during the morning session, to extend his run of quickest times to a third consecutive session after dominating Monday.
Dean Stoneman broke the Charouz-run driver's stranglehold on proceedings by setting the quickest time in a windy, and generally slower, afternoon session for reigning champion team DAMS. The Briton's time of 1m42.273s edged out Vaxiviere by 0.201 seconds.
"For sure it would have been good to continue my streak, but I was out of new tyres for the last session," said Vaxiviere, who was heighth in last year's FR3.5 standings. "To put in such a good time in the afternoon is all the same excellent.
"We've done a good job with the car, and everything went well this morning. Beyond that, testing remains relative, we now have to see how it goes in the races."
Tio Ellinas ended the day second overall for Strakka. The Cypriot, who set the pace at Jerez earlier this month, finished 0.421s in arrears of Vaxiviere.
Fortec's Oliver Rowland was third throughout the day and, despite brake gremlins and a preference for the higher downforce set-up, was satisfied with his pre-season preparations.
Series returnee Beitske Visser temporarily set the second fastest time in the afternoon, before her AVF machine was found to be underweight.
However, Visser produced a competitive showing to take a confirmed fourth, ahead of Rowland's Fortec team-mate Jazeman Jaafar and Stoneman.
Former GP3 title challenger Facu Regalia returned to action at Zeta Corse. The Argentinean had sat out the opening day of testing at Aragon, where his place was taken by the team's 2014 driver Roman Mavlanov.
Carlin was reduced to a single car for Tom Dillmann, owing to exam commitments in London for the team's second driver Sean Gelael.
Manor Formula 1 driver Roberto Merhi was only 18th and 12th but remained upbeat, having conserved several sets of tyres.
"We weren't aiming for laptimes and working in that direction today," said Merhi.
"We used half the new tyres available compared to the other teams and we have clear development plan for the season.
"We have to see whether it will pay off. Last year, I was also running at the back in testing, but fought for the title at the end of the year."
In the afternoon, several teams opted to forsake all-out attempts at flying laps in order to practice pitstops, including Lotus driver Meindert van Buuren and Draco's Bruno Bonafacio.
MORNING TIMES:
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthieu Vaxiviere | Lotus | 1m40.662s | - | 29 |
| 2 | Tio Ellinas | Strakka Racing | 1m41.083s | 0.421s | 39 |
| 3 | Oliver Rowland | Fortec Motorsports | 1m41.126s | 0.464s | 29 |
| 4 | Beitske Visser | AVF | 1m41.245s | 0.583s | 21 |
| 5 | Jazeman Jaafar | Fortec Motorsports | 1m41.254s | 0.592s | 32 |
| 6 | Dean Stoneman | DAMS | 1m41.418s | 0.756s | 41 |
| 7 | Tom Dillmann | Jagonya Ayam with Carlin | 1m41.479s | 0.817s | 41 |
| 8 | Meindert van Buuren | Lotus | 1m41.505s | 0.843s | 32 |
| 9 | Gustav Malja | Strakka Racing | 1m41.559s | 0.897s | 35 |
| 10 | Pietro Fantin | International Draco Racing | 1m41.694s | 1.032s | 41 |
| 11 | Nyck De Vries | DAMS | 1m41.723s | 1.061s | 31 |
| 12 | Egor Orudzhev | Arden Motorsport | 1m41.870s | 1.208s | 48 |
| 13 | Philo Paz Armand | Pons Racing | 1m42.395s | 1.733s | 39 |
| 14 | Nicholas Latifi | Arden Motorsport | 1m42.544s | 1.882s | 44 |
| 15 | Bruno Bonifacio | International Draco Racing | 1m42.676s | 2.014s | 44 |
| 16 | Alfonso Celis | AVF | 1m42.766s | 2.104s | 33 |
| 17 | Roy Nissany | Tech 1 Racing | 1m42.830s | 2.168s | 39 |
| 18 | Roberto Merhi | Pons Racing | 1m42.939s | 2.277s | 28 |
| 19 | Facu Regalia | Zeta Corse | 1m42.956s | 2.294s | 35 |
| 20 | Aurelien Panis | Tech 1 Racing | 1m43.439s | 2.777s | 46 |
AFTERNOON TIMES:
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dean Stoneman | DAMS | 1m41.273s | - | 18 |
| 2 | Matthieu Vaxiviere | Lotus | 1m41.474s | 0.201s | 34 |
| 3 | Oliver Rowland | Fortec Motorsports | 1m41.478s | 0.205s | 33 |
| 4 | Jazeman Jaafar | Fortec Motorsports | 1m41.521s | 0.248s | 37 |
| 5 | Nyck De Vries | DAMS | 1m41.534s | 0.261s | 28 |
| 6 | Tom Dillmann | Jagonya Ayam with Carlin | 1m41.803s | 0.530s | 35 |
| 7 | Nicholas Latifi | Arden Motorsport | 1m41.809s | 0.536s | 27 |
| 8 | Pietro Fantin | International Draco Racing | 1m41.912s | 0.639s | 28 |
| 9 | Facu Regalia | Zeta Corse | 1m41.996s | 0.723s | 39 |
| 10 | Egor Orudzhev | Arden Motorsport | 1m42.028s | 0.755s | 40 |
| 11 | Gustav Malja | Strakka Racing | 1m42.143s | 0.870s | 23 |
| 12 | Roberto Merhi | Pons Racing | 1m42.151s | 0.878s | 29 |
| 13 | Beitske Visser | AVF | 1m42.196s | 0.923s | 39 |
| 14 | Tio Ellinas | Strakka Racing | 1m42.256s | 0.983s | 25 |
| 15 | Meindert van Buuren | Lotus | 1m42.326s | 1.053s | 27 |
| 16 | Alfonso Celis | AVF | 1m42.452s | 1.179s | 34 |
| 17 | Bruno Bonifacio | International Draco Racing | 1m42.479s | 1.206s | 31 |
| 18 | Roy Nissany | Tech 1 Racing | 1m42.491s | 1.218s | 42 |
| 19 | Aurelien Panis | Tech 1 Racing | 1m42.840s | 1.567s | 41 |
| 20 | Philo Paz Armand | Pons Racing | 1m42.898s | 1.625s | 29 |
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