Kanamaru and Orudzhev lead on Day 1 of Jerez test

Kanamaru's morning lap kept him at the top of the combined timesheets for the rest of the day, with Orudzhev coming up just 0.016s short in the afternoon.

The Japanese driver had taken over at the top of the timesheets in the dying minutes of the first session, deposing Eurocup champion Jack Aitken.

Aitken himself had dethroned Matthieu Vaxiviere shortly before, the Formula Renault 3.5 2015 frontrunner testing for newcomer squad Spirit of Race.

Strakka duo Jake Hughes and Gustav Malja completed the morning's top five, the former a teammate of Aitken's in Formula Renault 2.0.

Orudzhev, who ended the first half of the day in 10th, stormed to the top of the afternoon run with an hour remaining.

And despite numerous drivers improving later on, his time stood, while Hughes, Vaxiviere, Aitken and GP3 ace Marvin Kirchhofer made up the rest of the top five, despite the German stopping on track in the final hour.

Pos.	Driver	Team	Session 1	Session 2
1	Yu Kanamaru	Pons	1'28.067	1'28.668
2	Egor Orudzhev	Arden	1'29.817	1'28.083
3	Jake Hughes	Strakka	1'28.909	1'28.226
4	Matthieu Vaxiviere	Spirit of Race	1'28.791	1'28.300
5	Jack Aitken	Fortec	1'28.588	1'28.438
6	Marvin Kirchhofer	AVF	1'30.314	1'28.440
7	Gustav Malja	Strakka	1'28.955	1'28.872
8	Louis Deletraz	Fortec	1'29.092	1'28.952
9	George Russell	Tech 1	1'30.252	1'29.088
10	Matevos Isaakyan	Pons	1'29.194	1'29.762
11	Alfonso Celis	AVF	1'29.419	1'29.561
12	Richard Gonda	Lotus	1'30.684	1'29.589
13	Nikita Zlobin	Carlin	1'29.740	1'30.022
14	Aurelien Panis	Tech 1	1'30.062	1'29.932
15	Jehan Daruvala	Comtec	1'30.784	1'29.988
16	Kevin Jorg	Arden	1'31.159	1'30.676
17	Vladimir Atoev	Carlin	1'31.792	1'30.933
18	Mahaveer Raghunathan	Comtec	1'35.191	1'32.787