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Malja and Barnicoat on pole for Hockenheim NEC races

by Gruz David
Gustav Malja

Photo: Formula Renault 2.0 NEC

18-year-old Gustav Malja and 17-year-old Ben Barnicoat will start the first and second Formula Renault NEC races of the weekend from pole position at Hockenheim.

The first twenty minutes, which determined the starting order for the Saturday race saw Josef Kaufmann’s Malja narrowly edging Caterham junior Seb Morris out for first place.

Karting graduate Barnicoat will start third, alongside race winner Louis Deletraz. ART Junior duo Levin Amweg and Callan O’Keeffe secured fifth and sixth, being separated by only 0.001s.

Reigning BRDC F4 champion Jake Hughes went seventh fastest, while the top ten was completed by Croatian Martin Kodric, British Raoul Owens and French Aurelien Panis.

The second qualifying was another close one as the top two of Barnicoat and Steijn Schothorst were only separated by 0.06s.

The second and third rows will be filled by Amweg, Morris, Deletraz and O’Keeffe, while Hughes recorded another seventh position.

Austrian Stefan Riener and Mexican Jorge Cevallos will start eighth and ninth respectively, while Malja had to settle with tenth this time.

Results
Qualifying 1 Qualifying 2
Pos Driver Team Pos Driver Team
1 Gustav Malja Josef Kaufmann Racing 1 Ben Barnicoat Fortec Motorsports
2 Seb Morris Fortec Motorsports 2 Steijn Schothorst Manor MP Motorsport
3 Ben Barnicoat Fortec Motorsports 3 Levin Amweg ART Junior Team
4 Louis Deletraz Josef Kaufmann Racing 4 Seb Morris Fortec Motorsports
5 Levin Amweg ART Junior Team 5 Louis Deletraz Josef Kaufmann Racing
6 Callan O’Keeffe ART Junior Team 6 Callan O’Keeffe ART Junior Team
7 Jake Hughes Mark Burdett Motorsport 7 Jake Hughes Mark Burdett Motorsport
8 Martin Kodric Fortec Motorsports 8 Stefan Riener MGR Motorsport
9 Raoul Owens Mark Burdett Motorsport 9 Jorge Cevallos Fortec Motorsports
10 Aurelien Panis ART Junior Team 10 Gustav Malja Josef Kaufmann Racing
11 Roy Geerts AVF 11 Aurelien Panis ART Junior Team
12 Jorge Cevallos Fortec Motorsports 12 Martin Kodric Fortec Motorsports
13 Steijn Schothorst Manor MP Motorsport 13 Matthew Graham AVF
14 Ryan Tveter Josef Kaufmann Racing 14 Ryan Tveter Josef Kaufmann Racing
15 Matthew Graham AVF 15 Raoul Owens Mark Burdett Motorsport
16 Ukyo Sasahara Euronova 16 Julio Moreno Manor MP Motorsport
17 Stefan Riener MGR Motorsport 17 Roy Geerts AVF
18 Robin Hansson Fragus BR Motorsport 18 Josef Zaruba AVF
19 Josef Zaruba AVF 19 Ukyo Sasahara Euronova
20 Philippe Morin Manor MP Motorsport 20 Philippe Morin Manor MP Motorsport
21 Julio Moreno Manor MP Motorsport 21 Leopold Ringbom PositiOne Motorsport
22 Leopold Ringbom PositiOne Motorsport 22 Robin Hansson Fragus BR Motorsport
23 Harri Salminen PositiOne Motorsport 23 Harri Salminen PositiOne Motorsport
24 Robert Siska Inter Europol 24 Robert Siska Inter Europol
25 Salvatore Deplano Euronova 25 Salvatore Deplano Euronova