Photo: Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
Race winners in the previous round – ART Junior’s Levin Amweg and Fortec’s Seb Morris – ended the two respective practice sessions of Formula Renault NEC on top at Hockenheim.
The morning practice saw 19-year-old Amweg take the first spot, edging championship leader Steijn Schothorst and Swedish youngster Gustav Malja by a tenth.
The fourth position was taken by Czech racer Josef Zaruba, closely followed by Louis Deletraz and Caterham junior Morris. Karting graduate Ben Barnicoat ended up as the best car rookie, while Robin Hansson, Ukyo Sasahara and Jake Hughes completed the top ten.
In the second outing, it was Morris who set the overall fastest time of the day. Schothorst was once again second with Barnicoat close behind third.
Amweg ended up in fourth, beating Raoul Owens and Deletraz by only a couple of hundredths. Formula Renault 1.6 NEC champion Roy Geerts was in eighth, followed by Fortec’s Martin Kodric and Josef Kaufmann’s Malja.
Session results
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Session 1 | Session 2 |
| 1 | Seb Morris | Fortec Motorsports | 1:39.741 | 1:38.419 |
| 2 | Steijn Schothorst | Manor MP Motorsport | 1:39.524 | 1:38.571 |
| 3 | Ben Barnicoat | Fortec Motorsports | 1:39.909 | 1:38.608 |
| 4 | Levin Amweg | ART Junior Team | 1:39.423 | 1:39.104 |
| 5 | Raoul Owens | Mark Burdett Motorsport | 1:40.423 | 1:39.121 |
| 6 | Louis Deletraz | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 1:39.726 | 1:39.147 |
| 7 | Jake Hughes | Mark Burdett Motorsport | 1:40.342 | 1:39.250 |
| 8 | Roy Geerts | AVF | 1:40.359 | 1:39.333 |
| 9 | Martin Kodric | Fortec Motorsports | 1:42.116 | 1:39.530 |
| 10 | Gustav Malja | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 1.39.564 | 1:39.581 |
| 11 | Ryan Tveter | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 1:40.952 | 1:39.656 |
| 12 | Josef Zaruba | AVF | 1:39.722 | 1:39.823 |
| 13 | Jorge Cevallos | Fortec Motorsports | 1:40.592 | 1:39.758 |
| 14 | Matthew Graham | AVF | 1:40.602 | 1:39.873 |
| 15 | Callan O’Keeffe | ART Junior Team | 1:40.498 | 1:39.885 |
| 16 | Julio Moreno | Manor MP Motorsport | 1:41.211 | 1:39.918 |
| 17 | Aurelien Panis | ART Junior Team | 1:40.344 | 1:39.979 |
| 18 | Robin Hansson | Fragus BR Motorsport | 1:40.178 | 1:40.477 |
| 19 | Ukyo Sasahara | Euronova | 1:40.333 | 1:41.461 |
| 20 | Philippe Morin | Manor MP Motorsport | 1:41.286 | 1:40.547 |
| 21 | Stefan Riener | MGR Motorsport | 1:41.050 | 1:40.677 |
| 22 | Leopold Ringbom | PositiOne Motorsport | 1:41.746 | 1:41.291 |
| 23 | Robert Siska | Inter Europol | 1:45.402 | 1:44.822 |
| 24 | Harri Salminen | PositiOne Motorsport | 1:45.229 | 1:45.774 |
| 25 | Salvatore Deplano | Euronova | No Time | 1:47.959 |
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