Photo: Gruppe C GmbH
HTP Junior Team’s Marvin Dienst passed teammate Janneau Esmeijer off the line to secure a comfortable victory in ADAC F4 race one at the Nurburgring.
This was the German’s second consecutive win and fourth of the season overall, bringing him to the forefront of the title battle.
Esmeijer’s second pole of the season saw him come up short of a win once again as he yielded to Dienst into turn one and saw his teammate disappear into the distance.
Behind them, championship leader Joel Eriksson moved up to fourth at the start and passed Mucke’s Lando Norris for the final podium spot on lap three, only for the Brit to take it back with a turn-one overtake a few laps later.
Norris then closed in on Esmeijer, but never mounted a serious challenge, settling for a third podium in four ADAC F4 starts.
Eriksson, meanwhile, held off Mucke’s David Beckmann for fourth, while Robert Shwartzman beat Ralf Aron to sixth place.
Championship frontrunner Joseph Mawson was in recovery mode after a tough qualifying and ended up taking ninth off teammate Mick Schumacher on the final lap.
Tim Zimmermann claimed tenth and reverse-grid pole for race three.
Race results
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time/Gap |
| 1 | Marvin Dienst | HTP Junior Team | 21 laps in 30:58.267 |
| 2 | Janneau Esmeijer | HTP Junior Team | +2.856 |
| 3 | Lando Norris | Mucke Motorsport | +5.031 |
| 4 | Joel Eriksson | Motopark | +10.869 |
| 5 | David Beckmann | Mucke Motorsport | +11.286 |
| 6 | Robert Schwartzman | Mucke Motorsport | +11.763 |
| 7 | Ralf Aron | Prema Powerteam | +12.963 |
| 8 | Joseph Mawson | Van Amersfoort Racing | +15.296 |
| 9 | Mick Schumacher | Van Amersfoort Racing | +16.027 |
| 10 | Tim Zimmermann | Neuhauser Racing | +26.227 |
| 11 | Jonathan Cecotto | Motopark | +27.450 |
| 12 | Kami Laliberte | Van Amersfoort Racing | +32.225 |
| 13 | Giuliano Raucci | Prema Powerteam | +32.245 |
| 14 | Michael Waldherr | Motopark | +32.315 |
| 15 | Job van Uitert | Provily Racing | +33.270 |
| 16 | Benjamin Mazatis | Mucke Motorsport | +33.848 |
| 17 | Kim-Luis Schramm | Neuhauser Racing | +34.555 |
| 18 | Jannes Fittje | Motopark | +35.125 |
| 19 | Jason Kremer | Team Timo Scheider | +35.896 |
| 20 | Moritz Muller-Crepon | Jenzer Motorsport | +44.676 |
| 21 | Nico Rindlisbacher | Jenzer Motorsport | +45.093 |
| 22 | Cedric Piro | Piro Sports | +45.577 |
| 23 | Jan Jonck | RS Competition | +48.962 |
| 24 | Mauro Auricchio | Team Timo Scheider | +53.914 |
| 25 | Robin Brezina | Privateer | +54.539 |
| 26 | Giorgio Maggi | SMG Swiss Motorsport Group | +55.665 |
| 27 | Luca Engstler | Engstler Motorsport | +58.133 |
| 28 | Carrie Schreiner | HTP Junior Team | +1:06.734 |
| 29 | Marylin Niederhauser | Race Performance | +1:07.899 |
| 30 | Mike David Ortmann | Mucke Motorsport | +1:18.695 |
| 31 | Michelle Halder | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | +1:24.111 |
| 32 | Toni Wolff | Piro Sports | +1 lap |
| 33 | Marek Bockmann | Jenzer Motorsport | +3 laps |
| Not classified | |||
| Harrison Newey | Van Amersfoort Racing | +18 laps | |