Photo: Chris Schotanus
Gustav Malja celebrates his maiden Formula Renault 2.0 victory after a faultless performance in the first NEC race at the Hockenheim.
Starting from the first position, the Swede kept his lead and was not challenged by anyone during the race.
It was a difficult race for Seb Morris, who joined Malja on the front row but suffered a damaged front wing, which forced him to visit the pits after lap one.
As a result, his teammate Ben Barnicoat took second to record?his first podium in Formula Renault NEC. The podium was completed by Levin Amweg, who made a late move on fellow Swiss driver Louis Deletraz.
ART duo Callan O’Keeffe and Aurelien Panis finished fifth and sixth respectively, followed by BRDC F4 champion?Jake Hughes.
The top ten was rounded out by Euronova’s Ukyo Sasahara, Manor’s Steijn Schothorst and MGR’s Stefan Riener.
Race results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time/Gap |
| 1 | Gustav Malja | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 16 laps in 26:36.036 |
| 2 | Ben Barnicoat | Fortec Motorsports | +1.552 |
| 3 | Levin Amweg | ART Junior Team | +1.922 |
| 4 | Louis Deletraz | Josef Kaufmann Racing | +4.108 |
| 5 | Callan O’Keeffe | ART Junior Team | +5.137 |
| 6 | Aurelien Panis | ART Junior Team | +12.614 |
| 7 | Jake Hughes | Mark Burdett Motorsport | +16.457 |
| 8 | Ukyo Sasahara | Euronova | +22.378 |
| 9 | Steijn Schothorst | Manor MP Motorsport | +22.640 |
| 10 | Stefan Riener | MGR Motorsport | +28.637 |
| 11 | Martin Kodric | Fortec Motorsports | +29.346 |
| 12 | Ryan Tveter | Josef Kaufmann Racing | +35.175 |
| 13 | Josef Zaruba | AVF | +40.185 |
| 14 | Roy Geerts | AVF | +41.341 |
| 15 | Robin Hansson | Fragus BR Motorsport | +41.555 |
| 16 | Philippe Morin | Manor MP Motorsport | +42.300 |
| 17 | Jorge Cevallos | Fortec Motorsports | +51.344 |
| 18 | Robert Siska | Inter Europol | +1:35.569 |
| 19 | Salvatore Deplano | Euronova | +1:45.342 |
| 20 | Julio Moreno | Manor MP Motorsport | +1 lap |
| 21 | Seb Morris | Fortec Motorsports | +1 lap |
| 22 | Harri Salminen | PositiOne Motorsport | +1 lap |
| Not classified | |||
| Raoul Owens | Mark Burdett Motorsport | +13 laps | |
| Matthew Graham | AVF | +16 laps | |
| Leopold Ringbom | PositiOne Motorsport | +16 laps | |