Photo: FIA Formula 3 European Championship / Thomas Suer
Ferrari protege Raffaele Marciello had little trouble winning the first race of the Nurburgring round of European F3 as he led every lap from pole position, never coming under much pressure.
Marciello made a good launch off the grid, managing to prevent Brit Alexander Sims from attempting an overtake. From that point on, the Italian simply had the pace on the rest of the field and started pulling away, eventually taking his advantage to 6s at the checkered flag.
Sims picked up T-Sport’s first podium of the year in second place, with Felix Rosenqvist keeping Jordan King at bay to take third. Lucas Auer found himself behind Pipo Derani for fifth on the first lap, but soon was back ahead, finishing in position, with the Brazilian right behind him in sixth.
Michael Lewis bagged his best finish of the year in seventh, finishing ahead of Felix Serralles, guest driver Daniil Kvyat and local hero Sven Muller. Harry Tincknell picked up the final point.
Race results
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Time/Gap |
| 1 | Raffaele Marciello | Prema Powerteam | 25 laps in 34:39.637 |
| 2 | Alexander Sims | ThreeBond/T-Sport | +6.147 |
| 3 | Felix Rosenqvist | Mucke Motorsport | +7.604 |
| 4 | Jordan King | Carlin | +7.981 |
| 5 | Lucas Auer | Prema Powerteam | +14.591 |
| 6 | Pipo Derani | Fortec | +14.920 |
| 7 | Michael Lewis | Mucke Motorsport | +15.766 |
| 8 | Felix Serralles | Fortec | +25.156 |
| 9 | Daniil Kvyat | Carlin | +25.633 |
| 10 | Sven Muller | ma-con | +27.379 |
| 11 | Harry Tincknell | Carlin | +28.202 |
| 12 | Mitchell Gilbert | Mucke Motorsport | +29.448 |
| 13 | Tom Blomqvist | EuroInternational | +30.465 |
| 14 | Alex Lynn | Prema Powerteam | +31.200 |
| 15 | Jann Mardenborough | Carlin | +33.067 |
| 16 | Eddie Cheever | Prema Powerteam | +34.944 |
| 17 | Roy Nissany | Mucke Motorsport | +36.519 |
| 18 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Double R Racing | +37.516 |
| 19 | Nicholas Latifi | Carlin | +39.530 |
| 20 | Sean Gelael | Double R Racing | +48.937 |
| 21 | Spike Goddard | ThreeBond/T-Sport | +49.377 |
| 22 | Tatiana Calderon | Double R Racing | +53.699 |
| 23 | Dennis van de Laar | Van Amersfoort | +59.496 |
| 24 | Sandro Zeller | Jo Zeller Racing | +1:05.442 |
| 25 | Andre Rudersdorf | ma-con | +1 lap |
| Not classified | |||
| DSQ | Lucas Wolf | +12 laps | |
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