Photo: Chris Schotanus
Aurelien Panis emerged victorious in the third race of the Hockenheim weekend in Formula Renault 2.0 NEC.
Panis started from pole thanks to the reverse grid system based on race one results, and took advantage of drivers battling for positions behind him, which cost them valuable time.
After an eventful first two laps, which saw four drivers retiring, Levin Amweg and Callan O’Keeffe ended up in second and third. Later on these drivers traded positions to complete an ART Junior Team lock-out on the podium.
Winner of race one, Gustav Malja and Japanese driver Ukyo Sasahara secured fourth and fifth respectively, while Ben Barnicoat defended well on the last couple of laps to keep sixth from Steijn Schothorst and Louis Deletraz.
Starting from 21st, Seb Morris?showed an impressive performance?to fight his way up to ninth with Jake Hughes completing the top ten.
Race results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time/Gap |
| 1 | Aurelien Panis | ART Junior Team | 15 laps in 25:04.487 |
| 2 | Callan O’Keeffe | ART Junior Team | +1.977 |
| 3 | Levin Amweg | ART Junior Team | +4.477 |
| 4 | Gustav Malja | Josef Kaufmann Racing | +10.099 |
| 5 | Ukyo Sasahara | Euronova | +16.571 |
| 6 | Ben Barnicoat | Fortec Motorsports | +19.712 |
| 7 | Steijn Schothorst | Manor MP Motorsport | +20.254 |
| 8 | Louis Deletraz | Josef Kaufmann Racing | +20.799 |
| 9 | Seb Morris | Fortec Motorsports | +22.240 |
| 10 | Jake Hughes | Mark Burdett Motorsport | +22.914 |
| 11 | Ryan Tveter | Josef Kaufmann Racing | +25.715 |
| 12 | Raoul Owens | Mark Burdett Motorsport | +26.175 |
| 13 | Robin Hansson | Fragus BR Motorsport | +32.227 |
| 14 | Leopold Ringbom | PositiOne Motorsport | +33.414 |
| 15 | Jorge Cevallos | Fortec Motorsports | +41.725 |
| 16 | Julio Moreno | Manor MP Motorsport | +46.382 |
| 17 | Philippe Morin | Manor MP Motorsport | +48.362 |
| 18 | Robert Siska | Inter Europol | +1:17.145 |
| 19 | Matthew Graham | AVF | +1:27.305 |
| 20 | Salvatore Deplano | Euronova | +1 lap |
| Not classified | |||
| Harri Salminen | PositiOne Motorsport | +9 laps | |
| Stefan Riener | MGR Motorsport | +14 laps | |
| Martin Kodric | Fortec Motorsports | +14 laps | |
| Josef Zaruba | AVF | +15 laps | |
| Roy Geerts | AVF | +15 laps | |