Nyck de Vries took his fifth Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Series victory of the season as Koiranen GP clinched the Teams’ title in Spain.
The Dutchman shadowed pole sitter Dennis Olsen before overtaking the Norwegian driver on the eighth lap, and remained at the front of the field ahead of the Prema Powerteam driver until the end. Jack Aitken completed the podium for Fortec Motorsports.
Aitken and Alexander Albon of KTR managed to jump ahead of Hans Villemi of Prema Powerteam at the start, but Villemi managed to get back into fourth, while Albon ended the race fifth, and had to fight off the challenge of George Russell of Tech 1 Racing at the end, with the two ending 0.085s apart.
Russell’s team-mate Anthoine Hubert finished seventh ahead of Bruno Bonifacio of Prema Powerteam, while Steijn Schothorst of Manor MP Motorsport and Aurelien Panis of ART Junior Team completed the top ten.
A safety car was deployed at the end of the first lap after two incidents saw six drivers retire on the first tour. Koiranen GP wild card entries Stefan Riener and Hong Li Ye collided, while British drivers Matt Parry (Fortec Motorsports), Jake Hughes (Strakka Racing) and Ben Barnicoat (Fortec Motorsports) all came to grief after being unable to avoid the spun Kevin Jorg of Josef Kaufmann Racing.
Jerez Race 1 Result
POS | DRIVER | NAT | TEAM | TIME |
1 | Nyck de Vries | NED | Koiranen GP | 26m50.178s |
2 | Dennis Olsen | NOR | Prema Powerteam | +1.064s |
3 | Jack Aitken | GBR | Fortec Motorsports | +3.162s |
4 | Hans Villemi | EST | Prema Powerteam | +5.588s |
5 | Alexander Albon | THA | KTR | +10.603s |
6 | George Russell | GBR | Tech 1 Racing | +10.688s |
7 | Anthoine Hubert | FRA | Tech 1 Racing | +11.093s |
8 | Bruno Bonifacio | BRZ | Prema Powerteam | +11.669s |
9 | Steijn Schothorst | NED | Manor MP Motorsport | +12.203s |
10 | Aurelien Panis | FRA | ART Junior Team | +13.546s |
11 | Callan O’Keeffe | RSA | KTR | +16.091s |
12 | Egor Orudzhev | RUS | Tech 1 Racing | +16.542s |
13 | Levin Amweg | SWI | ART Junior Team | +20.723s |
14 | Andrea Pizzitola | FRA | Manor MP Motorsport | +21.831s |
15 | Gregor Ramsey | GBR | KTR | +22.522s |
16 | Martin Rump | EST | Fortec Motorsports | +22.911s |
17 | Simon Gachet | FRA | ART Junior Team | +23.963s |
18 | James Allen | AUS | ARTA Engineering | +26.313s |
19 | Thiago Vivacqua | BRZ | JD Motorsport | +27.137s |
20 | Danylo Pronenko | RUS | BVM Racing | +31.828s |
RET | Pietro Fittipaldi | BRZ | Koiranen GP | 11 Laps |
RET | Gustav Malja | SWE | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 2 Laps |
RET | Matt Parry | GBR | Fortec Motorsports | 0 Laps |
RET | Kevin Jorg | SWI | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 0 Laps |
RET | Hong Li Ye | CHN | Koiranen GP | 0 Laps |
RET | Stefan Riener | AUT | Koiranen GP | 0 Laps |
RET | Ben Barnicoat | GBR | Fortec Motorsports | 0 Laps |
RET | Jake Hughes | GBR | Strakka Racing | 0 Laps |