Tio Ellinas led Strakka Racing team-mate Gustav Malja to a 1-2 finish at the Nurburgring despite changeable weather and an early trip to the pits for a new nosecone following a clash with Oliver Rowland.
Ben Barnicoat and Martin Kodric will form an all-Fortec Motorsports front row for race two at the Nurburgring, while the four main championship contenders will start 5-6-7-8.
Racing Steps Foundation-backed Oliver Rowland continued his strong weekend at the Nurburgring, taking his second pole of the weekend ahead of Pietro Fantin and Roy Nissany.
Jack Aitken withstood the pressure of Ukyo Sasahara to take victory in race one at the Nurburgring, while six points now cover the top four in the championship.
Oliver Rowland took a dominant victory in race one at the Nurburgring, remaining untroubled throughout despite the mid-race intervention of the safety car.
Jack Aitken topped Group B in qualifying at the Nurburgring but could not beat Louis Deletraz’s Group A topping time, meaning the current Eurocup championship leader took pole position for race one.
Oliver Rowland took his fourth pole position of the season for race one of the Nurburgring weekend of the Formula Renault 3.5 Series season.
Ukyo Sasahara led the way during the collective test sessions at the Nurburgring on Friday ahead of Eurocup leader Louis Deletraz.
Oliver Rowland set the pace during the collective tests at the Nurburgring on Friday ahead of this weekend’s seventh round of the season in Germany.
Roberto Merhi will be replaced by Rene Binder at Pons Racing this weekend at the Nurburgring after the Spaniard called an end of his Formula Renault 3.5 Series season to concentrate on F1.
Yu Kanamaru will make his Formula Renault 3.5 Series debut this weekend at the Nurburgring for Pons Racing, but doubts are surfacing about the World Series by Renault future of Roberto Merhi.
Tom Dillmann spoke to TCF at Silverstone, and revealed he is set to leave the Formula 1 feeder series’ alone next year to try and get a professional ride elsewhere.
Nick Yelloly spoke to TCF at the end of the World Series by Renault event at Silverstone, and revealed he is still hoping for more runs with Force India, particularly during the 2016 tyre tests.
Pietro Fantin spoke to TCF after his first 2015 podium of the season at Silverstone, and insisted the top three is where he and his team belong.
Gustav Malja revealed to TCF that he is focused on getting the best performance out of the car each weekend to see how far it takes him up the running order.
Nyck de Vries admitted to TCF that its special to run with the colours of McLaren in Formula Renault 3.5 but admits his future is up in the air following Renault’s decision to withdraw its support of the series at the end of the season.
Anthoine Hubert took his maiden Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Series victory at Silverstone ahead of Kevin Jorg and Ukyo Sasahara.
