MOTORLAND ARAGÓN – Max Defourny (R-ACE GP ART Junior Team) has kept the Pole that he got since this morning and has won the first race of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. Norris and Daruvala have got the two following places to complete the podium.


 

He did it. The circuit of Motorland Aragón is good for Max Defourny (R-ACE GP ART Junior Team) who, since Friday, is standing out at everything he has had the chance. Arriving to and departing from turn 1 on P1, the Belgian just gave three laps of opportunity to Norris (Josef Kaufmann Racing), from which he left more than a second away to get on the top of the podium.

The most part of drivers started new tires. The race was taken under hot conditions, warmer than this morning, and attrition is higher. After a calm start, the first race of the season in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 was going on.

The leaders, Defourny and Norris, escaped from Boccolacci (Tech 1 Racing), who had Daruvala (Josef Kaumann Racing) back after the Indian overtook Aubry (Tech 1 Racing) at the beginning.

The big incident came on lap 4, when Perullo (Technorace) and De Sadeleer (Tech 1 Racing) crashed in turn 14. The Italian’s crash was hard, after he took-ahead Pflucker (CRAM Motorsport), who was able to continue. The Italian was able to leave the track out his own feet, but the feelings he had led him to the ambulance, while the stewards were investigating the incident and the posible consequences for Pflucker.

Althoug yellow flag was out there was no safety car and the race was going on. As TOP10 drivers were separated by big distances, battles were behind. Palmer (R-ACE Junior Team ART GP) was pushing Romanov (Fortec Motorsports) and touched him while blocking brakes, incident that caused a warning from race directon. Without any more incidents, the overtake was made in the last laps of the race.

At the end, Boccolacci, who was third since the race the started, made a mistake in turn 16 and went off track losing positions until twelfth, out of the points. Aubry stopped at the same turn and had left the car.

For the second race of this afternoon it is remaining to see what will the stewards do with the investigation over Fenestraz (Tech 1 Racing), who had to come back to box in second lap after a touch, and the incident with Pflucker.

 

Results:

Pos. Car Driver Team Gap Int
1 33 Max DEFOURNY BEL R-ACE GP ART Junior Team After 14 Laps
2 2 Lando NORRIS (R) GBR Josef Kaufmann Racing + 1,847 + 1,847
3 1 Jehan DARUVALA IND Josef Kaufmann Racing + 7,349 + 5,502
4 22 Harrison SCOTT GBR AVF by Adrian Vallès + 7,724 + 0,375
5 3 Robert SHWARTZMAN (R) RUS Josef Kaufmann Racing + 12,632 + 4,908
6 6 Bruno BAPTISTA BRA FORTEC Motorsports + 16,519 + 3,887
7 21 Henrique CHAVES POR AVF by Adrian Vallès + 18,894 + 2,375
8 7 Nikita TROITSKIY (R) RUS FORTEC Motorsports + 20,268 + 1,374
9 17 Alexey KORNEEV (R) RUS J.D. Motorsport SRL + 21,494 + 1,226
10 62 Ferdinand HABSBURG AUT FORTEC Motorsports + 22,297 + 0,803
11 9 Dorian BOCCOLACCI FRA Tech 1 Racing + 24,056 + 1,759
12 23 Nerses ISAAKYAN (R) RUS AVF by Adrian Vallès + 27,159 + 3,103
13 14 Will PALMER (R) GBR R-ACE GP ART Junior Team + 27,479 + 0,320
14 5 Vasily ROMANOV RUS FORTEC Motorsports + 27,687 + 0,208
15 16 Julien FALCHERO (R) FRA R-ACE GP ART Junior Team + 27,951 + 0,264
16 30 Rodrigo PFULCKER (R) PER CRAM Motorsport + 29,179 + 1,228
17 18 James ALLEN AUS J.D. Motorsport SRL + 31,379 + 2,200
18 38 David PROCELLI (R) USA MGR Motorsport + 41,685 + 10,306
19 42 Julia PANKIEWICZ (R) POL AVF by Adrian Vallès + 50,361 + 8,676
20 31 David RICHERT CAN CRAM Motorsport + 50,964 + 0,603
21 12 Gabriel AUBRY (R) FRA Tech 1 Racing + 5 Laps
22 10 Hugo DE SADELEER SUI Tech 1 Racing + 12 Laps
23 35 Alex PERULLO (R) ITA Technorace + 12 Laps
24 11 Sacha FENESTRAZ (R) FRA Tech 1 Racing + 12 Laps