At the Hungaroring, Andrea Pizzitola (Manor Mp Motorsport) took his second victory of the season in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0. After claiming the pole, the Frenchman driver led from start-to-finish to thiumph ahead of wild-card, Charles Leclerc (Fortec Motorsports) who finished on the podium for the second time this year, and Nyck de Vries (Koiranen GP) championship leader. De Vries is now 44 points ahead of Dennis Olsen (Prema Powerteam) who finished ninth today.
Despite the attacks of his rivals, Andrea Pizzitola conserved his pole position advantage at the start. De Vries overtook Hans Villemi (Prema Powerteam) on the start as well.
Bruno Bonifacio (Prema Powerteam) made a comeback from 11th after overtook Dennis Olsen, Matt Parry and Nick Cassidy finally. On the final lap, Jake Hughes, driver of new Strakka Racing Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 team, had crashed at turn 12.
De Vries extends his championship distance to 44 points ahead of Dennis Olsen. Thanks to today’s victory, Andrea Pizzitola is now third in the drivers’ championship.
Results:
Pos. | Car | Driver | Team | Time | |
1 | 10 | Andrea Pizzitola | FRA | Manor MP Motorsport | 16 Laps |
2 | 51 | Charles Leclerc | MON | Fortec Motorsports | + 1,029 |
3 | 19 | Nyck De Vries | NED | Koiranen GP | + 1,182 |
4 | 21 | Hans Villemi | EST | Prema Powerteam | + 7,321 |
5 | 14 | Gustav Malja | SWE | Josef Kaufmann Racing | + 9,178 |
6 | 18 | Ignazio D’Agosto | ITA | Koiranen GP | + 9,878 |
7 | 23 | Alexander Albon | THA | KTR | + 10,838 |
8 | 20 | Bruno Bonifacio | BRA | Prema Powerteam | + 11,605 |
9 | 22 | Dennis Olsen | NOR | Prema Powerteam | + 11,871 |
10 | 17 | Nick Cassidy | NZL | Koiranen GP | + 19,151 |
11 | 3 | Egor Orudzhev | RUS | Tech 1 Racing | + 19,631 |
12 | 7 | Matt Parry | GBR | Fortec Motorsports | + 20,869 |
13 | 15 | Kevin Jörg | SUI | Josef Kaufmann Racing | + 22,381 |
14 | 1 | Anthoine Hubert | FRA | Tech 1 Racing | + 22,994 |
15 | 6 | Callan O’Keeffe | RSA | ART Junior Team | + 24,148 |
16 | 4 | Aurélien Panis | FRA | ART Junior Team | + 25,376 |
17 | 24 | Gregor Ramsay | GBR | KTR | + 26,297 |
18 | 9 | Martin Rump | EST | Fortec Motorsports | + 26,951 |
19 | 61 | Matthew Graham | GBR | Strakka Racing | + 27,933 |
20 | 8 | Jack Aitken | GBR | Fortec Motorsports | + 28,539 |
21 | 11 | Steijn Schothorst | NED | Manor MP Motorsport | + 30,352 |
22 | 44 | Luke Chudleigh | CAN | Tech 1 Racing | + 36,244 |
23 | 2 | Vasily Romanov | RUS | Tech 1 Racing | + 37,077 |
24 | 5 | Levin Amweg | SUI | ART Junior Team | + 37,398 |
25 | 26 | James Allen | AUS | Arta Engineering | + 49,716 |
26 | 16 | Ryan Tveter | USA | Josef Kaufmann Racing | + 100,428 |
DNF | 60 | Jake Hughes | GBR | Strakka Racing | + 2 Laps |