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De Vries makes step forward to title

Nyck De Vries achieved this morning the pole that could be his last one this season without having the title in his pocket. The Dutch driver will share row with local driver Aurélien Panis, followed by Orudzhev and D’Agosto. Title rival Dennis Olsen will start from sixteenth position.


Nyck De Vries points directly to his second title this season and his life as a driver after ensuring Formula Renault 2.0 ALPS in Monza three weeks ago. With this morning’s pole position Dutch targets victory in a moment that Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup title is just about him.

That’s as Dennis Olsen, second in championship and only one able to take leading position from De Vries, will start from sixteenth position after a disappointing qualifying session. Olsen will have to cut at least fourteen points to leader if he wants to ensure some possibility to fight for title in Jerez. De Vries has then enough with finishing ahead of the Norwich and winning today’s race would make the work more than done.

Referring to the grid, Panis will be next to De Vries in first row. Local driver shows himself strong this weekend after making yesterday his best race in the whole year. Orudzhev and D’Agosto will follow them in second row.

Second race will start today at 2:00 pm local time.

 

Provisional grid:

Pos. Car Driver Team Laps Time Gap
1 19 Nyck De Vries NED Koiranen GP 4 2:03,040
2 4 Aurélien Panis FRA ART Junior Team 4 2:03,419 + 0,379
3 3 Egor Orudzhev RUS Tech 1 Racing 4 2:03,256 + 0,216
4 18 Ignazio D’Agosto ITA Koiranen GP 5 2:03,675 + 0,635
5 15 Kevin Jörg SUI Josef Kaufmann Racing 5 2:03,505 + 0,465
6 23 Alexander Albon THA KTR 5 2:03,772 + 0,732
7 14 Gustav Malja SWE Josef Kaufmann Racing 5 2:03,639 + 0,599
8 9 Martin Rump EST Fortec Motorsports 5 2:03,848 + 0,808
9 21 Hans Villemi EST Prema Powerteam 7 2:03,779 + 0,739
10 16 Ryan Tveter USA Josef Kaufmann Racing 5 2:03,871 + 0,831
11 11 Steijn Schothorst NED Manor MP Motorsport 6 2:03,953 + 0,913
12 5 Levin Amweg SUI ART Junior Team 5 2:03,911 + 0,871
13 10 Andrea Pizzitola FRA Manor MP Motorsport 6 2:03,962 + 0,922
14 8 Jack Aitken GBR Fortec Motorsports 5 2:03,965 + 0,925
15 20 Bruno Bonifacio BRA Prema Powerteam 7 2:04,205 + 1,165
16 22 Dennis Olsen NOR Prema Powerteam 6 2:04,025 + 0,985
17 24 Gregor Ramsay GBR KTR 5 2:04,433 + 1,393
18 1 Anthoine Hubert FRA Tech 1 Racing 5 2:04,332 + 1,292
19 6 Simon Gachet FRA ART Junior Team 5 2:04,539 + 1,499
20 38 Jules Gounon FRA AVF 6 2:04,402 + 1,362
21 7 Matt Parry GBR Fortec Motorsports 2 2:04,637 + 1,597
22 39 Louis Delètraz SUI AVF 7 2:04,657 + 1,617
23 44 Higo de Sadeleer SUI Tech 1 Racing 7 2:05,034 + 1,994
24 25 Callan O’Keeffe RSA KTR 6 2:04,867 + 1,827
25 48 Philo Armand INA Tech 1 Racing 7 2:05,178 + 2,138
26 17 Hong Li Ye CHN Koiranen GP 5 2:05,360 + 2,320
27 26 James Allen AUS Arta Engineering 7 2:05,416 + 2,376