Two safety car periods didn’t prevent Sacha Fenestraz (Josef Kaufmann Racing) from winning the second FR 2.0 race at Red Bull Ring. With this victory Sacha extends his Eurocup lead to 27 points. His championship rival Robert Shwartzman (R-ace GP) finished this race at P8 while Will Palmer (R-ace GP) took P2 after passing Gabriel Aubry (Tech 1 Racing).

Fenestraz started from pole position after showing the exact same time with Aubry in qualifying – 1:28.429. Aubry struggled to keep Max Defourny (R-ace GP) behind as Palmer overtook both of these drivers.

Two safety cars didn’t change anything about the lead – Josef Kaufmann Racing driver had not given any chances to attack. Palmer and Aubry finished in P2 and P3 while Max Fewtrell became the best rookie for the second time this weekend ahead Daniel Ticktum (Arden Motorsport).

Thomas Randle (AVF by Adrian Valles) finished 6^th ahead of Yifei Ye. Max Defourny, Robert Shwartzman and Henrique Chaves (AVF by Adrian Valles) completed the top 10.

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Sacha Fenestraz (Josef Kaufmann Racing): “It was not an easy race! The car was fantastic today and I want to thank the team. It is a shame the safety car periods obliged me to rebuild my lead twice, but I got good restarts. It has been an excellent weekend. My goal was to take the lead in the general classification before going on vacation, and I did it. I am already looking forward to Circuit Paul Ricard to keep this momentum going!”

Will Palmer (R-ace GP): “I had a difficult race yesterday when I got caught up in the incident between Daniel Ticktum and Robert Shwartzman at turn one. After a race out of the points, it was good to bounce back with a podium and a lot of points. It was a little chaotic on lap one between Gabriel Aubry and Max Defourny. When they both went straight off at turn three, I dove to the inside to get ahead of them at the exit. Sacha was already far ahead, but this second place is satisfying. We will come back stronger at Le Castellet, if we believe in the performance we showed there during the pre-season tests!”

Gabriel Aubry (Tech 1 Racing): “Qualifying yesterday showed that we are back in the hunt with the best time in my group, which was exactly the same as Sacha’s! Today’s race seemed long to me, because I had to do a lot of defending. The battles with the two Max’s were intense, but it was good to be able to hold on to my place on the podium. This is a good result before going on vacation.”

Max Fewtrell (Tech 1 Racing): “I am really pleased with my race. Contrary to the first qualifying session, I wasn’t able to perfectly negotiate the second sector in yesterday morning’ session and the tenth of a second I was missing made all the difference. I wasn’t expecting very much in starting eighth, nothing more than fifth, but I made some nice overtaking moves before attacking Gabriel. After three bad weekends, I really hope I can keep the momentum going for the rest of the season.”

Before vacation … F1!

Before heading off on holiday, Sacha Fenestraz, Robert Shwartzman, Will Palmer, Gabriel Aubry, Max Fewtrell and Yifei Ye will meet up in Budapest on July 27 and 28. They will be invited by Renault Sport Racing to spend two days in the F1 paddock during the Hungarian Grand Prix to discover what goes on behind the scenes of a Grand Prix and meet with the key personnel of the Renault Sport Formula One Team.

Original info from: Renault Sport

* Results subject to confirmation following technical and sporting verifications

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