FORMULA RENAULT EURO CUP RACE 1 HIGHLIGHT S - NURBURGRING
REFERENCE ROUND #6 - NURBURGRING
DATE 15 JULY 2017
SUBJECT 2017 Season - Weekend #6 - Race One – Highlights
00:00 INTRO CLIP – Voice over The Formula Renault Eurocup arrives at the Nürburgring this weekend for the 12 th race of 2017 – marking the half way point of the season. Germany’s Eiffel region puts on relatively mild weather – around 16°C – for the race start, with many of these drivers racing on this historic track for the first time in the series.
00:20 Race start #10 Robert SHWARTZMAN (R-ace GP) starting from pole position gets off to a clean start, but the following positions are hotly disputed. #33 Daniel TICKTUM (Arden Motorsport), in third position, attacks #9 Max DEFOURNY (R-ace GP) on the outside, but the Belgian driver holds his ground.
00:37 Voice over Numerous cars go out wide as the pack winds through the first corners.
00:43 Voice over #11 Sacha FENESTRAZ (Josef Kaufmann Racing) attacks TICKTUM. He takes third place.
00:51 Voice over Then it’s the turn of #7 Max FEWTRELL to put pressure on TICKTUM – also going on the attack.
01:07 Voice over #8 Will PALMER is under attack, but hangs in there…
01:17 Voice over Under pressure from FEWTRELL, TICKTUM goes off the track … but to his advantage… The incident will come under investigation after the race.
01:27 Voice over #13 Henrique CHAVES (AVF by Adrian Valles) attacks FEWTRELL … as the going is hot all the way through the pack. Finally CHAVES gets through, but FEWTRELL doesn’t take it lying down and a great battle ensues.
02:00 Voice over Finally, SHWARTZMAN goes through to take the victory, with Max DEFOURNY just behind.
02:09 GFX Nürburgring Race 1 Final Result
02:24 ITW winner #10 Robert SHWARTZMAN (R-ace GP) In English
“I am really happy because with the team we did a massive job. We did a really good qualie and the pace was there also in the race. We managed to pull away from Kaufman and all the others. So I think it’s a really good job from the team and of course it’s nice to be leader of the championship and I will keep it up until the end of the season.”
02:45 Podium #10 Robert SHWARTZMAN (R-ace GP) #9 Max DEFOURNY (R-ace GP) #11 Sacha FENESTRAZ (Josef Kaufmann Racing)
02:46 Podium celebrations
#14 WILL PALMER (GBR – R-ACE GP) 02:54 JINGLE
02:58 ENDS