FORMULA RENAULT EURO CUP RACE 2 HIGHLIGHTS – LE CASTELLET REFERENCE ROUND #8 – Race #2 of weekend - CIRCUIT PAUL RICARD DATE 27 August 2017 SUBJECT 2017 Season Race #17 – Highlights 00:00 INTRO CLIP – Voice over Sunday at Le Castellet in France, it’s race #17 of the Formula Renault Eurocup season. Conditions at the Circuit Paul Ricard are hot, with air temperature at 30°C, and track temperature mounting quickly. #10 Robert SHWARTZMAN (R- ace GP) is starting from pole position, ahead of #11 Sacha FENESTRAZ (Josef Kaufmann Racing) and #4 Gabriel AUBRY (Tech 1 Racing). SCHWARTZMAN was first to take the chequered flag in yesterday’s race here at Le Castellet, but he was hit with a time penalty due to the crash in the last lap of yesterday’s race that caused race leader, FENESTRAZ, to roll-over – luckily without injury to the driver. 00:25 Race start The cars get off to a clean start, and all get through the first turn without any hassles, despite one or two going off wide in the large run off zones here at the Hi-tech French track which, from next year will host the French F1 Grand Prix. 00:57 Voice over In the first moments of the race, #9 Max DEFOURNY (R-ace GP) – who started fourth – goes on the attack for third, and finally gets through on the outside past AUBRY. 01:04 Voice over #13 Henrique CHAVES (AVF by Adrian Valles) goes on the attack, but comes into contact with #17 Alex PERONI (Fortec Motorsport) causing him to spin. 01:10 Voice over #26 Presley MARTONO (Mark Burdett Motorsport) runs straight through. 01:23 Voice over #16 Thomas RANDLE (AVF by Adrian Valles) attacks and passes #31 Neil VERHAGEN (MP Motorsport) for 11 th position. 01:30 Voice over After a faultless race, SHWARTZMAN is all alone in the lead to take the chequered flag. A good few seconds back we find FENESTRAZ, followed by DEFOURNY who, despite making a last-minute attempt, was not able to pass into second position. 01:47 Voice over The young Russian SMP racing team driver is thrilled to make up for yesterday’s unfortunate incident with FENESTRAZ. 01:52 GFX Circuit Paul Ricard Race 2 Final Result 02:15 ITW winner #10 Robert SHWARTZMAN (R-ace GP) In English “My job was just to do a good start, save my first place and just keep up the pace and get away from the others behind me, and we did. So I am really happy and a massive thanks to the team. They did a great job. Thanks to SMP Racing. I am really happy. Let’s push that way in Spa and see how it goes.” 02:38 Podium #10 Robert SHWARTZMAN (R-ace GP) #11 Sacha FENESTRAZ (Josef Kaufmann Racing) #9 Max DEFOURNY (R-ace GP) + Podium celebrations #14 WILL PALMER (GBR – R-ACE GP) 02:48 JINGLE 02:52 ENDS .