Vernay takes maiden Euro Series win

The French driver made a storming start from third on the grid to lead into the first corner. He initially led a train of eight cars, but gradually he and Christian Vietoris were able to break away.

While the German challenged for the lead occasionally in the middle of the race, Vernay eventually opened up a lead of just over one second which he was able to maintain.

The lead pair broke free of the chasing pack as Jules Bianchi struggled to maintain his pace in third, but the ART driver resisted several attacks - including a tap from behind at the hairpin from Mika Maki - to hold on to that place.

Race one winner Stefano Coletti closed in on their battle towards the end but had to settle for fifth, ahead of Sam Bird who took the final point in sixth place.

Pole-sitter Atte Mustonen ended up missing out on the points after gradually falling away during the closing stages. The Finn initially held on to a solid third place after a poor first lap, but he was picked off by those behind as the race wore on.

Pos Driver                  Team         Car          Gap
 1. Jean-Karl Vernay        Signature    D/V   41m01.954s
 2. Christian Vietoris      Mucke        D/M       +1.289
 3. Jules Bianchi           ART          D/M       +8.209
 4. Mika Maki               Signature    D/V       +8.698
 5. Stefano Coletti         Prema        D/M       +9.721
 6. Sam Bird                Mucke        D/M       +9.890
 7. Atte Mustonen           Motopark     D/M      +11.180
 8. Alexander Sims          Mucke        D/M      +17.173
 9. Henkie Waldschmidt      SG           D/M      +21.865
10. Roberto Merhi           Manor        D/M      +29.018
11. Robert Wickens          Kolles       D/V      +30.180
12. Matteo Chinosi          Prema        D/M      +40.395
13. Basil Shaaban           Prema        D/M      +42.477
14. Pedro Henrique          Manor        D/M      +50.945
15. Kevin Mirocha           HBR          D/M       +1 lap
16. Valtteri Bottas         ART          D/M       +1 lap

Retirements

    Tiago Geronimi          Signature    D/V      20 laps
    Alexandre Marsoin       SG           D/M      16 laps
    Brendon Hartley         Carlin       D/V      16 laps
    Esteban Gutierrez       ART          D/M      15 laps
    Andrea Caldarelli       SG           D/M      14 laps
    Johnny Cecotto Jr       HBR          D/M      12 laps
    Christopher Zanella     Motopark     D/M      12 laps
    Adrien Tambay           ART          D/M      12 laps
    Carlo van Dam           Kolles       D/V       7 laps
    Marco Wittmann          Mucke        D/M       0 laps
    Cesar Ramos             Manor        D/M       0 laps
    Jake Rosenzweig         Carlin       D/V       0 laps


Fastest lap, Maki 1m34.554s