Hartley gives Carlin first Euro win

The Kiwi led from start to finish in a race that was twice interrupted by the safety car. Hartley timed his restarts to perfection to fend off the challenges of Mucke duo Sam Bird and Alex Sims.

Sims took second after a charging drive, passing Bird when he ran wide on the exit of Druids. Both Britons closed Hartley down in the closing stages, but with passing almost impossible on the Brands Indy circuit, Hartley was able to hold on comfortably.

Title-chaser Christian Vietoris (Mucke) benefited from a late mistake by ART's Esteban Gutierrez to move up to fourth, which could prove useful as points leader Jules Bianchi (ART) again failed to score after he retired early on.

Race one winner Mika Maki came home sixth for Signature following a race-long dice with Motopark's Christopher Zanella. Maki's team-mate Jean-Karl Vernay bagged the final point in eighth.

Pos  Driver               Team            Car    Time/Gap
 1.  Brendon Hartley      Carlin          D/V  40m23.598s
 2.  Alexander Sims       Mucke           D/M   +  0.359s
 3.  Sam Bird             Mucke           D/M   +  0.922s
 4.  Christian Vietoris   Mucke           D/M   +  1.692s
 5.  Esteban Gutierrez    ART             D/M   +  3.414s
 6.  Mika Maki            Signature       D/V   +  5.288s
 7.  Christopher Zanella  Motopark        D/M   +  6.154s
 8.  Jean Karl Vernay     Signature       D/V   +  8.526s
 9.  Tim Sandtler         Prema           D/M   + 13.171s
10.  Marco Wittmann       Mucke           D/M   + 13.670s
11.  Roberto Merhi        Manor           D/M   + 13.994s
12.  Nick Tandy           Kolles & Heinz  D/V   + 16.466s
13.  Henkie Waldschmidt   SG              D/M   + 16.968s
14.  Andrea Caldarelli    SG              D/M   + 17.240s
15.  Valtteri Bottas      ART             D/M   + 17.800s
16.  Jake Rosenzweig      Carlin          D/V   + 21.750s
17.  Pedro Enrique        Manor           D/M   + 22.663s
18.  Johan Jokinen        Kolles & Heinz  D/V   +   1 lap

Retirements:

     Cesar Ramos          Manor           D/M  25 laps
     Adrien Tambay        ART             D/M  25 laps
     Basil Shaaban        Prema           D/M  17 laps
     Jules Bianchi        ART             D/M  6 laps
     Atte Mustonen        Motopark        D/M  2 laps
     Tiago Geronimi       Signature       D/V  0 laps