Nigel Melker given Norisring Euro F3 win after many drivers receive penalties

The Mucke Motorsport driver finished third on the road behind Signature team-mates Laurens Vanthoor and Marco Wittmann. However, they were two of the drivers given 30-second penalties for improving their sector times under yellow flags during the race, leaving Melker as the winner.

"I felt like I slowed down a lot more than the cars around me during the yellow flags," said Melker. "That cost me a lot of time, and it meant that some of the other guys were able to catch me up very quickly."

Roberto Merhi, Jimmy Eriksson, Kimiya Sato, Kuba Giermaziak, Alon Day and Carlos Munoz were also punished, meaning that Melker was the only car running at the finish not to receive a penalty.

It also means that behind the top three, there were no changes to the positions of the original results.

Those penalised could have reason to feel aggrieved, as the yellow flags were out while the track was drying quickly after a brief shower had hit moments before the start of the race.

Results - 45 laps:

Pos  Driver              Team/Car                   Time/Gap
 1.  Nigel Melker        Mucke Dallara-Merc       40m22.445s
 2.  Laurens Vanthoor    Signature Dallara-VW    + 12.595s *
 3.  Marco Wittmann      Signature Dallara-VW    + 27.755s *
 4.  Roberto Merhi       Prema Dallara-Merc      + 30.453s *
 5.  Jimmy Eriksson      Motopark Dallara-VW     + 36.421s *
 6.  Kimiya Sato         Motopark Dallara-VW     + 44.017s *
 7.  Kuba Giermaziak     Star Dallara-VW         + 44.119s *
 8.  Alon Day            HS Dallara-VW           + 45.594s *
 9.  Carlos Munoz        Signature Dallara-VW      + 1 lap *

Retirements:

     Daniel Abt          Signature Dallara-VW        36 laps
     Daniel Juncadella   Prema Dallara-Merc          22 laps
     Felix Rosenqvist    Mucke Dallara-Merc          11 laps
     Gianmarco Raimondo  Prema Dallara-VW            11 laps
     Sandro Zeller       Jo Zeller Dallara-Merc       1 laps

* 30-second penalty