Ramon Pineiro scores his second win of season at Red Bull Ring

The polesitter made a perfect start and simply drove away from the field. In the opening stages he was consistently 0.2-0.3s quicker than Mirko Bortolotti in second. Pineiro's pace remained relentless - only twice did Bortolotti set a faster lap than him - and he duly won by over 5s.

Considering his pace in free practice, Bortolotti's performance was a surprise, but he won't be complaining about the result in terms of the championship. With nearest rival Christopher Zanella suffering a shocker, Bortolotti has extended his lead by 18 points.

Zanella ran fifth for much of the race, but dropped a place to Jack Clarke with a spin. Things got much worse when he was hit with a drive-through penalty for ignoring the track limits, and he finished back in 12th, out of the points.

Mihai Marinescu had to deal with race-long pressure from Alex Brundle as they fought over third. But the Romanian kept his cool to take his first F2 podium. Fifth was a great result for Clarke, who started 12th and survived a whack from Johannes Theobald at the first corner.

The incident actually sent Theobald barrel-rolling out of the race - his second such accident this season! It was a better race for his brother Julian, who had his best finish to date, taking sixth place.

Luciano Bacheta's strong F2 debut continued with a solid run to seventh, while Benjamin Lariche took eighth. Brit James Cole was ninth, while Plamen Kralev scored his first F2 point in 10th.

Results - 26 laps:

Pos  Driver                  Time/Gap
 1.  Ramon Pineiro         36m28.200s
 2.  Mirko Bortolotti        + 5.401s
 3.  Mihai Marinescu        + 14.153s
 4.  Alex Brundle           + 14.574s
 5.  Jack Clarke            + 26.893s
 6.  Julian Theobald        + 31.358s
 7.  Luciano Bacheta        + 34.381s
 8.  Benjamin Lariche       + 35.115s
 9.  James Cole             + 41.405s
10.  Plamen Kralev          + 47.603s
11.  Maxim Snegirev         + 49.176s
12.  Christopher Zanella    + 51.104s
13.  Sunghak Mun            + 53.975s
14.  Armaan Ebrahim         + 54.631s
15.  Tobias Hegewald        + 56.208s

Retirements:

     Rene Binder              22 laps
     Kelvin Snoeks            13 laps
     Thiemo Storz              6 laps
     Parthiva Sureshwaren      3 laps
     Miki Monras                1 lap
     Mikkel Mac                 1 lap
     Johannes Theobald         0 laps