Hulkenberg takes spectacular win

The ASM driver had retired from the first race after spinning when he was forced off track by teammate Romain Grosjean, but capitalised on early carnage in race two to pass Manor Motorsport's Yelmer Buurman for the lead on lap 23.

Hulkenberg had climbed to tenth by the time the safety car was deployed on lap two to clear up a pile-up in the first hairpin which was caused when Renger van der Zande crashed into Grosjean.

When the safety car was again deployed after Edoardo Mortara (Signature-Plus) hit third-placed Kamui Kobayashi (ASM) at the same corner on lap seven, Hulkenberg was up to sixth.

The key point in the race came on lap 14, when third-placed Sebastien Buemi (Mucke Motorsport) spun James Jakes (Manor Motorsport) at the final corner.

This gave Hulkenberg a run on Buemi, and he made the move stick into Turn 1. Soon, Hulkenberg had outbraked Buurman on the outside of Turn 1 and he went on to win by 6.6 seconds from Buemi, who passed Buurman on the inside of the final corner on the same lap.

Tom Dillmann (ASM) claimed second after slipping past Buurman at the final corner on lap 36, with Jakes passing Michael Patrizi (Prema Powerteam) late in the race to take fifth.

Filip Salaquarda had finished fifth on the road, but was excluded as he was meant to start at the back of the grid after ignoring a black and orange flag in race one.

Classified:

Pos  Driver                Car               Time
 1.  Nico Hulkenberg       Dallara/Mercedes  40:45.567
 2.  Sebastien Buemi       Dallara/Mercedes   +  6.608
 3.  Tom Dillmann          Dallara/Mercedes   + 14.164
 4.  Yelmer Buurman        Dallara/Mercedes   + 15.968
 5.  James Jakes           Dallara/Mercedes   + 35.967
 6.  Michael Patrizi       Dallara/Mercedes   + 36.507
 7.  Marco Holzer          Dallara/Opel       + 37.140
 8.  Franck Mailleux       Dallara/Mercedes   + 37.651
 9.  Harold Schlegelmilch  Dallara/Mercedes   + 38.888
10.  Daniel Clos           Dallara/Mercedes   + 45.292
11.  Yann Clairay          Dallara/Mercedes   +  1 lap
12.  Basil Shaaban         Dallara/Mercedes   + 2 laps

Not classified:

     Driver                Car                Laps
     Edoardo Piscopo       Dallara/Mercedes   32
     Jean-Karl Vernay      Dallara/Mercedes   23
     Sergei Afanasiev      Dallara/Mercedes   12
     R.van der Zande       Dallara/Mercedes   10
     Kamui Kobayashi       Dallara/Mercedes   6
     Edoardo Mortara       Dallara/Mercedes   6
     Romain Grosjean       Dallara/Mercedes   2
     Cyndie Allemann       Dallara/Mercedes   2
     Tim Sandtler          Dallara/Mercedes   1