Marco Wittmann wins again in wet race three at the Norisring

Signature driver Wittmann led every lap of the race, which was started under the safety car due to the wet conditions.

Merhi (Prema) made quick work of Signature's Carlos Munoz and Daniel Abt to get into second early on, but for several laps after that he could not prevent Wittmann from gradually extending his lead.

The gap got up to 3.6 seconds by lap 21, but Merhi then fought back and brought it down to 1.7s in the next eight laps.

Wittmann then responded to break the Spaniard's challenge, and the gap eventually stabilised at just over two seconds. Merhi maintained the pressure though, meaning that the race leader could not afford a single mistake.

Abt held on to take third, making up for the podium finish he had taken away from him yesterday for causing a collision.

Laurens Vanthoor (Signature) put in a mature drive to methodically climb from 12th to fourth with little fanfare, as Mucke's Felix Rosenqvist settled for fifth after running wide at Turn 1 nine laps from the end when Vanthoor was close behind.

Kuba Giermaziak recovered from a late race spin to hold off Jimmy Eriksson for sixth, while Kimiya Sato dropped to eighth after a punt from Giermaziak mid-race spun him around at Turn 1.

Once again the results remain provisional as the stewards are investigating potential yellow flag infringements, which led to a host of penalties in yesterday's first race.

Results - 40 laps:

Pos  Driver              Team/Car                  Time/Gap
 1.  Marco Wittmann      Signature Dallara-VW    40m02.955s
 2.  Roberto Merhi       Prema Dallara-Merc        + 2.252s
 3.  Daniel Abt          Signature Dallara-VW     + 14.194s
 4.  Laurens Vanthoor    Signature Dallara-VW     + 24.435s
 5.  Felix Rosenqvist    Mucke Dallara-Merc       + 29.892s
 6.  Kuba Giermaziak     Star Dallara-VW          + 33.283s
 7.  Jimmy Eriksson      Motopark Dallara-VW      + 38.974s
 8.  Kimiya Sato         Motopark Dallara-VW      + 40.813s
 9.  Sandro Zeller       Jo Zeller Dallara-Merc     + 1 lap
10.  Nigel Melker        Mucke Dallara-Merc         + 1 lap
11.  Daniel Juncadella   Prema Dallara-Merc         + 1 lap
12.  Alon Day            HS Dallara-VW             + 2 laps
13.  Carlos Munoz        Signature Dallara-VW      + 2 laps

Retirements:

     Gianmarco Raimondo  Prema Dallara-VW            7 laps