Van der Zande dominates race two
Renger van der Zande dominated the second Formula Three Euro Series race at Barcelona and took a comfortable victory
The Dutch driver took the lead at the start when pole-sitter Edoardo Piscopo failed to get off the line, and van der Zande cruised away to open out a five-second lead over Tom Dillman by the chequered flag.
Piscopo was one of 10 cars to retire from the race on the first lap, as his stricken car was hit by Basil Shaaban. Behind that accident, Cyndie Alleman and Jonathan Summerton clashed, and their cars then careered into several others.
There was more drama at the first corner as race one winner Edoardo Mortara and Tim Sandtler went off, leaving just 15 cars remaining once the race was restarted after a safety car period.
Van der Zande initially pulled away from James Jakes who was running second, but the British driver dropped down the order when he took a trip through the gravel at Turn 1.
Behind Dillman, home driver Dani Clos was being reeled in by Franck Mailleux, and the Frenchman robbed Clos of a podium finish in the closing laps.
Filip Salaquarda held off a fierce attack from Sebastien Buemi on the final lap to take fifth place, while the Swiss driver had to settle for the final point in sixth place, having started 21st on the grid.
Championship leader Romain Grosjean was not officially classified as he was racing under appeal after the ASM team challenged the one minute penalty he received in race one for having too many mechanics working on his car on the grid.
Classified:
Pos Driver Car Time
1. R.van der Zande Dallara-Mercedes 40:34.663
2. Tom Dillmann Dallara-Mercedes + 5.560
3. Franck Mailleux Dallara-Mercedes + 6.515
4. Daniel Clos Dallara-Mercedes + 12.918
5. Filip Salaquarda Dallara-Mercedes + 19.596
6. Sebastien Buemi Dallara-Mercedes + 20.263
7. James Jakes Dallara-Mercedes + 20.374
8. N.Hulkenberg Dallara-Mercedes + 20.700
9. H.Schlegelmilch Dallara-Mercedes + 23.298
10. Maximilian Gotz Dallara-Volkswagen + 24.107
11. Yelmer Buurman Dallara-Mercedes + 24.949
12. Sergei Afanasiev Dallara-Mercedes + 28.736
13. Euan Hankey Dallara-Mercedes + 29.292
14. Yann Clairay Dallara-Mercedes + 1 lap
Not classified/retirements:
Driver Car Laps
Romain Grosjean Dallara-Mercedes DSQ
Kamui Kobayashi Dallara-Mercedes 1
Edoardo Piscopo Dallara-Mercedes 0
Edoardo Mortara Dallara-Mercedes 0
Tim Sandtler Dallara-Mercedes 0
Marco Holzer Dallara-Volkswagen 0
Cyndie Allemann Dallara-Mercedes 0
J.Summerton Dallara-Volkswagen 0
Michael Patrizi Dallara-Mercedes 0
Basil Shaaban Dallara-Mercedes 0
Jean-Karl Vernay Dallara-Mercedes 0
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