SAIDY WINS AHEAD THE ANDYS
After the disastrous Round 1 of the non-championship race at Magny-Cours, Honda's driver Rami Saidy takes it to the win, with Andy Black 2nd and Andy Graham 3rd.
At the start of the race, there was a huge crash between Ancevski, Herbert, Sigoulakis and Laad. The safety car was deployed until the end of Lap 5. Before the safety car pulled in, Ishikawa suffered a clutch damage from his car and had to retire. Just after the safety car pull-in, Harveymade contact with Keranen and could not have his damage repaired. At Lap 12 Keranen and Rinneaho made contact and they were out of the race. Rautavaara and Engberink failed to finish the race with an engine blow.
There were more finishers than before, with 2 more, Said and Dovizioso, finishing the race. Only 1 point was awarded to the last finisher.
CLASSIFICATION
1: Rami Saidy - Honda [JPN] - 23 laps
2: Andy Black - Mercedes [GER] - +42.265
3: Andy Graham - Tiger-Mercedes [GBR] - +48.150
4: Old Wolf - Honda [JPN] - +49.010
5: James Chant - Jaguar-Cosworth [GBR] - +1:00.486
6: Ben Utzer - OMR-Ferrari [GER] - +2 laps
7: Omer Said - Grip Racing-BMW [GRE] - +3 laps
8: Andrea Dovizioso - Mercedes [GER] - +4 laps
Ret: Tim Engberink - OMR-Ferrari [GER] - Lap 17 - Engine
Ret: Joel Rautavaara - Manor-Ferrari [GBR] - Lap 16 - Engine
Ret: Aidan Keranen - McLaren-Mercedes [GBR] - Lap 12 - Collision
Ret: Tapio Rinneaho - McLaren-Mercedes [GBR] - Lap 12 - Collision
Ret: Daniel Harvey - HRT-Cosworth [ESP] - Lap 6 - Collision Damage
Ret: Takuma Ishikawa - Jaguar-Cosworth [GBR] - Lap 4 - Clutch
Ret: Milos Ancevski - Manor-Ferrari [GBR] - Lap 1 - Crash
Ret: Ben Herbert - Ferrari [ITA] - Lap 1 - Crash
Ret: Manolis Sigoulakis - Grip Racing-BMW [GRE] - Lap 1 - Crash
Ret: Jimmy Laad - HRT-Cosworth [ESP] - Lap 1 - Crash