Hungaroring NEC: Daruvala takes maiden Formula Renault win
Force India protege Jehan Daruvala took his first Formula Renault win in Race 2 of the Hungaroring NEC weekend after teammate Lando Norris retired from lead.
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The Josef Kaufman Racing driver started on the front-row alongside teammate Norris, who got a good start to lead Daruvala in the opening laps.
It was JKR 1-2-3 after Robert Shwartzman gained two places to third before Norris retired from the race handing the lead to Daruvala.
The Indian then led every lap to take his maiden win in the championship, his fourth formula car win of 2016 after three in the Toyota Racing Series.
Shwartzman finished second, 1.427s behind registering a JKR 1-2 as Ferdinand Habsburg completed the podium.
Hugo de Sadeleer made amends after torrid Race 1 to finish fourth ahead of Sacha Fenestraz and Bartlomiej Mirecki.
Max Defourny was seventh, Dorian Boccalacci eighth, Alexey Korneev ninth and Henrique Chaves completed the top 10.
Chaves lost a chunk of position after a contact with Nikita Troitskiy, having started third on the grid.
Race 2 results:
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time/Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jehan Daruvala | Josef Kaufmann Racing | |
| 2 | Robert Shwartzman | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 1.427 |
| 3 | Ferdinand Habsburg | Fortec Motorsports | 1.948 |
| 4 | Hugo de Sadeleer | Tech 1 Racing | 3.499 |
| 5 | Sacha Fenestraz | Tech 1 Racing | 4.482 |
| 6 | Bartek Mirecki | BM Racing Team | 10.571 |
| 7 | Max Defourny | R-ace GP | 11.041 |
| 8 | Dorian Boccolacci | Tech 1 Racing | 11.501 |
| 9 | Alexey Korneev | JD Motorsport | 11.982 |
| 10 | Henrique Chaves Jr. | AVF | 27.405 |
| 11 | Nerses Isaakyan | AVF | 29.550 |
| 12 | James Allen | JD Motorsport | 30.063 |
| 13 | Nikita Troitskiy | Fortec Motorsports | 30.419 |
| 14 | Vasiliy Romanov | Fortec Motorsports | 30.658 |
| 15 | Finlay Hutchison | Mark Burdett Motorsport | 31.276 |
| 16 | Julien Falchero | R-ace GP | 31.404 |
| 17 | Alex Gill | Mark Burdett Motorsport | 1'28.812 |
| 18 | Will Palmer | R-ace GP | |
| - | Bruno Baptista | Fortec Motorsports | |
| - | Lando Norris | Josef Kaufmann Racing | |
| - | Julia Pankiewicz | AVF |
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