Spielberg Eurocup: Norris outduels Defourny in thrilling Race 1

Norris comfortably converted his pole into a Turn 1 lead, with Defourny claiming second at the end of Lap 1 after passing Jehan Daruvala.

Having taken the penultimate turn too deep, the Indian also let Ferdinand Habsburg past but avoided losing further places by holding off Harrison Scott.

Although Norris took advantage of the battles behind and led by more than two seconds in just one lap, Defourny quickly closed the gap back to less than a second.

The R-ace GP driver made a move with 10 minutes left at Remus but the Briton fought back and, having forced Defourny on a defensive line, retook the lead before the end of the lap.

The same scenario played out two laps later with Norris once again emerging victorious but Defourny finally secured the lead with a masterful outside move at Schlossgold.

However, a counter attack from Norris saw him back in the lead on the penultimate lap.

Despite fighting back, Defourny was temporarily demoted by Habsburg and, even though he retook second, he could not catch Norris.

Habsburg secured a podium on home soil in third with Scott passing Daruvala in the late stages for fourth.

Tech 1 duo Hugo de Sadeleer and Dorian Boccolacci took sixth and seventh respectively, the latter closely followed by Alexey Korneev.

Fortec's Bruno Baptista and rookie Gabriel Aubry converted the top 10.

UPDATE: Boccolacci, Aubry, Henrique Chaves and Vasily Romanov all received 10-second time penalties due to track limits. Boccolacci has dropped down to 10th as a result with Aubry dropping out of the top 10.

Race 1 results:

Pos	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Delay
1	Lando Norris	Josef Kaufmann Racing	18	27'09.024
2	Max Defourny	R-ace GP	18	0.890
3	Ferdinand Habsburg	Fortec Motorsports	18	1.917
4	Harrison Scott	AVF by Adrian Valles	18	2.135
5	Jehan Daruvala	Josef Kaufmann Racing	18	3.436
6	Hugo de Sadeleer	Tech 1 Racing	18	4.483
7	Julien Falchero	R-ace GP	18	10.611
8	Alexey Korneev	JD Motorsport	18	11.286
9	Bruno Baptista	Fortec Motorsports	18	14.543
10	Dorian Boccolacci	Tech 1 Racing	18	14.753
11	Robert Shwartzman	Josef Kaufmann Racing	18	18.006
12	James Allen	JD Motorsport	18	18.930
13	Sacha Fenestraz	Tech 1 Racing	18	24.343
14	Gabriel Aubry	Tech 1 Racing	18	25.364
15	Henrique Chaves Jr.	AVF by Adrian Valles	18	27.391
16	Vasily Romanov	Fortec Motorsports	18	27.681
17	Finlay Hutchison	Mark Burdett Motorsport	15
18	Alessandro Perullo	Technorace	14
-	Will Palmer	R-ace GP	9