Less than three laps into the race, the first incidents occurred already. Alessio Lorandi (Carlin) retired after an accident and Ryan Tveter (Carlin) collided with Ben Barnicoat (HitechGP). After that, the safety car was deployed for the first time. At this stage, Anthoine Hubert was already in the lead from Lance Stroll, Maximilian Günther, Joel Eriksson and Guanyu Zhou.

Racing resumed on lap eleven and rookie driver Hubert held on to first place. Seven laps later, Niko Kari (Motopark) attempted to overtake Sérgio Sette Câmara (Motopark) in the battle for seventh place, but tangled with the car of his Brazilian team-mate. Sette Câmara retired while Kari was able to continue in eighth place. After this, the safety car neutralised racing action for the second time.

After the next restart, there were some entertaining position fights, especially in the midfield, until series’ returnee William Buller (Carlin) missed his braking point on lap 28 and ran into the cars of Harrison Newey (Van Amersfoort Racing) and Pedro Piquet (Van Amersfoort Racing). All three drivers retired and the safety car appeared on track for the third time. After the third restart, only few minutes remained, during which Anthoine Hubert safely brought first place home. Lance Stroll claimed second place from Maximilian Günther. Nick Cassidy, Joel Eriksson, Guanyu Zhou, Callum Ilott, Mikkel Jensen (kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport), George Russell (HitechGP), and Ralf Aron (Prema Powerteam) were classified in fourth through tenth place.

Anthoine Hubert (Van Amersfoort Racing): “At the Red Bull Ring five weeks ago, my team principal Frits van Amersfoort already said that his team has always been strong at the Norisring. I am happy that I didn’t let him down here, especially as the start of my season wasn’t particularly easy. Generally, I like street circuits, something I already proved by winning the Formula Renault 2.0 race at Pau last year. And here, after a good qualifying and pole position, I also had good chances of scoring a good result.”

Lance Stroll (Prema Powerteam): “Of course, I wanted to win, but I didn’t want to take too many risks. After all, you also get a lot of points for finishing second. And when I am honest, I have to admit that Anthoine drove a great race and absolutely deserves this win. I am happy with my second place together with the victory in the first race a few hours earlier.”

Maximilian Günther (Prema Powerteam): “Having retired from the first race, this third place is now all the more important for me. My speed was good and I drove a consistent race, but because all the drivers out in front had a good pace, I didn’t have a chance to move up any further. The Norisring weekend is my home race, so finishing on the podium is particularly great fun.”