Motopark’s Yevan David and Jose Garfias won Euroformula’s two Sunday races at Hockenheim.
Shawn Rashid lined up on reversed-grid pole for the wet race two, ahead of Fernando Barrichello, Garfias, Ed Pearson and Everett Stack.
Barrichello started slowly and was fifth before turn one, as Michael Shin went from sixth to third. Approaching turn two, Finley Green spun Stack and got a 10-second penalty. That aided Barrichello, but he soon lost positions again as Tymek Kucharczyk went past at turn six.
Rashid went off and lost the lead to Garfias, before being passed by Shin too after turn 10. Garfias ended lap one with a 1.3-second lead, with Rashid third and David in fourth after a great move around the outside of Pearson in the stadium section.
David, who had started 10th, pursued Shin and Rashid and on lap four dived down Rashid’s inside at turn eight. While he got through, it sent Rashid off so he let him back past. Two laps later he took third place through turn four, but Rashid then used the slipstream to be back ahead before the turn six hairpin.
Pearson and Kucharczyk tried getting involved there, and Kucharczyk took fifth exiting the corner.
Going through a deep puddle exiting turn one on the next lap led to Rashid finally conceding third, then at turn six he went too deep and lost two more places.
Garfias had a 4.6s lead, but in the race’s second half Shin and David set fastest laps to close in on him as the track dried.
David went down the inside of Shin at turn six on lap 12 but Shin reclaimed second exiting the corner, then David’s next attempt at turn nine led to him going off and losing ground. Garfias finished the 17-lap race with 1.522s in hand, with David 1.371s behind Shin.
Diego de la Torre came fifth due to others’ mistakes. Rashid overtook Pearson lap nine before a double spin at the final corner dropped him to the back, then Barrichello went around the outside of Pearson at turn six on lap 13 but on the penultimate lap skated off entering the stadium section and lost two places as de la Torre had just overtaken Pearson.
David and Shin passed reversed-grid poleman Stack at the start of race three, although Stack got back past Shin at turn two and Pearson followed him through at turn four. Shin reclaimed third at turn six, then when rain arrived it bunched up the battle for second.
On lap 10, Shin went to the inside of Stack at turn six and Kucharczyk went around the outside of him at turn seven. Pearson, who was passed off-track by Kucharczyk on lap three, got involved on lap 11 but rear-ended Kucharczyk at turn six. His front wing broke, Kucharczyk punctured and both pitted.
That cost them no time, as the safety car appeared due to de la Torre crashing, and they joined Barrichello in passing Stack on the restart lap. Garfias finished third, and a five-second penalty cost Pearson fifth.
Results round-up
Race 2 (17 laps)
1 Jose Garfias Motopark 30m33.655s
2 Michael Shin Motopark +1.522s
3 Yevan David Motopark +2.893s
4 Tymek Kucharczyk BVM Racing +19.178s
5 Diego de la Torre Motopark +22.708s
6 Ed Pearson Nielsen Racing +25.089s
7 Fernando Barrichello Motopark +27.132s
8 Shawn Rashid Nielsen Racing +36.932s
9 Finley Green Niselsn Racing +39.621s
Ret Paolo Brajnik NV Racing
Fastest lap: Shin, 1m45.434s
Race 3 (18 laps)
1 David 31m01.202s
2 Shin +0.824s
3 Garfias +1.950s
4 Barrichello +5.024s
5 Kucharczyk +6.437s
6 Everett Stack Motopark +8.260s
7 Pearson +12.247s
8 Rashid +2 laps
Ret de la Torre
Ret Green
FL: Shin, 1m33.325s
Championship standings
1 David 163
2 Shin 145
3 Kucharczyk 131
4 Pearson 103
5 Garfias 99
6 Barrichello 75
7 Stack 64
8 de la Torre 49
9 Rashid 34
10 Vladislav Ryabov 27
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