Hülkenberg: Norisring - victory and second place in overall ranking
Nico Hülkenberg from Emmerich moved up to second place in the overall ranking of formula-3 euroseries after his victory at the Norisring. In a turbulent race on sunday technical problems and a crash avoided a further improvement.
In the qualifying at friday Nico Hülkenberg already showed a strong performance. He drove the fastest lap time and futhermore with a new track record he gained the pole position for the race on saturday.
At the start “Hülki” lost the leading position in favour of Mika Mäki. But in the first corne he could already regain the leading position. After that Nico Hülkenberg’s victory was never in jeopardy. Koudai Tsukakoshi (Manor Motorsport) finished in second position ahead of Jean-Karl Vernay (Signature Plus) at third place.
Accordingly happy Nico Hülkenberg said: “Today, it is a great day for me with this perfect result. I have scored many points. It would be perfect when I could also score many points tomorrow. Of course, now I am happy. The team gave me a perfect car again. The experience of my ART team just becomes clear, they have been unbeaten here at Norisring since 2005.”
At the second race on sunday the young driver from Emmerich had to start from 8th place. The race had a turbulent start. On the first lap, Jon Lancaster and Edoardo Mortara collided in the Grundig hairpin and the 21-year old Italian spun. This led to a pile-up of several cars, after which the clerk of the course interrupted the race for 22 minutes. After the re-start Nico Hülkenberg retired early after a collision with Martin Plowman.
However, after a turbulent race the conclusion of Hülkenberg was relaxed: “I am very happy about my victory at saturday. We were very fast here at the Norisring and we could gain some points in the overalll ranking. Nevertheless it would be nice to realise this performance in both races of the weekend. Now I am looking forward to the races in Zandvoort, because I really like the track.”
With 25 points Nico Hülkenberg is placed in second position of the overall ranking just behind E. Mortara (40 points).
In two weeks, from 11th of July to 13th of July, the next races will start at the netherlands Circuit Park in Zandvoort.
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