Good start for France

The very first race of the season was won by Fairuz Fauzy for Malaysia. In the morning rain at Zandvoort, he is ahead of the New Zealander Earl Bamber and the French Loïc duval.

Pole position was, however, the work of Jeroen Bleekemolen, but the latter was quickly overtaken by Earl Bamber. Fauzy will prove to be the fastest in this race and will achieve magnificent overtaking on Bleekemolen, then on Bamber.

The race will be prematurely interrupted by a red flag, following the exit of the track of the Brazilian Felipe Guimaraes, giving victory to Fauzy ahead of Bamber and Duval, author of a superb comeback from eleventh place on the grid. Bleekemolen finally finished fourth, just ahead of the Swiss Neel Jani and Adrian Zaugg, the driver from South Africa.

During the second round, France won thanks to a very good race from Loïc Duval in the rain. Malaysia finished second, tying the two countries at the top of the championship.

Loïc Duval started from third position on the starting grid. He benefited from the problems of his opponents and a good strategy, since Fairuz Fauzy, the winner of the first race, lost time in the pits due to a stubborn wheel nut in particular, while the Frenchman continued the fast laps before his pit stop.

The refueling of the French team will take place without problems and Loïc Duval will return to the track in the lead. The classification will no longer change from then on, and despite the intervention of the safety car at the end of the race, Duval will not be worried about victory. Fauzy therefore finished second, ahead of Earl Bamber, John Martin and Jeroen Bleekemolen.

Accidents were very numerous due to the rain: Ho-Pin Tung, Charlie Kimball, Adam Carroll, Satrio Hermanto, Filipe Albuquerque and Jin Woo Hwang all went off the track, while Fabio Onidi and Adrian Zaugg were forced to retire after crashing.

France and Malaysia leave Zandvoort at the top of the general ranking, with 22 points each. New Zealand, four points behind the leaders, completes the podium.