Photo: Fast Lane Promotion
Nyck de Vries took his third victory from three?Formula Renault Alps races after emerging victorious in the first race at Pau.
Starting from pole, the Dutchman kept the lead and built a four seconds lead till the checkered flag.
Russian youngster Matevos Isaakyan secured second on his Formula Renault Alps debut, closely followed by Simon Gachet, who inherited third from Alessio Rovera?as the reigning Formula Abarth champion dropped down the order on lap four as the result of a mistake.
George Russell secured fourth despite having a broken front wing and having to defend from Ben Barnicoat, Charles Leclerc and Akash Nandy, who all finished under two seconds behind BRDC F4 race winner Russell.
Luke Chudleigh finished eighth with Prema Powerteam’s Alex Bosak and BVM’s Dario Capitanio completing the top ten.
Results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time/Gap |
| 1 | Nyck De Vries | Koiranen GP | 21 laps in 26:26.444 |
| 2 | Matevos Isaakyan | JD Motorsport | +3.973 |
| 3 | Simon Gachet | ARTA Engineering | +5.491 |
| 4 | George Russell | Koiranen GP | +24.462 |
| 5 | Ben Barnicoat | Fortec Motorsports | +24.928 |
| 6 | Charles Leclerc | Fortec Motorsports | +25.849 |
| 7 | Akash Nandy | Tech 1 Racing | +26.455 |
| 8 | Luke Chudleigh | Tech 1 Racing | +29.853 |
| 9 | Alex Bosak | Prema Powerteam | +33.112 |
| 10 | Dario Capitanio | BVM Racing | +35.331 |
| 11 | Hugo De Sadeleer | Tech 1 Racing | +37.025 |
| 12 | Martin Kodric | Fortec Motorsports | +42.596 |
| 13 | James Allen | ARTA Engineering | +43.713 |
| 14 | Kang Ling | Koiranen GP | +45.252 |
| 15 | Denis Korneev | Jenzer Motorsport | +59.605 |
| 16 | Semen Evstigneev | BVM Racing | +1:01.906 |
| 17 | Alessio Rovera | Cram Motorsport | +1:02.193 |
| 18 | Thiago Vivacqua | Fortec Motorsports | +1:05.009 |
| 19 | Matteo Gonfiantini | TS Corse | +1:06.296 |
| 20 | Danylo Pronenko | AS Motorsport by GSK | +1:07.732 |
| 21 | Pietro Peccenini | TS Corse | +1 lap |
| 22 | Dennis Anoschin | Jenzer Motorsport | +1 lap |
| Not classified | |||
| 23 | Marek Bockmann | Jenzer Motorsport | +5 laps |
| 24 | Philo Armand | Tech 1 Racing | +8 laps |