Martin Rump will start the first ever Formula Renault 1.6 NEC Junior race from pole position after topping qualifying at Zandvoort.

On a drying track, the Estonian driver finished up two-thirds of a second clear of his nearest rival, Dutchman Roy Geerts.

KNAF Talent First driver Larry ten Voorde was the last driver within a second of Rump in third place, ahead of Janneau Esmeijer. Swede Lukas Sundahl was fifth ahead of Tommy van Erp and Paul Blomqvist, younger brother of Tom.

Yaro Deckers, Pontus Fredricsson and Joel Affolter completed the top ten, while Markus Kiisa, Kimmy Larsson and 14-year-old Otto Tjader rounded out the 13 runners.

Qualifying results

Emil Bernstorff won race one of the German F3 round at Nurburgring from pole, controlling the race from lights to flag to lead a Lotus 1-2-3.

Alongside him on the front row, Artem Markelov held second for most of the race but eventually resigned it to a charging Marvin Kirchhofer. Performance Racing drivers followed after the Lotus crew, with John Bryant-Meisner leading Thomas Jager and Yannick Mettler.

Gustavo Menezes crossed the finish line in seventh, ahead of the ADM pair of Matteo Cairoli and Tomasz Krzeminski. In tenth, Hubertus-Carlos Vier took full advantage of an incident-filled race for the GU-Racing pair to take the victory in the Trophy class.

With the reverse-grid race cancelled after fog caused delays to the schedule of the Nurburgring 24 Hours weekend, the only remaining German F3 action will be a feature 30-minute race on Sunday, which Bernstorff will also start from pole.

Race results

Jake Dalton became the first two-time winner in BRDC Formula 4 with victory from pole position in race one at Brands Hatch.

The MGR driver beat Ginetta Junior champion Charlie Robertson to top spot in qualifying on Saturday morning by 0.06 seconds around the tight Indy circuit.

In the race, Dalton kept first place at the start and stayed ahead of HHC’s Richardson to record his second straight victory after winning at the Silverstone opener. The result moves him into the championship lead.

“I knew if I could get off the line in the lead I would have a chance of controlling the race from there,” said Dalton afterwards. “Charlie was putting me under huge pressure and was a little bit quicker than I expected him to be, and he managed to stay close to me.

“I’m delighted to claim the lead in the championship and at the moment that’s all that matters. It’s going to be extremely tough in race two starting from eighth and it’s going to be all about making that start count. I’ve got to go for it.”

American driver Falco Wauer completed the podium after holding third place throughout. Matthew Graham finished in fourth place after getting ahead of both Sennan Fielding and Jake Hughes.

Series debutant James Fletcher claimed a fine seventh place finish with a late pass on Silverstone winner Matt Bell, who will start race two from the reverse grid. Seb Morris made up ground from a poor qualifying to finish ninth ahead of Jack Barlow.

Race results

Dutchman Neal Van Vaerenbergh will start the final race of the weekend in third, ahead of Formula BMW Talent Cup graduate Tristan Viidas. Le Mans race winner Simo Muhonen and Tom le Coq make up row three.

Marco de Peretti qualified in seventh, lining up ahead of Felix Hirsiger. The top ten is completed by two Frenchmen, with Remy Deguffroy ahead of Jules Gounon.

Race results

Raffaele Marciello took his sixth win of the season in European F3, getting to a better start off the grid for race two at the Brands Hatch circuit to and keeping the lead for the remainder of the race.

Alex Lynn started ahead of Marciello on the heels of his maiden win in the series, but was second into turn one and remained in the position until the checkered flag. Lucas Auer was once again there to complete another Prema 1-2-3.

Sven Muller managed to recover from his race one retirement to take fourth, ahead of Felix Rosenqvist and Tom Blomqvist. Harry Tincknell endured substantial pressure from Josh Hill to keep seventh, while Will Buller and Jann Mardenborough completed the top ten.

Race results

Alex Lynn has managed to convert pole position into a win in race one at Brands Hatch Indy, finishing ahead of two teammates to complete a Prema 1-2-3.

Series leader Raffaele Marciello trailed Lynn for the entire race, staying within a second behind him at all times. He came closest to taking the lead on the last lap, as Lynn was bogged down in lapped traffic, but eventually had to settle for second.

Lucas Auer had a bad start, going to fifth from third on lap one. Fifth is where he spent most of his race before passing Felix Rosenqvist for fourth and then inherinting third as Sven Muller, who was heading to his first podium of the year, retired with a mechanical failure.

Briton Harry Tincknell finished behind Rosenqvist to take fifth. He was followed by four of his compatriots, with Tom Blomqvist in sixth, Jordan King in seventh, and Josh Hill ahead of Will Buller. Daniil Kvyat finished in tenth, but is inelligible as a guest driver to score the one point, which will go to Antonio Giovinazzi.

Mans Grenhagen was penalized with a drive-through for passing under yellows and is banned for one race by the race direction due to his previous infringements.

Race results

Emil Bernstorff has secured double pole in German F3 qualifying at Nurburgring and will be starting from first on the grid for each of the two races of the weekend, after the reverse-grid race has been cancelled due to lack of time.

Bernstorff set the quickest and the best second-quickest time of all drivers in the session that was postponed from Friday evening due to foggy conditions. Teammate Artem Markelov will line up on the front row alongside him for both races.

It was Performance Racing’s Thomas Jager who set the third fastest time, followed by series leader and fellow ADAC Formel Masters graduate Marvin Kirchhofer. Another Performance driver, John Bryant-Meisner, will start in fifth, with Yannick Mettler taking seventh, behind Nabil Jeffri.

Van Amersfoort’s Gustavo Menezes will line up in eighth, ahead of Matteo Cairoli and teammate Jordi Weckx. Freddy Killensberger will head the Trophy class.

Kirchhofer will start the second race in third, ensuring a 1-2-3 on the grid for Lotus. Bryant-Meisner will join him on the second row, ahead of Jeffri and Jager, while the rest of the top ten remains unchanged from the race one grid. Again, it’s Killensberger who has pole for the Trophy class.

Session results

Alex Lynn swept up in the European F3 qualifying at Brands Hatch, setting the quickest time in both sessions to take pole for all the three races of the weekend.

It was a spectacularly successful qualifying for Prema, with Raffaele Marciello and Lucas Auer securing second and third respectively for each of the races, making it three 1-2-3 starts for the Italian team.

Having finished second to Marciello in group A of qualifying one, Sven Muller will be starting race one in fourth place, ahead of Felix Rosenqvist and Harry Tincknell. Tom Blomqvist lines up in seventh, while Michael Lewis, Josh Hill and Jann Mardenborough will make up the top ten. For race two, the grid for which is made up from second-best times in session one, the starting top ten is identical.

Qualifying two saw a huge shunt for Mucke’s Lewis, who was sent to the hospital for check-ups. In the timesheets for the session, Lynn narrowly edged out the other group winner, Marciello, with Auer yet again in third. Tincknell secured fourth, ahead of Rosenqvist and Mans Grenhagen. In seventh, Jordan King will be starting ahead of Muller, while row five will host Hill and Mardenborough.

Session one

Session two

With the absence of Formula 3 from the this year’s 72nd edition of the Pau Grand Prix, a one-off Formula Renault 2.0 event takes centre stage on the iconic French street circuit this weekend.

A non-championship race, the Formula Renault 2.0 Pau Trophy has attracted a smaller grid than the huge numbers we’re used to seeing in the Eurocup, NEC and Alps series, but some of the category’s biggest stars are present.

Indeed, the early points leaders in all three of the aforementioned championships will be fighting to add their name to a list of illustrious winners that includes Juan Manuel Fangio, Jack Brabham, Jim Clark, Jochen Rindt, Jean Alesi, Lewis Hamilton and Romain Grosjean.

Matthieu Vaxiviere tore up the form guide to claim a double victory at a rain-hit Eurocup season opener at Motorland Aragon, and the Tech 1 driver will be amongst the favourites for Pau success thanks to his experience around the circuit. Last year he claimed an Alps podium at Pau in an otherwise difficult season, while in 2011 he was dominant there in French F4, claiming two of the three wins he scored on his way to the title. His knowledge is further boosted having contested the Andros Electric GP, something he will do again this weekend.

Matt Parry has taken the NEC by storm in his rookie season of Formula Renault 2.0 by beating a host of Eurocup regulars to top the standings after the first couple of rounds. If the Fortec driver can keep that up, the Caterham protege will be at the front this weekend too.

One driver with plenty of eyes on him will be Prema’s Antonio Fuoco, who took the strong start to his rookie car racing season to a new high with a double win at Imola last weekend to cement his Alps standings lead. Last year Raffaele Marciello hit the big time with a dominant Pau performance – can Ferrari’s latest find do similar on his debut?

Joining Parry at Fortec is the reigning NEC champion Jake Dennis, who should be another contender, as well as Mexican Alfonso Celis who is also racing for the team in the NEC this year.

Pierre Gasly is another likely contender alongside Vaxiviere at Tech 1. He has Pau experience from French F4, as does Russian team-mate Egor Orudzhev.

Fuoco is joined at Prema by his regular team-mtaes Bruno Bonifacio and Luca Ghiotto, another two with potential to run towards the front if they can get over their lack of track knowledge.

Dennis’ fellow Racing Steps-backed driver Oliver Rowland leads Manor MP Motorsport’s charge, while another ex-French F4 man Tristan Papavoine makes his first start of the year with the AV Formula team. Lesser-known Frenchmen Nicolas Pironneau and Marc Cattaneo (59) line up with the Formula Motorsport team.

In round two of French F4 itself, Anthoine Hubert will be looking to star after winning two of the three races at the season opener at Le Mans, chased by Valentin Naud, Matevos Isaakyan and Felix Hirsiger.

Carlos Sainz Jr will race in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series for the first time when he drives for the Zeta Corse team in Monaco.

The 18-year-old Red Bull Junior lines up in the team’s second seat alongside regular Mihai Marinescu, replacing 16-year-old Matheo Tuscher who drove the car at the previous round of the season at Motorland Aragon.

Sainz began his GP3 Series campaign with MW Arden at Barcelona last weekend, but is available next weekend with GP3 not making the trip to Monaco this season. The opportunity provides Sainz with experience of the street circuit ahead of a potential promotion into FR3.5 for 2014 should Antonio Felix da Costa move on to Formula 1.

“We’re very happy to line-up Sainz Jr,” said Zeta team manager Claudio Corradini. “He’s a quick and talented driver, and while he’s still really young, he already proved to be mature and experienced.

“Although he’s currently committed to GP3, he entered some Renault 3.5 test days last winter and I’ve been very impressed with how he adapted to such a demanding car, he stayed amidst the frontrunners all the time despite being a rookie.

“From that moment on I put his name in my personal five-star shortlist hoping to join forces one day. This wish was granted so I’m proud that Sainz decided to join Zeta Corse for his series debut in a world-renowned round like Monte-Carlo.”