Photo: Formula Renault 2.0 NEC
18-year-old Gustav Malja and 17-year-old Ben Barnicoat will start the first and second Formula Renault NEC races of the weekend from pole position at Hockenheim.
The first twenty minutes, which determined the starting order for the Saturday race saw Josef Kaufmann’s Malja narrowly edging Caterham junior Seb Morris out for first place.
Karting graduate Barnicoat will start third, alongside race winner Louis Deletraz. ART Junior duo Levin Amweg and Callan O’Keeffe secured fifth and sixth, being separated by only 0.001s.
Reigning BRDC F4 champion Jake Hughes went seventh fastest, while the top ten was completed by Croatian Martin Kodric, British Raoul Owens and French Aurelien Panis.
The second qualifying was another close one as the top two of Barnicoat and Steijn Schothorst were only separated by 0.06s.
The second and third rows will be filled by Amweg, Morris, Deletraz and O’Keeffe, while Hughes recorded another seventh position.
Austrian Stefan Riener and Mexican Jorge Cevallos will start eighth and ninth respectively, while Malja had to settle with tenth this time.
Results
| Qualifying 1 | Qualifying 2 | ||||
| Pos | Driver | Team | Pos | Driver | Team |
| 1 | Gustav Malja | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 1 | Ben Barnicoat | Fortec Motorsports |
| 2 | Seb Morris | Fortec Motorsports | 2 | Steijn Schothorst | Manor MP Motorsport |
| 3 | Ben Barnicoat | Fortec Motorsports | 3 | Levin Amweg | ART Junior Team |
| 4 | Louis Deletraz | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 4 | Seb Morris | Fortec Motorsports |
| 5 | Levin Amweg | ART Junior Team | 5 | Louis Deletraz | Josef Kaufmann Racing |
| 6 | Callan O’Keeffe | ART Junior Team | 6 | Callan O’Keeffe | ART Junior Team |
| 7 | Jake Hughes | Mark Burdett Motorsport | 7 | Jake Hughes | Mark Burdett Motorsport |
| 8 | Martin Kodric | Fortec Motorsports | 8 | Stefan Riener | MGR Motorsport |
| 9 | Raoul Owens | Mark Burdett Motorsport | 9 | Jorge Cevallos | Fortec Motorsports |
| 10 | Aurelien Panis | ART Junior Team | 10 | Gustav Malja | Josef Kaufmann Racing |
| 11 | Roy Geerts | AVF | 11 | Aurelien Panis | ART Junior Team |
| 12 | Jorge Cevallos | Fortec Motorsports | 12 | Martin Kodric | Fortec Motorsports |
| 13 | Steijn Schothorst | Manor MP Motorsport | 13 | Matthew Graham | AVF |
| 14 | Ryan Tveter | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 14 | Ryan Tveter | Josef Kaufmann Racing |
| 15 | Matthew Graham | AVF | 15 | Raoul Owens | Mark Burdett Motorsport |
| 16 | Ukyo Sasahara | Euronova | 16 | Julio Moreno | Manor MP Motorsport |
| 17 | Stefan Riener | MGR Motorsport | 17 | Roy Geerts | AVF |
| 18 | Robin Hansson | Fragus BR Motorsport | 18 | Josef Zaruba | AVF |
| 19 | Josef Zaruba | AVF | 19 | Ukyo Sasahara | Euronova |
| 20 | Philippe Morin | Manor MP Motorsport | 20 | Philippe Morin | Manor MP Motorsport |
| 21 | Julio Moreno | Manor MP Motorsport | 21 | Leopold Ringbom | PositiOne Motorsport |
| 22 | Leopold Ringbom | PositiOne Motorsport | 22 | Robin Hansson | Fragus BR Motorsport |
| 23 | Harri Salminen | PositiOne Motorsport | 23 | Harri Salminen | PositiOne Motorsport |
| 24 | Robert Siska | Inter Europol | 24 | Robert Siska | Inter Europol |
| 25 | Salvatore Deplano | Euronova | 25 | Salvatore Deplano | Euronova |