The start of the first race of the Formula Renault 1.6 NEC Junior in Zolder went well, but after little less than half a lap it all went quite wrong. For Marcel Lenerz (Stuart Racing Team), Paul Sieljes (Stuart Racing Team) and Boris Kolff (Provily Racing) the race was over, while Cédric Piro (Pirosports) could continue but without his front wing.
At the front the fight for the lead was briefly suspended. Florian Janits (Lechner Racing School) took the restart with ten minutes to go as the leader and had to pull out all the stops to preserve his lead till the end of the race. He stayed ahead to grab his first win of the season. He climbed from sixth to fourth place in the championship.
Janneau Esmeijer (Provily Racing) secured second place with some nice overtaking moves to finish before the Estonian Ralf Aron (Scuderia Nordica), who just could hold off championship leader Anton De Pasquale (Lechner Racing School) The Australian fell back from second to fourth place just after the restart of the safety car.
Larry ten Voorde (MB Motorsports), who due to a technical infringement lost his pole position, moved forward through the field to finish seventh while fighting for sixth with Ferdinand Habsburg (Lechner Racing School).
1. Florian Janits (Lechner Racing School): “I had an excellent race! With the speed I had all weekend and a good start I could hold my pace till the end of the race very comfortable. I felt very relaxed in the car. Great to have my first win...”.