Qualifying 18th after improving his pace throughout the weekend enabled the #87 to put himself into contention for a points scoring finish but after 18 hard fought laps Remy had to settle for 17th.

The result may not have added more points to Remy’s season tally but nevertheless there are positives, including a solid race pace that didn’t drop too much at the end. It’s also worth remembering that Gardner missed the 2017 event through injury.

Remy Gardner: “It was a tough race but I always knew it would be after missing last year. No points is disappointing but at the end of the race I had a good pace and I learned a lot in the later last laps which will help me in the next races. Mid way through I got eaten up by the pack and lost the group. The gap to leader was about 20 seconds which would have but me in or around 10th last year so we have to take the positives. Hopefully in Jerez we can recover some points in the championship so see you all there!”