Overnight thunderstorms and heavy morning rain gave way to sunny, yet blustery, weather conditions - which dried the track in time for the start.
Hulkenberg (ART) sprinted away from pole position, immediately chopping across the bows of fellow front row man Mika Maki (Mucke), who had to fend off Hulkenberg's team-mate, Jules Bianchi, into Tarzan.
Hulkenberg led by over a second by lap four, and his victory never looked in doubt. Maki held off a brief challenge from Bianchi on lap five, but quickly re-established the gap to 2.6s at the finish.
Sam Bird, who made a terrible start but just managed to hold his position through the first corners, finished a distant fourth for Manor Motorsport, holding off the challenge of Yann Clairay (SG). Fifth place changed hands throughout, as early position holder Dani Clos (Prema) got a drive-through penalty for jumping the start.
Koudai Tsukakoshi (Manor) held it until Clairay passed him at the chicane on lap 10, but the Japanese would later drop out anyway when his in-car fire extinguisher went off.
Jean-Karl Vernay finished sixth after dropping back with a poor start, but stayed ahead of Renger van der Zande (Prema) and Robert Wickens (Signature), the latter just holding off Niall Breen (Manor) for Sunday's reverse grid pole.
Championship leader Mortara's weekend went from bad to worse. Having qualified 15th in his Signature Dallara-VW, he spun into the gravel while embroiled in a battle with James Jakes (ART). His 14-point lead coming into today is now a four-point one.
Pos Driver Team Car Time 1. Mika Maki Mucke D/M 40:57.822 2. Jules Bianchi ART D/M +7.703 3. Sam Bird Manor D/M +25.172 4. Yann Clairay SG D/M +26.796 5. Jean-Karl Vernay Signature D/V +32.319 6. Renger van der Zande Prema D/M +36.741 7. Robert Wickens Signature D/V +37.444 8. Niall Breen Manor D/M +37.776 9. James Jakes ART D/M +38.716 10. Franck Mailleux Signature D/V +39.355 11. Erik Janis Mucke D/M +39.838 12. Christian Vietoris Mucke D/M +53.810 13. Kazuya Oshima Manor D/M +54.057 14. Dani Clos Prema D/M +54.940 15. Richard Philippe Carlin D/M +56.274 16. Henkie Waldschmidt SG D/M +56.590 17. Cheng Cong Fu RC D/V +57.296 18. Stefano Coletti Prema D/M +58.327 19. Martin Plowman RC D/V +1:12.273 20. Jens Klingmann RC D/V +1:14.502 21. Basil Shaaban HBR D/M +1:18.040 22. Daniel Campos HBR D/M +1 lap Retirements Nico Hulkenberg ART D/M DSQ Rodolfo Gonzalez Carlin D/M 20 laps Edoardo Mortara Signature D/V 16 laps Koudai Tsukakoshi Manor D/M 14 laps Jon Lancaster ART D/M 1 lap Fastest lap, Hulkenberg 1:33.267 on lap 7 D/M = Dallara Mercedes, D/V = Dallara Volkswagen
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