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Trio battling it out for supremacy in Hungary

Joshua Hayward

Published 11/06/2015 at 13:01 GMT

Heading into this weekend's round in Hungary, three drivers are aiming to maintain their momentum at the top of the leaderboard.

Briton Oliver Rowland (Fortec Motorsports) took the overall lead in the Formula Renault 3.5 Series (World Series Renault)

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After five rounds, three drivers have monopolised the honours: Oliver Rowland (Fortec Motorsports), Matthieu Vaxiviere (Lotus) and Jazeman Jaafar (Fortec Motorsports). Already race winners at Motorland Aragón, the Englishman and Frenchman doubled up at Spa-Francorchamps and hope to keep their momentum going.
The leading trio is being chased by the two rookies in the DAMS team: Dean Stoneman and Nyck de Vries. On the podium at each meeting thus far, the Red Bull Junior Team protégé will hope to do one better in Hungary and aim for victory. His team-mate and member of the McLaren Young Driver Development Programme will return to the circuit where he began an exceptional second half of the season in 2013.
Further behind, Tom Dillmann (Jagonya Ayam with Carlin) will try to stay in the hunt, as will Tio Ellinas (Strakka Racing) and Egor Orudzhev (Arden Motorsport), who both scored points in each race in Belgium. Pietro Fantin (International Draco Racing) and Meindert van Buuren (Lotus) will hope to consolidate their positions in the top ten, as will Nicholas Latifi (Arden Motorsport), who led for the first time in Belgium.
After scoring points at Spa, Aurélien Panis (Tech 1 Racing) and Gustav Malja (Strakka Racing) want to confirm their progression in the WSR 3.5 table. On the other hand, Alfonso Celis (AVF), Sean Gelael (Jagonya Ayam with Carlin), Bruno Bonifacio (International Draco Racing), Philopaz Armand (Pons Racing) and Roy Nissany (Tech 1 Racing) need to rebound after a disappointing race at Spa-Francorchamps. For her part, Beitske Visser (AVF) will be looking for her first points of the season. And finally, Roberto Merhi (Pons Racing) will hope to break his streak of bad luck at a circuit where he won by nearly 30 seconds last year.
Race 1: Saturday 13 June at 11:45
Race 2: Sunday 14 June at 13:00
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