Turvey wins season opener at Oulton

He made the best start in slippery conditions and was able to control the race and hold off his Carlin Motorsport teammates Jaime Alguersuari and Brendon Hartley for most of race.

Turvey's life was made easier three laps from the end when Hartley tried to dive inside Alguersuari at Shell. The pair collided and ploughed straight on, both retiring on the spot.

That promoted Max Chilton to second place, but he was far enough back that Turvey could control the pace to the finish.

"The conditions were difficult but I just took it easy as the dry line emerged," said Turvey. "Jaime didn't look like he was going to have a go at me and I could have gone a bit quicker if I'd needed to.

"It would have been great to have a 1-2-3 finish for the team, but it made things a lot easier for me when I saw that they'd disappeared."

Atte Mustonen completed the podium from 10th on the grid, ahead of Ultimate Motorsport pair Michael Devaney and Esteban Guerrieri, who started 11th and 18th respectively.

Marcus Ericsson finished sixth after winning a race-long battle with Sergio Perez and Sebastian Hohenthal.

The National Class was comfortably won by Andy Meyrick, who finished eight seconds ahead of Jay Bridger with Hywel Lloyd a distant third.

Pos Driver              Team                  Car          Time
 1. Oliver Turvey       Carlin Motorsport     D/M     30:48.289
 2. Max Chilton         Hitech Racing         D/M        +1.978
 3. Atte Mustonen       Raikkonen Robertson   D/M        +3.893
 4. Michael Devaney     Ultimate Motorsport   M/M        +5.275
 5. Esteban Guerrieri   Ultimate Motorsport   M/M        +5.677
 6. Marcus Ericsson     Fortec Motorsport     D/M       +15.300
 7. Sergio Perez        T-Sport               D/M       +16.445
 8. Sebastian Hohenthal Fortec Motorsport     D/M       +18.431
 9. Henry Arundel       Raikkonen Robertson   D/M       +20.183
10. Sam Abay            Carlin Motorsport     D/M       +21.647
11. John Martin         Raikkonen Robertson   D/M       +24.105
12. Andy Meyrick        Carlin Motorsport (N) D/H       +34.867
13. Alistair Jackson    Raikkonen Robertson   D/M       +37.441
14. Ricardo Teixeira    Ultimate Motorsport   M/M       +37.806
15. Jay Bridger         Fluid Motorsport (N)  D/H       +42.693
16. Philip Major        Fortec Motorsport     D/M       +51.494
17. Hywel Lloyd         CF Racing (N)         D/H       +54.824
18. Niall Quinn         Team Loctite (N)      D/H     +1:09.056
19. Kristjan Einar      Carlin Motorsport (N) D/H     +1:09.922
20. Steven Guerrero     T-Sport (N)           D/H     +1:21.539
21. Stefan Wilson       Fluid Motorsport (N)  D/H        +1 lap
22. Craig Reiff         Nexa Racing (N)       D/H        +1 lap

Not classified

    Driver              Team                  Car          Time
    Jaime Alguersuari   Carlin Motorsport     D/M       14 laps
    Brendon Hartley     Carlin Motorsport     D/M       14 laps
    Nick Tandy          JTR                   M/M        8 laps
    Salman Al-Khalifa   T-Sport (N)           D/H        4 laps
    Walter Grubmuller   Hitech Racing         D/M         1 lap
    
Fastest lap: Martin, 1:37.196 on lap 18

(D/M = Dallara-Mercedes, D/H = Dallara-Honda, M/M = Mygale-Mercedes)