Giovanardi win sets up title decider

Plato maintains his slight points advantage after trying furiously to get past his rival - a robust move putting them both across the grass. It was not successful, however, and Giovanardi claimed the chequered flag ahead of Plato and Matt Neal.

The top seven reverse grid puts SEAT and Vauxhall's two guest drivers on the front row, with Tom Coronel in front of Alain Menu. Plato will line up one place ahead of Giovanardi in sixth place on the grid.

"There's one point in it now - and it's in my favour," said Plato. "We've got the situation of the reverse grid and with an advantage of just one point, anything could happen."

Classified:

Pos  Driver               Car         Time
 1.  Fabrizio Giovanardi  Vauxhall    21:35.623
 2.  Jason Plato          SEAT        +   0.833
 3.  Matt Neal            Honda       +   1.729
 4.  Colin Turkington     BMW         +   7.600
 5.  Mat Jackson          BMW         +   8.369
 6.  Alain Menu           Vauxhall    +   9.015
 7.  Tom Coronel          SEAT        +   9.771
 8.  Mike Jordan          Honda       +  10.195
 9.  Tom Chilton          Vauxhall    +  15.807
10.  Tom Onslow-Cole      BMW         +  17.442
11.  Darren Turner        SEAT        +  17.967
12.  Adam Jones           SEAT        +  18.780
13.  John George          Honda       +  34.475
14.  Paul O'Neill         SEAT        +  37.662
15.  Rick Kerry           BMW         +1:14.523
16.  Martyn Bell          BMW         +   1 lap

Not classified/retirements:

     Driver               Car         Laps
     David Pinkney        Alfa Romeo  8
     Jason Hughes         MG          4
     Gordon Shedden       Honda       3
     Eoin Murray          Alfa Romeo  2
     Rob Collard          SEAT        1
     Erkut Kizilirmak     Vauxhall    0
     Alan Taylor          Honda       0
     Matt Allison         SEAT        0