Giovanardi wins eventful race two

The VX Racing star had started from fifth place on the grid, but he was up to third at the start and pulled off some great overtaking moves on Mat Jackson and Gordon Shedden to take the win.

Neal's second place was similarly impressive - he had started from 18th on the grid, having finished race one a lap down due to a puncture.

Plato's third place was also a hard-fought one, his SEAT Leon having a big coming-together with Tom Chilton, but he was ultimately let through by his teammate Darren Turner, who finished fourth.

The gap between Plato and Giovanardi in the drivers' title standings is now 16 points, with the SEAT man still having the upper hand.

The race was punctuated by two long safety car periods, the first for an incident involving Chris Stockton and Fiona Leggate, which saw Leggate's MG ZS airborne.

The second, which wiped out Giovanardi's 3.5 second lead, was called when Turkish driver Erkut Kizilirmak took a trip through the fields.

Classified:

Pos  Driver               Car          Time
 1.  Fabrizio Giovanardi  Vauxhall     32:08.399
 2.  Matt Neal            Honda         +  1.198
 3.  Jason Plato          SEAT          +  1.677
 4.  Darren Turner        SEAT          +  2.433
 5.  Mat Jackson          BMW           +  2.694
 6.  Tom Onslow-Cole      BMW           +  3.127
 7.  Eoin Murray          Alfa Romeo    +  3.773
 8.  Tom Chilton          Vauxhall      +  4.819
 9.  Colin Turkington     BMW           +  5.210
10.  Matt Allison         SEAT          +  6.237
11.  Jason Hughes         MG            +  7.270
12.  Martyn Bell          BMW           + 11.553
13.  John George          Honda         + 11.632
14.  Simon Blanckley      Honda         + 12.062

Not classified:

     Driver               Car          Laps
     Gordon Shedden       Honda        16
     Erkut Kizilirmak     Vauxhall     13
     Tom Ferrier          SEAT         12
     David Pinkney        Alfa Romeo   9
     Mike Jordan          Honda        4
     Rick Kerry           BMW          4
     Richard Marsh        Alfa Romeo   1
     Fiona Leggate        MG           0
     Chris Stockton       Lexus        0