Alguersuari capitalises for race two win

Alguersuari took the lead on the first lap when Oliver Turvey ran wide at the first corner defending from Brendon Hartley and delayed them both.

Turvey maintained second but Hartley dropped to fifth and had to fight his way back past John Martin and Max Chilton, but he got both in one move at the last corner.

All three were side by side down the straight, with Hartley on the inside and Chilton on the outside both sweeping past Martin. Chilton tried to chop into the corner but Hartley was already there so he aborted and cut the roundabout.

Chilton rejoined ahead of Martin but lifted on the main straight to give the place back, but the loss of momentum also allowed Esteban Guerrieri to come through and Sergio Perez was all over the back of the Hitech car as well.

Perez harassed Chilton for a few more laps until he got a good run down the main straight and moved ahead around the outside. Chilton tapped the back of Perez as the Mexican braked in front of himand his nose kept pushing the back of the T-Sport car until it spun.

Perez was then collected by the unsighted Ricardo Teixeira, which brought out the safety car, and Chilton had to pit for a new nose.

The safety car closed things up at the front and after the restart, Hartley set about finding a way round Turvey. He looked to be quicker, but save for a bit of darting around in the mirrors, he couldn't get close enough to make a serious move.

Turvey was also able to keep his pace up enough that Alguersuari couldn't get away, and 1.1 seconds covered all three as they crossed the line at the end.

"I knew my teammates were a little bit faster than me but I was still able to win," said Alguersuari. "The championship is still very close and we'll see what happens at Donington, I hope to be able to win there."

Martin lost fourth place when he spun and crashed at the right-hand kink and that promoted the Mygales of Ultimate Motorsport teammates Esteban Guerrieri and Michael Devaney to fourth and fifth.

Walter Grubmuller completed the top six, while Oliver Oakes passed Sam Abay for seventh four laps from home.

Stefan Wilson claimed his fourth National Class win of the year with ninth place overall, ahead of Hywel Lloyd and Jay Bridger.

Pos  Driver              Car                      Time
 1.  J.Alguersuari       Dallara/Mercedes         30:43.123
 2.  Oliver Turvey       Dallara/Mercedes         + 0.642
 3.  Brendon Hartley     Dallara/Mercedes         + 1.121
 4.  E.Guerrieri         Mygale/Mercedes          + 10.113
 5.  Michael Devaney     Mygale/Mercedes          + 12.233
 6.  W.Grubmüller        Dallara/Mercedes         + 12.891
 7.  Oliver Oakes        Dallara/Mercedes         + 19.853
 8.  Sam Abay            Dallara/Mercedes         + 21.858
 9.  Stefan Wilson       Dallara/Mugen-Honda      + 23.258
10.  Hywel Lloyd         Dallara/Mugen-Honda      + 23.546
11.  Jay Bridger         Dallara/Mugen-Honda      + 24.735
12.  Marcus Ericsson     Dallara/Mercedes         + 26.124
13.  S.Al-Khalifa        Dallara/Mugen-Honda      + 36.642
14.  Steven Guerrero     Dallara/Mugen-Honda      + 38.568
15.  Henry Arundel       Dallara/Mercedes         + 39.163
16.  Max Chilton         Dallara/Mercedes         + 54.934

Retirements:

    Driver              Car                      Laps
    John Martin         Dallara/Mercedes          15
    Atte Mustonen       Dallara/Mercedes          13
    Philip Major        Dallara/Mercedes          12
    Sergio Pérez        Dallara/Mugen-Honda       7
    Ricardo Teixeira    Mygale/Mercedes           7
    
Fastest lap: Hartley, 1:13.361 on lap 7