Alguersuari controls first race

The Spaniard maintained his lead from pole position over teammate Brendon Hartley and controlled the half hour race from the front. The pair cruised away from the chasing pack to contest the victory between themselves.

Hartley pushed hard in the early laps, but his charge looked to be broken after he locked up and lost over a second at the Esses on lap 13. That was until they caught a train of five backmarkers with four laps to go and Hartley was right back on the leader's tail.

But Alguersuari soaked up the pressure to record his fourth win of the season and put himself in position to seal the title later this afternoon.

Turvey led the chasing group in third, holding a safe margin over Dean Smith, Sam Abay and Nick Tandy for the duration of the race.

Behind them, Atte Mustonen held off Marcus Ericsson for seventh and Henry Surtees fought off a late charge from Jay Bridger to secure the National Class victory on his F3 debut.

Pos Driver             Team            Car          Gap
 1. Jaime Alguersuari  Carlin          D/M    30:03.648
 2. Brendon Hartley    Carlin          D/M       +0.813
 3. Oliver Turvey      Carlin          D/M       +7.544
 4. Dean Smith         Fortec          D/M       +9.439
 5. Sam Abay           Carlin          D/M       +9.859
 6. Nick Tandy         JTR             M/M      +10.610
 7. Atte Mustonen      Double R        D/M      +20.509
 8. Marcus Ericsson    Fortec          D/M      +21.147
 9. Henry Surtees      Carlin (N)      D/H      +33.340
10. Jay Bridger        Fluid (N)       D/H      +33.495
11. Henry Arundel      Double R        D/M      +34.524
12. John Martin        Double R        D/M      +36.083
13. Oliver Oakes       Eurotek         D/M      +36.499
14. Adriano Buzaid     Carlin (N)      D/H      +37.353
15. Stefan Wilson      Fluid (N)       D/H      +50.254
16. Clemente Faria Jr  Cesario         D/H       +1 lap
17. Steven Guerrero    T-Sport (N)     D/H       +1 lap
18. Hywel Lloyd        CF (N)          D/H       +1 lap
19. Callum MacLeod     T-Sport (N)     D/H       +1 lap
20. Philip Major       Fortec          D/M       +1 lap
21. Max Chilton        Hitech          D/M      +2 laps
22. Jonathan Legris    Litespeed (N)   S/H      +6 laps

Not classified

    Sergio Perez       T-Sport         D/H      20 laps
    Walter Grubmuller  Hitech          D/M        1 lap


Fastest lap, Alguersuari 1:01.375 on lap 11


D/M = Dallara Mercedes, M/M = Mygale Mercedes, D/H = Dallara Mugen-Honda,
S/H = SLC Mugen-Honda