Buzaid takes first F3 win of 2010

Compulsory pitstops were employed for the second time this year and the Brazilian and his Carlin team made the perfect strategic call to leapfrog early leader Carlos Huertas in the pits.

Colombian Huertas (Raikkonen Robertson) led the race comfortably from pole in the early stages, while Buzaid leapt from fourth to second with a great opening lap.

Huertas made his scheduled stop/go pit visit with four laps to run and Buzaid used the clear road in front of him to pump in the necessary quick times and build a big enough lead to emerge ahead when he made his own stop two laps later.

The plan worked to perfection and Buzaid raced on to a 2.690-second victory from Huertas, who missed out on a maiden win but took the two bonus points for fastest lap.

Championship leader Jean-Eric Vergne (Carlin) claimed the final podium spot after a combative drive. The Frenchman worked his way up to fourth from sixth on the grid on the opening lap and then got the better of Raikkonen Robertson's Felipe Nasr after the pitstop cycle - sealing the place on the brakes into Abbey with four laps to run.

Yesterday's winner James Calado was the last in this leading group and took fifth, well clear of Carlin team-mate Rupert Svendsen-Cook, who just held off Fortec's Oli Webb and Carlin's Jazeman Jaafar. The final Carlin car of Lucas Foresti ran in the top 10 for most of the race, but lost out badly with a late pitstop and finished 12th.

Hywel Lloyd (CF Racing/Manor) and Fortec's Daniel McKenzie claimed the final points by rounding out the top 10, while T-Sport's James Cole made a late pitstop strategy work to leap team-mate Menasheh Idafar and take National Class honours by seven tenths of a second in 16th.

Pos  Driver                Team                 Car     Time/Gap
 1.  Adriano Buzaid        Carlin               D/V   19m08.094s
 2.  Carlos Huertas        Raikkonen Robertson  D/M     + 2.690s
 3.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Carlin               D/V     + 3.453s
 4.  Felipe Nasr           Raikkonen Robertson  D/M     + 4.541s
 5.  James Calado          Carlin               D/V     + 6.205s
 6.  Rupert Svendsen-Cook  Carlin               D/V    + 14.767s
 7.  Oliver Webb           Fortec               D/M    + 15.272s
 8.  Jazeman Jaafar        Carlin               D/V    + 15.786s
 9.  Hywel Lloyd           CF/Manor             D/M    + 17.512s
10.  Daniel McKenzie       Fortec               D/M    + 19.210s
11.  Carlos Munoz          Mucke                D/M    + 21.189s
12.  Lucas Foresti         Carlin               D/V    + 25.110s
13.  William Buller        Hitech               D/V    + 30.942s
14.  Gabriel Dias          Hitech               D/V    + 31.978s
15.  Maxim Snegirev        Fortec               D/M    + 32.475s
16.  James Cole            T-Sport              D/H    + 34.121s
17.  Menasheh Idafar       T-Sport              D/H    + 34.897s
18.  Alex Brundle          T-Sport              D/V    + 35.614s
19.  Daisuke Nakajima      Raikkonen Robertson  D/M    + 36.040s
20.  Jay Bridger           Litespeed            D/M    + 40.281s
21.  Pietro Fantin         Hitech               D/V    + 50.043s
22.  Yann Cunha            Manor                D/M    + 52.226s
23.  Juan Carlos Sistos    West-Tec             D/H  + 1m12.774s
24.  Adderly Fong          Sino Vision          D/M     + 3 laps