Carlin take 1-2-3 at Snetterton
Carlin Motorsport took a 1-2-3 at Snetterton as Niall Breen led home teammates Sam Bird and Alberto Valerio in a processional race in the Norfolk sunshine
The team's cause was greatly helped by a disastrous start for pole-sitter Atte Mustonen of Double R, who then had a moment off-track at Sear and dropped to the very back of the field.
The lead trio stayed unchanged from then on, with points leader Marko Asmer slotting into an early fourth position.
A puncture, however, dropped Asmer out of contention, giving his rivals a good chance to eat into his points lead.
Stephen Jelley survived an eventful race to finish fourth, winning battles with both T-Sport's Rodolfo Gonzalez and his teammate Jonathan Kennard, who trailed him home.
Classified:
Pos Driver Make Time
1. Niall Breen Dallara/Mercedes 29:22.610
2. Sam Bird Dallara/Mercedes + 0.417
3. Alberto Valerio Dallara/Mercedes + 1.137
4. Stephen Jelley Dallara/Mercedes + 2.729
5. Rodolfo Gonzalez Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 9.986
6. Jonathan Kennard Dallara/Mercedes + 11.403
7. Maro Engel Dallara/Mercedes + 13.647
8. S.Hohenthal Dallara/Mercedes + 14.904
9. Greg Mansell Dallara/Mercedes + 15.340
10. Michael Devaney Mygale/Mercedes + 15.943
11. Max Chilton Dallara/Mercedes + 28.594
12. Mario Moraes Dallara/Mercedes + 32.237
13. Sergio Perez Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 35.244
14. E.Guerrieri Mygale/Mercedes + 35.928
15. W.Grubmuller Dallara/Mercedes + 41.065
16. Ricardo Teixeira Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 50.267
17. Leo Mansell Dallara/Mercedes + 51.881
18. Hamed Al Fardan Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 52.687
19. Ali Jackson Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 56.494
20. Cheng Cong Fu Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 58.014
21. S.Al-Khalifa Dallara/Mugen-Honda +1:06.627
22. Alberto Costa Dallara/Mugen-Honda +1:31.446
23. Juan P.Garcia Lola-Dome/Mugen-Honda + 1 Lap
24. Michael Meadows Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 1 Lap
25. Viktor Jensen Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 1 Lap
26. Alex Waters Dallara/Mugen-Honda + 1 Lap
27. Atte Mustonen Dallara/Mercedes + 2 Laps
Not Classified:
Driver Make laps
John Martin Dallara/Mugen-Honda 6
Marko Asmer Dallara/Mercedes 5
F.Castellacci Dallara/Mugen-Honda 1
Fastest lap: Stephen Jelley, 1:01.995 on lap 12
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