Conway wins at last

Pre-season title favourite Conway got away ahead of James Walker (Hitech Racing), Christian Bakkerud, Oliver Jarvis and Maro Engel (all Carlin Motorsport). The flying Jarvis then took second from his teammate at the chicane.

But Walker, Jarvis and Bakkerud then all disappeared in the space of a single lap, leaving Conway with a large lead over Engel, Yelmer Buurman (Fortec Motorsport) and Senna. A mid-race safety car period did little to affect Conway's composure, though Senna continued to threaten Buurman until the line.

Aftwerwards, Conway said: "It's a shame we picked up debris in first race but fantastic to finally get the first win in and hopefully it's the first of many.

"I knew I just had to keep it together and nobody would be able to get close enough to pass me. It was still tricky towards the end though, as the track dried out."

Results:

Pos  Driver              Car                                Time
 1.  Mike Conway         Dallara F306 Mercedes-Benz    27:41.989
 2.  Maro Engel          Dallara F306 Mugen-Honda        + 1.790
 3.  Yelmer Buurman      Dallara F306 Mercedes-Benz      + 3.317
 4.  Bruno Senna         Dallara F306 Mercedes-Benz      + 3.671
 5.  Dennis Retera       Dallara F306 Mugen-Honda       + 14.122
 6.  Karl Reindler       Dallara F306 Mugen-Honda       + 18.891
 7.  Rodolfo Gonzalez    Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda       + 21.389
 8.  Charlie Hollings    Dallara F306 Mercedes-Benz     + 25.051
 9.  James Jakes         Dallara F306 Mercedes-Benz     + 26.549
10.  Jonathan Kennard    Dallara F306 Mugen-Honda       + 31.459
11.  Keiko Ihara         Dallara F306 Mugen-Honda       + 36.245
12.  Martin Kudzak       Lola-Dome F106/4 Mugen Honda   + 37.830
13.  Cristiano Morgado   Lola-Dome F106/4 Mugen Honda   + 38.735
14.  Rodolfo Avila       Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda        + 1 LAP
  Not Classified
     Salvador Duran      Dallara F306 Mercedes-Benz       D.N.F.
     Ricardo Teixeira    Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda         D.N.F.
     James Walker        Dallara F306 Mercedes-Benz       D.N.F.
     Alberto Valerio     Dallara F306 Mugen-Honda         D.N.F.
     Juho Annala         Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda         D.N.F.
     Oliver Jarvis       Dallara F306 Mugen-Honda         D.N.F.
     Christian Bakkerud  Dallara F306 Mugen-Honda         D.N.F.
     Alexander Khateeb   Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda         D.N.F.
     Stuart Hall         Dallara F306 Mercedes-Benz       D.N.F.
     Stephen Jelley      Dallara F306 Mercedes-Benz       D.N.F.