Di Resta takes popular home win

Di Resta dominated the 56-lap encounter from start to finish, looking in control throughout and eventually winning by half a second from ASM teammate Sebastien Vettel.

Vettel looked as if he might have been able to put together a charge to the front in the final stages, however di Resta was always comfortable.

Six different drivers had won the first six races of the season, and Di Resta's becomes 2006's first double winner, adding to his Oschersleben victory.

The win was enough to put di Resta out on his own in the championship lead, ten points ahead of Manor Motorsport's Esteban Guerrieri

Richard Antinucci finished a quiet third, but he will have to wait to find out if he will be allowed to keep it.

The American was disqualified from the race for being underweight in qualifying, however the HBR Motorsport driver was allowed to race under appeal.

Guido van der Garde finished fourth and James Jakes finished an impressive fifth for British F3 team Hitech Racing.

Guerrieri, who had gone into the race tying with di Resta in the championship lead, finished 16th. The Argentine driver had started last after losing his qualifying times because he ignored black flags.

Sebastien Buemi, who had qualified fourth, had a disastrous race. The Swiss driver was slow to get away from the grid and fell down the order immediately before spinning out entering Clearways on the second lap. He finished a distant 21st.

ASM driver Kohei Hirate didn't even make the start of the race, after a bizarre incident on the warm-up lap. His race ended at Druids Hairpin, with the right rear corner of his car hanging off. Hirate later claimed he had been hit by Jakes.

Pos  Driver               Team                  Time
 1.  Paul di Resta        ASM Formule 3         40:22.460
 2.  Sebastian Vettel     ASM Formule 3         +   0.569
 3.  Giedo van der Garde  ASM Formule 3         +  11.510
 4.  James Jakes          Hitech Racing         +  12.527
 5.  Kamui Kobayashi      ASM Formule 3         +  21.848
 6.  Michael Herck        Bas Leinders JRT      +  23.539
 7.  Peter Elkmann        Jo Zeller Racing      +  25.880
 8.  Romain Grosjean      Signature-Plus        +  26.656
 9.  James Walker         Hitech Racing         +  27.222
10.  Yelmer Buurman       Fortec Motorsport     +  29.503
11.  Jonathan Summerton   ASL Mucke Motorsport  +  30.672
12.  Guillaume Moreau     Signature-Plus        +  32.751
13.  Kazuki Nakajima      Manor Motorsport      +  35.323
14.  Charlie Kimball      Signature-Plus        +  35.747
15.  Esteban Guerrieri    Manor Motorsport      +  36.202
16.  Ronayne O'Mahony     Prema Powerteam       +  41.597
17.  Alejandro Nunez      Prema Powerteam       +  43.067
18.  Joao Urbano          Prema Powerteam       +  1 lap 
19.  Filip Salaquarda     Team ISR              +  1 lap 
20.  Sebastien Buemi      ASL Mucke Motorsport  +  1 lap 
21.  Julia Kuhn                                 +  4 laps
     
     Tim Sandtler         Signature-Plus        + 46 laps

Fastest lap: di Resta, 42.633 on lap 8

Note: Richard Antinucci finished the race third. However, as he was disqualified in yesterday's qualifying session, his race result is not taken into account - unless he wins an appeal against his DQ