Jelley takes Thruxton victory

Pole man Sebastian Hohenthal (Fortec Motorsport) and Niall Breen (Carlin Motorsport) were the two drivers initially disputing the lead, but they clashed at Campbell a couple of laps into the race and ruled themselves out of contention.

This put Sam Bird (Carlin) into the lead, but it wasn't long before Jonathan Kennard (Double R) passed him. But once Atte Mustonen (Double R) moved into third it became a three-way fight for the lead.

Mustonen and Bird then fell over each other at Club, both slamming into the tyre barrier and leaving Kennard with a handy lead. But this incident brought out the safety car, and Jelley passed his teammate for the lead at the restart.

Jelley then managed the gap well to the end, with Kennard taking second and Maro Engel driving a fine race from 15th on the grid to claim third. This helps him slightly close the gap to championship leader Marko Asmer (Hitech Racing), who struggled to ninth place.

Sergio Perez (T-Sport) was the National Class winner, ahead of Hamad Al Fardan (Performance Racing).

Classified:

Pos  Driver            Make                   Time
 1.  Stephen Jelley    Dallara/Mercedes       29:58.967
 2.  Jonathan Kennard  Dallara/Mercedes       +   1.810
 3.  Maro Engel        Dallara/Mercedes       +   2.496
 4.  E.Guerrieri       Mygale/Mercedes        +   3.819
 5.  Alberto Valerio   Dallara/Mercedes       +   5.351
 6.  Greg Mansell      Dallara/Mercedes       +   6.140
 7.  Rodolfo Gonzalez  Dallara/Mugen-Honda    +   6.150
 8.  Michael Devaney   Mygale/Mercedes        +   6.216
 9.  Marko Asmer       Dallara/Mercedes       +   7.178
10.  Sergio Perez      Dallara/Mugen-Honda    +  10.341
11.  W.Grubmuller      Dallara/Mercedes       +  10.852
12.  Niall Breen       Dallara/Mercedes       +  12.464
13.  Mario Moraes      Dallara/Mercedes       +  13.060
14.  Leo Mansell       Dallara/Mercedes       +  17.085
15.  Hamed Al Fardan   Dallara/Mugen-Honda    +  18.925
16.  Michael Meadows   Dallara/Mugen-Honda    +  19.033
17.  Cheng Cong Fu     Dallara/Mugen-Honda    +  19.854
18.  S.Al-Khalifa      Dallara/Mugen-Honda    +  21.532
19.  Ali Jackson       Dallara/Mercedes       +  23.167
20.  Max Chilton       Dallara/Mercedes       +  23.731
21.  F.Castellacci     Dallara/Mugen-Honda    +  23.969
22.  Juan P.Garcia     Lola-Dome/Mugen-Honda  +  24.834
23.  Viktor Jensen     Dallara/Mugen-Honda    +  26.373

Not classified:

     Driver            Make                  Laps
     John Martin       Dallara/Mugen-Honda    21
     Ricardo Teixeira  Dallara/Mugen-Honda    16
     Sam Bird          Dallara/Mercedes       10
     Atte Mustonen     Dallara/Mercedes       10
     S.Hohenthal       Dallara/Mercedes        3

Fastest lap: Mustonen, 1:06.827 on lap 8