Sato storms to Silverstone victory

Carlin Motorsport's rising Japanese star led from start to finish. Championship leader Antonio Pizzonia was back on form after a recent difficult patch, but could not get close to Sato and had to be content with second place.

Gianmaria Bruni was third for Fortec, holding off Tomas Scheckter. The Stewart driver, who tested the Jaguar Formula 1 car earlier in the week, lost ground to Pizzonia in the title chase and now lies 35 points behind his Brazilian rival.



1 Takuma Sato Carlin Dallara-Mugen Honda 30m59.030s
2 Antonio Pizzonia Manor Dallara-Mugen Honda + 1.654s
3 Gianmaria Bruni Fortec Dallara-Mugen Honda + 15.040s
4 Tomas Scheckter Stewart Dallara-Mugen Honda + 15.725s
5 Narain Karthikeyan Stewart Dallara-Mugen Honda + 22.135s
6 Ben Collins Carlin Dallara-Mugen Honda + 23.107s
7 Matt Davies Promatecme Dallara-Renault + 23.970s
8 Martin O'Connell Rowan Dallara-Mugen Honda + 28.215s
9 Marcos Ambrose ADR Dallara-Mugen Honda + 28.279s
10 Nicolas Kiesa RC Dallara-Speiss Opel + 36.236s
11 Michael Bentwood Fortec Dallara-Mugen Honda + 39.284s
12 Andy Priaulx Promatecme Dallara-Renault + 39.710s
13 Andrew Kirkaldy Avanti Dallara-Speiss Opel + 46.860s
14 Gary Paffett Goddard Dallara-Renault + 49.614s
15 Tor Sriachavanon ADR Dallara-Mugen Honda + 57.434s
16 Mark Mayall Diamond Dallara-Mugen Honda + 1 lap
17 Peter Nilsson Meritus Dallara-Toyota + 1 lap
18 Westley Barber Manor Dallara-Mugen Honda + 1 lap
19 Enzo Buscaglia Hopkins Dallara-Speiss Opel + 2 laps

Retirements:

Milos Pavlovic RC Dallara-Speiss Opel
Warren Carway Rowan Dallara-Mugen Honda
Christian Columbo Rowan Dallara-Mugen Honda
Atsushi Katsumata Meritus Dallara-Toyota
Ryan Walker Diamond Dallara-Mugen Honda