Snet 1: Piquet's bonus

Danilo Dirani had pole from the qualifying session run at Silverstone in April, before that race was called off due to rain. But the Carlin driver is struggling for pace at Snetterton and didn't help his cause by losing three places at the start. Both Piquet (Piquet Sports) and Will Power (Alan Docking Racing) nipped through, and continued side-by-side right through the first right-hander.

It was Power who came off worst in this exchange, going wide onto the marbles and losing several places. That left Piquet to fend of Adam Carroll, Dirani and Lucas di Grassi.

Di Grassi later made a brave move to pass Brazilian rival Dirani for third at the end of the back straight, but that aside the order at the front was unchanged until the end, despite a safety car period for a host of lowly runners stranded at Sear.

Rossiter stalled at the startline, dropped almost to the back and eventually pulled in with an overheating motor.

Nelson Angelo Piquet Dallara-Mugen 26m49.593s
Adam Carroll Dallara-Mugen +1.907s
Lucas di Grassi Dallara-Renault +3.450s
Danilo Dirani Dallara-Mugen +5.144ss
Danny Watts Lola-Dome-Mugen +5.718s
Alvaro Parente Dallara-Mugen +7.446s