Turvey does the double at Silverstone

The 21-year-old Racing Steps Foundation-backed driver added another win to his earlier effort this morning with another commanding drive on Silverstone's International circuit.

In a reverse of this morning's start, Turvey beat polesitter Brendon Hartley away from the line. But while Hartley plummeted down the order, Turvey took Marcus Ericsson with him and the pair escaped up front.

This time Ericsson had the pace to stay with Turvey, but not enough to challenge for the lead. He had to sit and wait for a mistake that never came and Turvey completed a near perfect weekend.

"It's nice to take the lead (of the championship) with two rounds to go, I just have to hold onto it now," he said.

Behind the lead pair, Sam Abay was set for his first podium of the season until Nick Tandy ran him down on the final lap. Tandy took the place at Becketts and the pair collided when Abay tried to regain it in the complex at the end of the lap. Tandy survived to claim the final podium spot while Abay's race ended there in the gravel.

There was more decisive contact further down the field as the lead of the National Class changed on the penultimate lap. Stefan Wilson was on his way to a double win when he got held up by Henry Arundel's Championship Class car and got backed into the chasing pack.

Salman Al-Khalifa took the chance to dive up the inside at Brooklands but hit the side of Wilson's car and spun him out of the lead. Hywel Lloyd came through to inherit the win, with class leader Jay Bridger second.

Serio Perez finished fourth overall to at least stay in touch with Turvey in the standings, with fellow title hopeful Jaime Alguersuari frustrated behind Atte Mustonen in sixth.

Pos Driver                 Team           Car           Gap
 1. Oliver Turvey          Carlin         D/M     30:45.552
 2. Marcus Ericsson        Fortec         D/M        +1.009
 3. Nick Tandy             JTR            M/M       +12.697
 4. Sergio Perez           T-Sport        D/H       +14.937
 5. Atte Mustonen          Double R       D/M       +18.703
 6. Jaime Alguersuari      Carlin         D/M       +19.291
 7. John Martin            Double R       D/M       +26.280
 8. Michael Devaney        Ultimate       M/M       +26.936
 9. Brendon Hartley        Carlin         D/M       +27.318
10. Max Chilton            Hitech         D/M       +27.818
11. Walter Grubmuller      Hitech         D/M       +28.721
12. Philip Major           Fortec         D/M       +29.382
13. Ricardo Teixeira       Ultimate       M/M       +39.748
14. Oliver Oakes           Eurotek        D/M       +40.059
15. Henry Arundel          Double R       D/M       +49.682
16. Hywel Lloyd            CF (N)         D/H       +51.336
17. Jay Bridger            Fluid (N)      D/H       +51.501
18. Clemente Faria Jr      Double R       D/M       +53.119
19. Salman Al-Khalifa      T-Sport (N)    D/H       +54.425
20. Steven Guerrero        T-Sport (N)    D/H       +54.941
21. Jonathan Legris        Litespeed (N)  D/H     +1:14.776
22. Craig Reiff            Nexa (N)       D/H        +1 lap
23. Kristjan Einar         Carlin (N)     D/H        +1 lap

Retirements

    Sam Abay               Carlin         D/M       23 laps
    Alastair Jackson       Ultimate       M/M       23 laps
    Stefan Wilson          Fluid (N)      D/H       21 laps


Fastest lap, Turvey 1:16.296 on lap 8