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Will Buller wins GP3 race two at Silverstone from last on grid

Will Buller took a nothing-to-lose gamble at Silverstone on Sunday morning and hit the jackpot with his slick-tyred strategy that won him the eighth race of the GP3 Series

Carlin driver Buller, who crashed out on the opening lap on Saturday so was 25th on the grid, scored an 8.5-second victory after a charging drive. He had to take it easy at the start, as the track was still treacherously slippery. This was proved as Alex Brundle and Connor Daly started on slick tyres and tumbled down the order in their Carlin and Lotus-run machines.

Poleman Kevin Ceccon led initially for Ocean, before Tio Ellinas (Marussia Manor) shot past him at Stowe on the opening lap. Mitch Evans charged up to third on the opening tour, but his MW Arden machine would soon tumble back down the order to an eventual 11th.

Ellinas headed Saturday winner Antonio Felix da Costa (Carlin) in the wet phase of the race, but as the track dried, it was the well-worn wets of Jenzer drivers Patric Niederhauser and Robert Visoiu that came into their own, and they ran one-two by half-distance.

But then the brave slick runners came to the fore, and it was Buller who had manoeuvred his way into the best position to take full advantage. He hit the front at Becketts on lap 10 and motored away to a brilliant victory. Daly, who dropped way back into the pack from his fourth-place starting slot, charged through to second.

Niederhauser clung on to third, the first car home on wet tyres, while Ellinas was the first across the finish line of those who chose to pit for slicks in fourth. He set fastest lap on the final tour.

Visoiu was fifth, ahead of da Costa. Title contender Aaro Vainio (Lotus) crashed out at Vale, when he drove over the back of Arden's Mathias Laine.

Results - 14 laps:

Pos  Driver                  Team          Time/Gap
 1.  Will Buller             Carlin      29m49.526s
 2.  Conor Daly              Lotus         + 8.577s
 3.  Patric Niederhauser     Jenzer       + 30.017s
 4.  Tio Ellinas             Manor        + 37.529s
 5.  Robert Visoiu           Jenzer       + 52.038s
 6.  Antonio Felix da Costa  Carlin     + 1m03.722s
 7.  Kevin Ceccon            Ocean      + 1m05.954s
 8.  Fabio Gamberini         Atech CRS  + 1m06.482s
 9.  Fabiano Machado         Manor      + 1m07.321s
10.  Alex Brundle            Carlin     + 1m20.941s
11.  Mitch Evans             MW Arden   + 1m22.894s
12.  Facu Regalia            Jenzer     + 1m23.503s
13.  Kotaro Sakurai          Status     + 1m24.283s
14.  Tamas Pal Kiss          Atech CRS  + 1m28.143s
15.  Robert Cregan           Ocean      + 1m44.079s
16.  Giovanni Venturini      Trident    + 1m52.403s
17.  Ethen Ringel            Atech CRS  + 1m54.151s
18.  Matias Laine            Lotus          + 1 lap
19.  Antonio Spavone         Trident        + 1 lap

Retirements:

     Dmitry Suranovich       Manor          12 laps
     Vicky Piria             Trident        12 laps
     Daniel Abt              Lotus          11 laps
     Marlon Stockinger       Status         11 laps
     Aaro Vainio             Lotus          11 laps
     Alice Powell            Status          9 laps

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