Ferrari Challenge, round 1

Both won the 15-lap rounds by convincing margins from drivers well-known to British fans. Diaz romped away from pole and took an easy victory from ex-Ford Fiesta racer Michael Cullen, while Roger got a good run on the rolling start to overtake British pole-sitter John Greasley.

In class one, Cullen was also aided by the fact that seven cars, including that of reigning champion Ange Barde, missed the deadline to be on the grid and had to start from the pit-lane. Despite that, Barde put in a storming drive to finish fourth behind ex-Formula 3000 driver Gregor Foitek, who was pushing Cullen hard by the end.

Greasley surprised himself by sticking his car on pole for the class two race but it was the relatively inexperienced Roger who was the star of the show, leading by more than six seconds at one point. Greasley, having slipped initially back to third behind Spaniard Manuel Cerqueda, reclaimed the spot when Cerqueda crashed out and was also pushed across the line by yet another Spaniard Santiago Puig.

Javier Diaz (ESP) 25m36.563s
Michael Cullen (IRL) 25m46.689s
Gregor Foitek (CH) 25m47.079s
Ange Barde (F) 25m55.072s
Paddy Shovlin (IRL) 26m10.499s
Robert Pergl (CZ) 26m11.294s

Jose Maria Roger (ESP) 26m24.378s
John Greasley (GB) 26m27.391s
Santiago Puig (ESP) 26m28.025s
Martin Lanting (NL) 26m46.562s
Andreas Koenig (A) 26m50.532s
John Seale (GB) 26m55.738s