Dean Stoneman romped home to an emphatic eight second victory in the opening race at Brands Hatch, the Briton closing to within five points of Jolyon Palmer in the overall championship as a result.
Starting from pole, Stoneman made a great start as fellow front-row man Sergey Afanasiev bogged down, bunching the field up behind him and allowing Stoneman to pull clear through the opening few corners.
From there he set about establishing a furious pace that the rest of the field struggled to match, his winning margin not reflecting his true dominance as he backed off in the closing stages of the race.
Stoneman's win was made all the more sweet as championship rival Jolyon Palmer failed to improve upon his seventh-place grid slot, the Briton eventually finishing eighth and conceding 21 points in the title battle.
Instead it was Jack Clarke who finished runner-up to Stoneman, with the Surrey-racer makign a superb move around the outside of Afanasiev on the opening lap to snatch second - which he held for the duration of the race.
Ivan Samarin snatched third as Bratt and Afanasiev clashed at Druids on lap one, and the Russian held on to the final podium spot - his best result of the season - despite the best efforts of Gladdis and Bratt during the race.
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