For the 11th time this season it was Jean-Eric Vergne who crossed the finish line ahead at Thruxton this afternoon, the Frenchman dominating round 21 after seeing off an early challenge from his Carlin team-mate James Calado. Vergne’s championship advantage as the teams head for Silverstone next weekend is now extended to 104 points.
Calado made things as difficult as he could for polesitter Vergne, slotting in behind him at the start and then outbraking him into the Club chicane at the end of the second lap. But Jean-Eric was having none of it and repaid the compliment next time around into Club to repass Calado and retake the lead.
An extended safety car period to retrieve the tangled cars of Max Snegirev and Adderley Fong from the barriers at Club bunched the pack up again but Vergne nailed the restart and sped into the middle distance over the course of the final 20 laps to claim his second win of the day.
“A few more points at Silverstone and the title is possible,” said a delighted Vergne. “Today was a good race, it’s always great to win like this, with a really great car…”
Calado faded a little at mid-distance and found himself unable to resist a charging Webb, who passed for second place into Club on the 20th lap. Oli’s result puts him back ahead of Calado – by a single point – in the championship standings.
Adriano Buzaid and Rupert Svendsen-Cook finished in line astern of third-placed Calado to make it make it four Carlin cars in the top five. Felipe Nasr got the better of Lucas Foresti for sixth, with Jay Bridger enjoying an excellent outing to claim eighth for Litespeed. Daniel McKenzie was forced to pit after getting caught in the Fong/Snegirev clash but battled back to an excellent ninth ahead of Alex Brundle, who made a long awaited return to the top 10 for T-Sport.
James Cole was another to suffer damage in the Club chicane crash; he lost a wing but pitted and returned to the track to finish second in the National class behind his T-Sport team-mate Menasheh Idafar. Cole retains a 10-point class title lead.
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