Poleman, Frederic Vervisch of Team Goddard, stalled at the start handing the lead to team mate and fellow front row man, Rafael Suzuki. Matt Howson of PTRS slotted into second from series newcomers Ed Pead and Leonardo Valois, both of Aran Racing. Vervisch was able to restart before the last car had passed and was soon past Roland Hermoso and Peter Kalpakiotis before the end of the first lap. Meanwhile up front Matt Howson was close to Suzuki who was pushing very hard and had a couple of moments in both turn two and the bus stop chicane on the first lap. However Howson then understeered wide at Brians Turn giving Suzuki some breathing space and the Brazilian got his head down and opened up a two second gap which he controlled to the end to take his first win in the series. Howson drove well to keep the pressure on, particularly as he had a flying Vervisch closing in over the last few laps. The latter was within a second of Howson by the chequered flag, taking the fastest race lap in the process.
Ed Pead had a lonely race in fourth place but he is getting faster each time he sits in the car and has impressed on his F3 debut. Valois lost a lot of time on the third lap when he spun at turn one as Vervisch went past, both cars getting out of shape as the Belgian forced his way past. Peter Kalpakiotis was the Promotions Class victor.
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