The Irishman led from start to finish to record the first non-Dallara win in four years, and also his first F3 win in Britain.
He had qualified on pole position in yesterday's wet qualifying session and had to work hard to defend his lead from Carlin's Jaime Alguersuari throughout the half hour race.
"The guys behind me had a better pace but I knew it would be difficult for them to pass me if I didn't make a mistake," Devaney told autosport.com. "I didn't really have to defend that hard because I could see that he couldn't get close enough to have a proper go."
Alguersuari had chased the leader down after passing both Nick Tandy and Brendon Hartley in one move at the Esses on the first lap. He then closed rapidly on Devaney but was unable to find a way past the Ultimate Motorsport car.
"In clear air I was easily quicker but as soon as I caught him there was too much understeer," said Alguersuari. "It's like Monaco here, if you start P1 you only have to be quite competitive to win. It would have been too much of a risk and and I didn't want to throw the second place away."
Hartley remained in close attendance in third, but didn't quite have the pace to join the scrap for the lead.
Oliver Turvey finished fourth, heading Fortec's Swedish pairing of Sebastian Hohenthal and Marcus Ericsson. Tandy slipped down to seventh from his front row start, but managed to keep Atte Mustonen, Walter Grubmuller and Sam Abay at bay.
Championship leader Sergio Perez was running sixth but dropped out of the race when dome debris invaded his radiator and broke the engine.
Jay Bridger was first of the National Class runners in 11th, three places ahead of class leader Andy Meyrick.
Pos Driver Team Car Gap 1. Michael Devaney Ultimate M/M 29:15.236 2. Jaime Alguersuari Carlin D/M +0.664 3. Brendon Hartley Carlin D/M +2.000 4. Oliver Turvey Carlin D/M +4.914 5. Sebastian Hohenthal Fortec D/M +7.140 6. Marcus Ericsson Fortec D/M +7.399 7. Nick Tandy JTR M/M +21.284 8. Atte Mustonen Double R D/M +21.901 9. Walter Grubmuller Hitech D/M +22.534 10. Sam Abay Carlin D/M +23.010 11. Jay Bridger Fluid (N) D/H +29.112 12. John Martin Double R D/M +31.248 13. Ali Jackson Ultimate M/M +40.067 14. Andy Meyrick Carlin (N) D/H +44.433 15. Steven Guerrero T-Sport (N) D/H +47.923 16. Max Chilton Hitech D/M +48.258 17. Stefan Wilson Fluid (N) D/H +48.687 18. Salman Al-Khalifa T-Sport (N) D/H +55.272 19. Philip Major Fortec D/M +55.869 20. Viktor Jensen Nexa D/M +1:03.610 21. Kristjan Einar Carlin (N) D/H +1 lap Retirements: Driver Team Car Laps Callum MacLeod Litespeed (N) S/H 24 laps Henry Arundel Double R D/M 19 laps Hywel Lloyd CF (N) D/H 19 laps Jordan Williams Loctite D/H 16 laps Sergio Perez T-Sport D/H 9 laps Ricardo Teixeira Ultimate M/M 6 laps Fastest lap, Ericsson 1:01.893 (new record) on lap 14
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