In contrast to his fight back to the front of the field in the earlier race, he made a strong start from pole position this time and led every lap of the race.
Although he was never able to drop second-placed Oliver Turvey, he kept his Carlin Motorsport team-mate at a safe distance each side of a mid-race safety car period to complete his much-needed domination of the weekend and his return to the championship battle.
Turvey too improved his title hopes with his second podium of the day, with Jaime Alguersuari making up for the disappointment of his retirement this morning to complete an all-Carlin rostrum.
Sergio Perez eventually triumphed in the race-long scrap for fourth place with Michael Devaney. Perez lost the place briefly before the safety car period, but re-passed Devaney at the Club Chicane to reclaim the place.
Sebastian Hohenthal survivied a collision with Atte Mustonen at the chicane to finish sixth. Hohenthal bounced over the kerb in the middle of the chicane and clouted Mustonen on the exit. He was able to continue unscathed but Mustonen spun and couldn't restart his engine.
John Martin had to make do with seventh place as compensation for being denied a reward for his strong pace in race one. Henry Arundel, Sam Abay, and Philip Major rounded out the top 10.
Steven Guerrero took his first National Class victory, holding off the charge of Jay Bridger in second place and Andy Meyrick who came through the field from the back of the grid to third.
Pos Driver Team Car Time 1. Brendon Hartley Carlin D/M 29:29.816 2. Oliver Turvey Carlin D/M +0.430 3. Jaime Alguersuari Carlin D/M +2.615 4. Sergio Perez T-Sport D/H +4.253 5. Michael Devaney Ultimate M/M +4.724 6. Sebastian Hohenthal Fortec D/M +5.389 7. John Martin Double R D/M +6.695 8. Henry Arundel Double R D/M +7.750 9. Sam Abay Carlin D/M +8.552 10. Philip Major Fortec D/M +9.841 11. Walter Grubmuller Hitech D/M +10.713 12. Max Chilton Hitech D/M +13.959 13. Steven Guerrero T-Sport (N) D/H +15.466 14. Jay Bridger Fluid (N) D/H +15.876 15. Andy Meyrick Carlin (N) D/H +17.325 16. Alistair Jackson Ultimate M/M +21.736 17. Viktor Jensen Nexa D/H +22.308 18. Kristjan Einar Carlin (N) D/H +24.451 19. Jordan Williams Loctite (N) D/H +28.592 Retirements: Pos Driver Team Car Laps Atte Mustonen Double R D/M 12 laps Stefan Wilson Fluid (N) D/H 7 laps Salman Al-Khalifa T-Sport (N) D/H 7 laps Ricardo Teixeira Ultimate M/M 7 laps Nick Tandy JTR M/M 2 laps Marcus Ericsson Fortec D/M 1 lap Hywel Lloyd CF (N) D/H 1 lap Fastest lap, Turvey 1:07.113 on lap 4 D/M = Dallara Mercedes, M/M = Mygale Mercedes, D/H = Dallara Honda
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