Turvey fights back to win race one

Oliver Turvey kept the momentum on his side in the British Formula 3 championship with victory in the first race at Silverstone today.

The Carlin Motorsport driver made a poor start from pole position, but chased down and passed teammate Brendon Hartley to take his second victory in three races.

Hartley made his getaway at the start but struggled for grip as the race wore on and eventually lost the lead when he oversteered at Copse and Turvey was able to drag past on the run down to Becketts.

"I could see that Brendon was struggling a lot and I knew I had the pace if I got a chance," said Turvey. "He made a msitake at Copse that allowed me to get side-by-side and pass him."

Turvey's victory, combined with Sergio Perez and Jaime Alguersuari finishing fourth and fifth, has closed the championship race yet further with three points now separating the trio.

"It's great to win again because it's closed the championship right up," added Turvey. "I'm now only two points off the lead and I'm starting ahead of both of them this afternoon."

Marcus Ericsson was a quiet third behind the Carlin duo, without the pace to say on terms with them but with enough to keep clear of Perez and Alguersuari.

John Martin was sixth for Double R, while Max Chilton and Sam Abay moved up to seventh and eighth when Nick Tandy hit Atte Mustonen at Abbey with five laps to go delayed both their races.

Stefan Wilson took his third National Class victory of the year, soaking up race-long pressure from his Fluid Motorsport teammate Jay Bridger but eventually pulling clear by putting Philip Major's Championship Class car between himself and Bridger on the penultimate lap.

Pos Driver Team Car Gap 1. Oliver Turvey Carlin D/M 30:46.015 2. Brendon Hartley Carlin D/M +1.482 3. Marcus Ericsson Fortec D/M +4.228 4. Sergio Perez T-Sport D/H +6.299 5. Jaime Alguersuari Carlin D/M +7.700 6. John Martin Double R D/M +9.180 7. Max Chilton Hitech D/M +12.895 8. Sam Abay Carlin D/M +13.789 9. Nick Tandy JTR M/M +20.938 10. Atte Mustonen Double R D/M +23.194 11. Michael Devaney Ultimate M/M +28.089 12. Henry Arundel Double R D/M +35.463 13. Walter Grubmuller Hitech D/M +37.129 14. Alastair Jackson Ultimate M/M +42.644 15. Stefan Wilson Fluid (N) D/H +43.555 16. Philip Major Fortec D/M +44.096 17. Jay Bridger Fluid (N) D/H +44.876 18. Hywel Lloyd CF (N) D/H +47.045 19. Steven Guerrero T-Sport (N) D/H +49.564 20. Clemente Faria Jr Double R D/M +53.850 21. Salman Al-Khalifa T-Sport (N) D/H +1:01.336 22. Oliver Oakes Eurotek D/M +1:06.626 23. Craig Reiff Nexa (N) D/H +1:11.105 24. Kristjan Einar Carlin (N) D/H +1 lap Retirements Ricardo Teixeira Ultimate M/M 16 laps Jonathan Legris Litespeed (N) S/H 3 laps Fastest lap, Turvey 1:16.083 on lap 6