Oliver Rowland secured a home victory at Silverstone as he took advantage of a slow pit stop from Matthieu Vaxiviere to extend his Formula Renault 3.5 Series championship lead.
The Racing Steps Foundation-backed Fortec Motorsports driver fell in behind his main championship rival at the start, but a slow stop from Lotus driver Vaxiviere dropped him behind the Briton and Brazilian Pietro Fantin of International Draco Racing.
Vaxiviere quickly re-passed Fantin for second, but could not make a move stick on Rowland, and was forced to settle for second place, with the gap in the championship extending to thirty-six points with just six races of the season remaining.
Fantin held off the challenge of Dean Stoneman to complete the podium, with just 0.672s between him and the Red Bull-backed DAMS driver at the chequered flag.
Nicholas Latifi and Egor Orudzhev were fifth and sixth for Arden Motorsport, with both drivers also suffering slow pit stops and losing time as a result, while Nick Yelloly secured his first points back in the series with seventh for Lotus.
Gustav Malja was the leading Strakka Racing entrant home, finishing in eighth, with Aurélien Panis claiming ninth for Tech 1 Racing despite a last lap clash with race one winner Tio Ellinas that saw both drivers spin at the Luffield complex. The incident allowed Sean Gelael of Jagonya Ayam with Carlin to snatch the final point ahead of Ellinas and the two AVF machines of Alfonso Celis Jr and Beitske Visser.
Nyck de Vries is under investigation for two incidents during the race, the first of which was with Ellinas at turn one on the opening lap, while he was also involved in a clash with Bruno Bonifacio that saw the International Draco Racing driver retire in the gravel trap at the loop, while de Vries brought his DAMS machine into the pits with a broken suspension to retire.
An incident between Tom Dillmann of Jagonya Ayam with Carlin and Roy Nissany of Tech 1 Racing is also under review, as is the clash between Panis and Ellinas.
Silverstone Race 2 Qualifying Result
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