“I was punished and I had to start fifth instead of third, so I tried to have a good start,” he revealed, “My start was okay, but not the greatest, although I could pass [Borja] Garcia in turn one and Markus [Niemela] had a fight with Jonathan [Summerton], so I was quite lucky to pass him without damage. I just tried to follow the two first guys and see what happened, because it's really difficult to overtake.

"I had the pace and I was close behind Jonathan, but I lost some downforce on the front end and understeered, putting my left wheel on the grass in turn nine, I think. Then, I struggled to get back on track and lost a lot of time. The only thing I could do was try to come back. I did some good lap times and was a bit faster, but the traffic was probably not in their advantage, but definitely also not in mine. I lost also some time with that, but it's good to be back on the podium, so I'm happy.”

Defending series champion Niemela picked up his second fourth-place result in as many days with Newman Wachs Racing, while Spanish rookie Borja Garcia completed the top five in the #6 Condor Motorsports car that he had taken to third on Saturday.

After entering the weekend as the points leader, NWR driver John Edwards now finds himself third in the standings after adding sixth on Sunday to fifth in race one. He is now five points behind second-place Summerton and 13 in arrears of de Silvestro.

For the first time this season, every car in the field was running at the finish. It was the first time that has happened since the penultimate round of the 2008 season at Miller Motorsports Park.

Michael Mallinen again took an unopposed C2 class victory in the #71 Mallinen Properties entry for Swan Racing, his third straight C2 victory.

“At the start, we had a couple of guys in the other class in mind to try to take," he revealed, "That's something I've wanted to do and I tried yesterday, but I had a bad start. I messed up the start and got gapped on lap one, and then the rest of it was just trying to run consistent laps with a good lap time to try to wait for the field to come in. I just kept going and just went through the end.”