All that meant Bird suddenly found himself in the race lead ahead of Breen, while Jelley had recovered from his spin to lie third. Behind them, battles were raging for fourth, with Rodolfo Gonzalez, Asmer, Michael Devaney and John Martin dicing for position. Asmer was finding it tough to find a way past Gonzalez for position, but found himself squeezed by the T-Sport man on lap eleven which was enough to allow Martin to squeeze through into fourth ahead of Gonzalez, Asmer and Devaney – although Gonzalez would drop to tenth at the end of the race when he was given a time penalty for his driving.
Bird was extending his lead and was over five seconds clear by lap 13, when the Safety Car was called upon after National Class runner Hamad Al Fardan clipped the wall and was collected by Michael Meadows and Albert Costa – the field circulating under yellow flags for three laps as the damaged cars were removed from the circuit.
When the race resumed, Bird quickly opened up his lead once again and was able to bring his car home clear of Breen for a first win of the season, while second was also a personal best for team-mate Breen. Jelley took a disappointed third from Martin, with Asmer and Devaney completing the top six – the Irish driver snaring the quickest lap of the race in just the sixth start for the new Mygale chassis.
Sergio Perez took the honours in the National Class for his second win of the season, while Viktor Jensen and Frankie Cheng rounded out the podium. As a result, Cheng, who retired from the opening race, now leads the standings once again from Perez and Meadows. In the full Championship Class, Asmer leads by 47 points from Jelly, with Bird having jumped up to third.
