Atte Mustonen started to make his presence felt by posting the fastest lap on three successive laps but the Finn couldn't make any inroads in the gap between himself and fifth placed Guerrieri. The Argentine driver was concentrating on the
Red Bull Dallara of Alguersuari ahead of him on lap 11 and he got close enough to attempt a passing move at Tower. The Ultimate Mygale went down the inside and moved into fourth place while Mustonen followed Guerrieri's lead and demoted Alguesuari to sixth.
The top three looked pretty well set but then Guerrieri started to close on his teammate Devaney, the Mercedes engine in the back of his Mygale misfiring intermittently. The Irish driver looked determined to hold onto the podium position and everyone held their breath as the Guerrieri went around the outside of his team-mate at Tower in the final lap.
The two Mygales exited the corner side by side but it was Guerrieri who moved ahead as they approached the
Jim Clark Esses. As the cars came into the complex Devaney's car slowed dramatically as the chequered flag approached and he could do nothing to stop himself slipping out of the points.
At the flag it was Sergio Perez who punched the air in delight, with Hohenthal finishing in second place, which was enough to give the Swede a one point lead in the championship over his team-mate Marcus Ericsson who finished fifth. Guerrieri took his first Formula 3 podium for two years and his first in British F3 – also scoring the first podium for the Mygale chassis – while the bonus point for fastest lap went to Hitech's Max Chilton, who switched to slick tyres just before the end of the race and set a time comfortably quicker than anyone else.
Andy Meyrick took his third win and also took the point for the fastest lap to continue his domination of the National Class and holds a 19 point advantage over Jay Bridger.
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