Photo: Jakob Ebrey Photography
Logan Sargeant fended off Jamie Caroline to take his second British Formula 4 win in race two at Silverstone, with the latter extending his championship lead.
The reversed grid format meant that Jonathan Hoggard started from pole, but a poor start immediately dropped him back. Caroline was the one to benefit the most, using the grippier side of the track to go round the outside of Copse for the lead from fifth on the grid.
Linus Lundqvist initially looked to have second, but it was Caroline?s Carlin team-mate Sargeant who kept his starting position.
Caroline seemed to have the race under control, but a mistake on the sixth lap allowed Sargeant to get a slipstream down the Wellington Straight and take the lead around the outside at Brooklands, despite Caroline?s tough defence.
A misjudged move at Brooklands meant that Lundqvist and Hoggard fell from third and fourth, and championship contender Oscar Piastri was gifted third.
The Australian chased the top two but was never close enough to pressure Caroline into a mistake, and the trio crossed the line covered by 1.4 seconds.
?The Carlin boys put together a great car,? race winner Sargeant said after the race.
?I had a tough start. The inside of the track was quite slippery so I got a lot of wheelspin and fell back to fourth.
?I managed to get back up to second, Jamie made a mistake and I capitalised on that. I got in his slipstream and was able to pass him round the outside of Brooklands.
?It was really close but it was a fair move.?
Hampus Ericsson?s early defence against Ayrton Simmons and Oliver York proved worthwhile as once they dropped back he was unopposed in fourth, and took his eighth Challenge Cup victory in the process.
Simmons finished fifth, ahead of Karl Massaad, York, Patrik Pasma, Lundqvist and Manuel Sulaiman.
Race 1 winner Alex Quinn span off on lap one, but managed to race back up to 11th by the end of the race thanks to a time penalty for Jamie Sharp.
Harry Dyson finished 12th in his second ever F4 race, with Hoggard being the only retirement after his crash with Lundqvist.
Race 2 Results (21 laps)
1 Logan Sargeant Carlin 20m34.971s
2 Jamie Caroline Carlin +0.836s
3 Oscar Piastri Arden +1.396s
4 Hampus Ericsson Fortec +5.272s
5 Ayrton Simmons Arden +6.848s
6 Karl Massaad Double R +10.624s
7 Oliver York Fortec +10.975s
8 Patrik Pasma Carlin +12.502s
9 Linus Lundqvist Double R +13.641s
10 Manuel Sulaiman JHR Developments +22.173s
11 Alex Quinn Arden +26.933s
12 Harry Dyson JHR Developments +35.014s
13 Luca Allen Falcon +35.259s
14 Jamie Sharp Sharp +37.388s
15 Lucas Alecco Roy Carlin +44.294s
16 Sam Smelt GW Motorsport +44.897s
17 Olli Caldwell Arden +2 laps
Ret Jonathan Hoggard Fortec
Fastest Lap: Simmons, 57.853s
Championship Standings
1 Caroline 394 2 Piastri 319.5 3 Sargeant 314 4 Quinn 280 5 Lundqvist 249.5 6 York 239.5 7 Simmons 226.5 8 Pasma 147.5 9 Massaad 74 10 Harry Webb 68