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Sam Bird clinched his third win of the season at Silverstone, ahead of Stéphane Richelmi and Tom Dillmann.
Marcus Ericsson started on pole, but had a contact with Felipe Nasr at the start, which allowed Sam Bird to move into the lead, ahead of championship leader Stefano Coletti.
Coletti was eventually overtaken by Stéphane Richelmi in the last part of the race, and under pressure from Tom Dillmann and Fabio Leimer in the last laps.
Coletti went wide at the first corner, and Dillmann moved up to third, while Leimer had a contact with Coletti, who was forced to retire.
Silverstone - Race 1:
1 - Sam Bird - Russian Time - 29 laps in 51'32"250
2 - Stephane Richelmi - Dams - 2"427
3 - Tom Dillmann - Russian Time - 12"052
4 - Fabio Leimer - Racing Engineering - 13"888
5 - Jon Lancaster - Himler - 14"782
6 - Jolyon Palmer - Carlin - 18"762
7 - Rio Haryanto - Addax - 19"734
8 - Julian Leal - Racing Engineering - 20"365
Etc.
Marcus Ericsson started on pole, but had a contact with Felipe Nasr at the start, which allowed Sam Bird to move into the lead, ahead of championship leader Stefano Coletti.
Coletti was eventually overtaken by Stéphane Richelmi in the last part of the race, and under pressure from Tom Dillmann and Fabio Leimer in the last laps.
Coletti went wide at the first corner, and Dillmann moved up to third, while Leimer had a contact with Coletti, who was forced to retire.
Silverstone - Race 1:
1 - Sam Bird - Russian Time - 29 laps in 51'32"250
2 - Stephane Richelmi - Dams - 2"427
3 - Tom Dillmann - Russian Time - 12"052
4 - Fabio Leimer - Racing Engineering - 13"888
5 - Jon Lancaster - Himler - 14"782
6 - Jolyon Palmer - Carlin - 18"762
7 - Rio Haryanto - Addax - 19"734
8 - Julian Leal - Racing Engineering - 20"365
Etc.