Arundel made a good start from pole to secure a lights-to-flag victory and become the fourth different winner this year. After initial pressure from team-mate Ericsson, a mistake into the final chicane gave Arundel just enough breathing space to hold a comfortable gap from the chasing pack.

“It’s great to finally get a win,” said Arundel, “I thought I was capable but now I definitely know I am. Now I have one victory under my belt, hopefully the next will come a little easier!”
 
After dropping back from Arundel, 16-year-old Ericsson was left to defend second from a chasing Josef Kral (Double R Racing) who caught the young Swede in the final laps of the race. “Kral was so quick towards the end and was putting me under immense pressure, so it was good to see the flag,” Ericsson commented. The Rookie remains in the Championship lead.

Kral put in an amazing drive to challenge from ninth on the grid. The Czech driver battled his way up the order, whilst still nursing an injury from qualifying earlier in the day, to claim the final podium position.

Henry Surtees (Carlin Motorsport) finished second Rookie. After briefly dropping down the order he pushed hard to move back to his original starting position of fifth overall. Oliver Webb (Carlin Motorsport), third Rookie, started fourth on the grid but unfortunately fell down to seventh while under pressure from behind.

After a jam packed schedule of activity today, the drivers now have time to rest before coming back for one final battle tomorrow lunch time on the quickest circuit they will visit all year.

Results – Round 5 – 16 Laps = 37.70 miles.

Pos Driver Nat Team    Time
1. Henry Arundel GB (Fortec Motorsport)  20:35.516
2. Marcus Ericsson  SWE (Fortec Motorsport) R 20:38.051
3. Josef Kral  CZ (Double R Racing)  20:38.611
4. Daniel McKenzie GB (Fortec Motorsport)  20:40.950
5. Henry Surtees  GB (Carlin Motorsport) R 20:41.119
6. Kimiya Sato  J (Nexa Racing)   20:41.565
7. Oliver Webb  GB (Carlin Motorsport)  R 20:50.781
8. Jonathan Legris GB (Motaworld Racing)   20:51.472
9. Adrian Quaife-Hobbs GB (Fortec Motorsport) R 20:54.816
10. Valle Makela SF (Nexa Racing)  20:55.213
11. Jordan Williams GB (Team Loctite)  20:55.485
12. Sam Abay AUS (Team Loctite)  20:55.661
13. Carlos Huertas  COL (Double R Racing) R 20:56.066
14. Rupert Svendsen-Cook GB (Team Loctite) R 20:59.870
15. Anthony Comas F (Victory Engineering)  21:05.840
16. Callum Holland  GB (Nexa Racing) R 21:07.274
17. Tom Gladdis  GB (Nexa Racing)  R 21:14.719
18. Adam Butler GB (Motaworld Racing)  R 21:16.619

Fastest Lap:
Kimiya Sato (Nexa Racing) 1m 16.230s, 111.25mph, 179.03kph
Pole Position – Henry Arundel (Fortec Motorsport) 1m 15.520s

R indicates driver eligible for Rookie Cup

Championship Points Tables

Drivers
1. Ericsson (1 win) 194, 2. Arundel (1 win) 179, 3. Surtees 154, 4. McKenzie 152, 5. Makela (1 win) 149,  6. Webb 142, 7. Legris 140, 8. Kral (2 wins) 134, 9.  Quaife-Hobbs 131, 10. Sato 122.

Rookies
1. Ericsson 194, 2. Surtees 154, 3. Webb 142, 4. Quaife-Hobbs 131, 5. Huertas 104, 6. Gladdis 72, 7. Holland 50, 8. Svendsen-Cook 38, 9. Butler 26.

Teams
1. Fortec Motorsport 384, 2. Carlin Motorsport 296, 3. Nexa Racing 284, 4. Double R Racing 237, 5. Team Loctite 188, 6.  Motaworld Racing 166, 7. Victory Engineering 64, 8. Hyperion Motorsport 32.

Rounds 6 of the Championship will be at Thruxton tomorrow (6 May).