Sato takes his maiden victory while Kral scores his fourth win.

In Round Seven, the top four made a clean getaway with Marcus Ericsson (Fortec Motorsport) putting pressure on Henry Surtees (Carlin Motorsport) in second, giving race leader Sato some breathing space. The battle for second allowed Kral to catch the pair and, as Surtees struggled with understeer following an incident earlier in the race, Ericsson needed no other invitation to place his car up the inside. Kral also capitalized, following Ericsson through to claim third but the pair were unable to catch Sato before the chequered flag came out.
 
“It’s fantastic” Sato smiled, “I can’t find all the words to explain it! I felt a little nervous as Ericsson was catching me towards the end but it was a good race”
 
Ericsson commented: “It’s so hard to overtake at Croft so I just stuck behind Surtees to let him know | was there in the hope he would make a mistake. He did and I was able to get up the inside but unfortunately didn’t have time to catch Sato.”
 
In Round Eight, Ericsson seemed to have the win secured but a last corner challenge from Kral left Ericsson on the grass. Ericsson was able to re-join in time to finish second ahead of Surtees, but was clearly disappointed to have lost the victory at the final corner of the race. Kral had made impressive progress to move up from fifth on the grid to take his fourth win of the season and remain top race winner in 2007.
 
Kral said: “I wasn’t happy with third in Round Seven but I made a good start in Round Eight. I was matching Ericsson’s lap times for a while but I started to gain on him in the last few laps. I’m really happy to get another win, I’m slowly moving up the Championship table!”
 
Ericsson’s two second place finishes gave him both Rookie Cup victories with Adrian Quaife-Hobbs (Fortec Motorsport) and Carlos Huertas (Double R Racing) behind him for Round Seven, sixth and ninth overall, and Surtees and Quaife-Hobbs and behind him in Round Eight, third and sixth overall.
 
The Formula BMW UK Championship returns to the north for Rounds Nine and Ten, heading to Oulton Park in Cheshire in three weeks time where Ericsson will be looking to extend his 25-point lead even further.

Results – Round 7 – 15 Laps = 31.88 miles.

Pos Driver Nat Team  Time
1. Kimiya Sato  J (Nexa Racing)   21:06.990
2. Marcus Ericsson  SWE (Fortec Motorsport) R 21:07.832
3. Josef Kral  CZ (Double R Racing)  21:09.376
4. Valle Makela SF (Nexa Racing)  21:12.546
5. Henry Arundel GB (Fortec Motorsport)  21:13.851
6. Adrian Quaife-Hobbs GB (Fortec Motorsport) R 21:15.376
7. Jonathan Legris GB (Motaworld Racing)   21:20.325
8. Jordan Williams GB (Team Loctite)  21:25.144
9. Carlos Huertas  COL (Double R Racing) R 21:27.860
10. Daniel McKenzie GB (Fortec Motorsport)  21:30.131
11. Henry Surtees  GB (Carlin Motorsport) R 21:32.761
12. Anthony Comas F (Victory Engineering)  21:35.447
13. Sam Abay AUS (Team Loctite)  21:37.573
14. Adam Butler GB (Motaworld Racing) R 21:50.494
15. Rupert Svendsen-Cook GB (Team Loctite) R 21:51.251
  
Not classified:
Oliver Webb  GB (Carlin Motorsport)  R 14 Laps
Tom Gladdis  GB (Team BRD)  R DNS

Fastest Lap:
Marcus Ericsson (Fortec Motorsport) 1m 23.313s, 91.82mph, 147.98kph
Pole Position – Kimiya Sato (Nexa Racing) 1m 22.523s

Results – Round 8 – 15 Laps = 31.88 miles.

Pos Driver Nat Team Time
1. Josef Kral  CZ (Double R Racing)  21:01.351
2. Marcus Ericsson  SWE (Fortec Motorsport) R 21:05.895
3. Henry Surtees  GB (Carlin Motorsport) R 21:06.406
4. Henry Arundel GB (Fortec Motorsport)  21:10.445
5. Kimiya Sato  J (Nexa Racing)   21:11.204
6. Adrian Quaife-Hobbs GB (Fortec Motorsport) R 21:11.625
7. Jonathan Legris GB (Motaworld Racing)   21:18.122
8. Sam Abay AUS (Team Loctite)  21:19.001
9. Valle Makela SF (Nexa Racing)  21:19.198
10. Jordan Williams GB (Team Loctite)  21:20.852
11. Carlos Huertas  COL (Double R Racing) R 21:21.419
12. Rupert Svendsen-Cook GB (Team Loctite) R 21:22.510
13. Oliver Webb  GB (Carlin Motorsport)  R 21:23.082
14. Tom Gladdis  GB (Team BRD)  R 21:33.116
15. Adam Butler  GB (Motaworld Racing) R 21:48.747

Not classified:
Anthony Comas F (Victory Engineering)  13 Laps
Daniel McKenzie GB (Fortec Motorsport)  0 Laps

Fastest Lap:
Josef Kral (Double R Racing) 1m 22.917s, 92.26mph, 148.48kph
Pole Position – Marcus Ericsson (Fortec Motorsport) 1m 22.583s

R indicates driver eligible for Rookie Cup

Championship Points Tables

Drivers
1. Ericsson (1 win) 307, 2. Arundel 282 (1 win), 3. Kral (4 wins) 261, 4. Surtees 252, 5. Legris 230, 6. Makela (1 win) 229, 7. Sato (1 win) 220, 8. Quaife-Hobbs 209, 9. McKenzie 198, 10. Webb 188.

Rookies
1. Ericsson 307, 2. Surtees 252, 3. Quaife-Hobbs 209, 4. Webb 188, 5. Huertas 174, 6. Gladdis 102, 7. Svendsen-Cook 78, 8. Holland 64, 9. Butler 60.

Teams
1. Fortec Motorsport 598, 2. Nexa Racing 461, 3. Carlin Motorsport 439, 4. Double R Racing 434, 5. Team Loctite 318, 6.  Motaworld Racing 290, 7. Victory Engineering 82, 8. Hyperion Motorsport 32, 9. Team BRD 14.

Rounds 9 and 10 of the Championship will be at Oulton Park on 23/24 June.