British F3 - Castle Combe: Round Seven.

British driver Anthony Davidson took two wins at Castle Combe in the Championship class today (Sunday) to boost his challenge in the Green Flag British F3 Championship. In the Scholarship class Robbie Kerr and Matthew Gilmore took a win apiece.

Race One:

In race one, Davidson bravely dived down the inside of team-mate Takuma Sato at the daunting Camp Corner to grab the advantage and was never headed.

''That was quite easy,'' Davidson said afterwards, ''I had the speed and was very quick in the beginning of the race and, after Takuma made a small mistake at the chicane, I had the run on him.''

As Davidson pulled away, Sato was caught by James Courtney in the Jaguar Racing Dallara, but the Australian couldn't get close enough to challenge. Fourth went to Derek Hayes for Manor Motorsport, who fended off Bruce Jouanny and Andre Lotterer.

In the Scholarship class Kerr's Fred Goddard Racing Dallara Renault crushed the opposition in the first race after a storming drive. As Michael Keohane spun out on lap one, Kerr lined up the class opposition, and moved up to second before grabbing the lead from Robert Doornbos at the Esses.

After that, Kerr's race was an easy one, as he stormed to another win with class rival Matthew Gilmore scoring a vital second place to keep his championship hopes alive.

Third place went to Doornbos, Kerr's Fred Goddard Racing team-mate, ahead of Mark Mayall (Diamond Racing) and Kazuki Hoshino, who grabbed fifth from Parthiva Sureshwaren's ME Motorsport Dallara.

Race two:

Race two in the championship class went Davidson's way as well, as the Carlin Motorsport driver converted pole position into the lead as the lights quickly flashed to green. Behind him, Jamie Spence ran second, but gradually fell back into the clutches of Sato.

A safety car period then allowed the Japanese racer to get the run on Spence at the restart, and Sato moved ahead approaching Quarry. The following Courtney soon passed Spence as well.

Derek Hayes placed fifth despite a last-gasp challenge from Andre Lotterer, who snatched sixth for Jaguar.

Davidson's winning margin was 2.4secs and, despite making it look easy, denied that was the situation. ''That was the hardest races I've ever done,'' he admitted, ''I was under so much pressure from Takuma, even though he was so far back. It was really hot in the car but I'm really glad to have won both races.''

Meanwhile in the Scholarship class Gilmore claimed honours in race two after Keohane spun out again on the opening lap. Kerr led initially, but a mistake at Bobbies near the end of lap two caused the Brit to run wide and allow the Performance Racing car of Gilmore into the lead.

Kerr fought back, but was unable to get close enough to challenge for the lead, although he was able to break clear of Justin Sherwood, who fought up to third place in the second Performance Racing car.

Mark Mayall triumphed in a fabulous scrap with Hoshino and Sureshwaren to take fourth at the end of the 25-minute race.

''That was a good race for me,'' Gilmore said afterwards, ''We made some changes to the car after the first race and it was better. I haven't won since Silverstone in April, so I'm glad to be back to my winning ways.''

Davidson though ended the meeting as the star of the weekend - the Carlin pilot later awarded the Castle Combe 'Driver of the Day' trophy, before then hearing he had set the outright circuit lap record of 111.43mph, when he set the fastest lap of the race at 59.75secs.