Carroll survives Turkey 'roasting'.

Adam Carroll overcame a scorching feature race of the GP2 Series at Istanbul, Turkey to claim another comfortable points finish of sixth place, despite having to fight back from a difficult first lap.

Also starting from sixth place, a good start saw the Racing Engineering driver challenge for the top five from the lights but he was caught out by the slow starting Jose Maria Lopez around the first corner, the Argentine pushing Carroll wide and losing him a number of places.

Nonetheless, the Northern Irishman fought back through the field to move back into a points scoring position, holding off Andreas Zuber and the blisteringly hot conditions to claim a crucial three points.

"It was a tough race for everyone really, but it's a really good track," he said "Hard, physical, with that big turn in the middle; and it was roasting hot to top it all off.

"The car was quite consistent, it didn't do anything nasty on me, and our balance was pretty good, I was able to push all the way to the end, I didn't make any mistakes, the guys did a good job with the pitstop, and then at the end Zuber, even though he was quicker than me, couldn't overtake. It was a good, physical race, but I think it was the best we could have done: I think I drove as hard as I could, really."