Richard Westbrook claimed his seventh victory of the season in round nine of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB at Croft yesterdayIn a race re-started after an accident, Westbrook headed Tim Harvey into the first corner and was able to win by three seconds as Harvey contended with the challenge of Damien Faulkner. “It was pretty simple; the car felt good and I edged away,” said Westbrook.The first start was red-flagged after two laps when Jason Young bounced across the gravel and hit the tyre wall at Clervaux corner. With his car moved, the race was re-started over a reduced six-lap duration and Westbrook (Red Line Racing) again had to beat Harvey (Team RPM) in the all-important sprint to the first corner. As the car’s stormed into the corner, Harvey hit the apex kerb hard and that unsettled his car’s handling for the rest of the race.Meanwhile, Westbrook set about building his lead and as Harvey started to come under pressure from Faulkner (Team Parker Racing), Harvey had his hands full defending second place. “It wasn’t about challenging Richard, it was about defending from Damien,” said Harvey of his race. Faulkner ran right on Harvey’s tail and was pleased to have made a step forward after a disappointing qualifying session. “At least it was a competitive third,” said Faulkner after finishing a fifth of a second behind Harvey. Not far back, Jason Templeman (Team Parker Racing) took fourth and was closing in on the Harvey/Faulkner battle in the second half of the race.The battle for fifth was a three-way contest as Red Line Racing team mates Nigel Rice and Stephen Shanly had Steve Clark (Team RPM) right behind them for the duration. In the first start, Rice had blasted up into fourth place ahead of Faulkner, but was held back into the first corner at the second start. Clark, meanwhile, had his best race so far to run right on their tail as less than two seconds covered them at the finish. “We’ve made a step forward and I felt good in the car,” said Clark.Provisional results (6 laps):1 Richard Westbrook (Red Line Racing)                   8m34.609s2 Tim Harvey (Team RPM)                               8m37.668s3 Damien Faulkner (Team Parker Racing)          8m37.865s4 Jason Templeman (Team Parker Racing)          8m38.769s5 Nigel Rice (Red Line Racing)                             8m46.070s6 Stephen Shanly (Red Line Racing)            8m47.150s7 Steve Clark (Team RPM)                               8m47.817s8 Richard Lambert (Porsche Cars Team Autosport)          9m05.313s9 Michael Corridan (Team Parker Racing)          9m35.215s