Damien Faulkner claimed victory in a dramatic round 11 of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB at Mondello Park yesterday (Sunday, 24 July).The result was decided when Faulkner (Team Parker Racing) and Richard Westbrook (Red Line Racing) made contact on the last lap and Westbrook slid off the track and retired. The result is that Faulkner extended his championship lead to 30 points over Westbrook.The action started right from the off as Faulkner got a better start and ran side by side with Westbrook on the sprint to the first corner. Faulkner even nosed marginally ahead, but Westbrook – from pole position - held the inside line and just got into Turn 1 ahead.Over the first half of the race, Westbrook eased a few yards ahead and extended his lead to just over a second. However, as the race developed, Faulkner came back into contention and was sitting on Westbrook’s tail with two laps left to run. Faulkner attacked all around the lap, but Westbrook defended until matters came to a head as they braked for Ireland Corner on the final lap.Faulkner dived for the inside line as Westbrook defended and the cars touched. Westbrook was sent across the gravel and just nudged the barriers, his race run. Inevitably, the two drivers had differing views of the incident.“I just went for the gap on the inside and he closed the door,” said Faulkner after taking the chequered flag. “I was already turning into the corner,” countered Westbrook. “I tried to turn out of it and avoid contact. It’s a real shame.”While all the drama for the lead contest was going on, Tim Harvey (Team RPM) was running to a safe third, but was just unable to stay on terms with the two leaders. “We’re just missing a couple of tenths on Richard and Damien; I want to be in there racing with them,” said Harvey.Third place went to Jason Templeman (Team Parker Racing), but he had to fend off a concerted challenge from Joey Foster in the Porsche Cars with Team Autosport entry. In the later stages, they both closed in on Harvey and there was little between the three cars at the flag. Foster had, in fact, run ahead of Templeman on the opening, but ran wide onto the main straight and dropped a place. “We came strong at the end, but it was a bit late,” said Templeman.Foster, meanwhile, had again impressed with his speed. “I had a bit of a go at Jason, but the track is pretty narrow here,” said Foster. “But I absolutely loved racing the car!”When Stephen Shanly ran wide on the second lap, his Red Line Racing team mate Nigel Rice nipped through to take what became fifth as Shanly had to defend over the closing laps from the chasing Steve Clark (Team RPM).Provisional results (10 laps):1 Damien Faulkner (Team Parker Racing)                   17m27.045s2 Tim Harvey (Team RPM)                                         17m32.390s3 Jason Templeman (Team Parker Racing)                   17m33.342s4 Joey Foster (Porsche Cars with Team Autosport)          17m36.130s5 Nigel Rice (Red Line Racing)                                      17m47.482s6 Stephen Shanly (Red Line Racing)                      17m52.220s7 Steve Clark (Team RPM)                                         17m59.019s8 Michael Corridan (Team Parker Racing)                   9 lapsNF Richard Westbrook (Red Line Racing)                   9 laps