Tim Harvey scored a superb victory in round 13 of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB at Snetterton today (Saturday 28 July). Despite constant pressure from Steven Kane and Michael Caine, Harvey didn’t put a wheel wrong as he took his third win of 2007.The race was run at a tremendous pace, and the top five drivers were on the limit lap after lap. Even at the end of the race, less than four seconds covered five cars as Harvey headed Kane, Caine, Sam Hancock and James Sutton. But with the cars so evenly matched, overtaking would never be easy as Harvey led from the start.It was mid-race before Harvey (Red Line Racing) could establish any margin over Kane and even by half-distance the lead gap was only a second. But into the second half of the race, Harvey managed to edge clear by another half second before Kane (Motorbase Performance) brought the gap back to less than a second at the flag. “That’s what I’ve been looking for since the start of the year,” said Harvey after a mighty victory. “The top six are really on it, so I’m pleased to beat them fair and square.”Kane, however, was really feeling the effect of illness and bravely finished the race despite feeling very groggy over the final laps. “The first six laps I was flying, then I went over a kerb and lost the splitter. After that I had understeer from hell!” Mid-race, Kane came under great pressure from Caine (Team Parker Racing). However, when Caine attacked at the Esses he ended up losing ground to Kane and, in turn, quickly came under pressure from Hancock (Motorbase Performance).Hancock had been behind Sutton (Red Line Racing) on the opening lap, but a big move into Riches going into the second lap put Hancock fourth and he ran much of the race on the tail of Caine. “Everyone’s cars went off in different ways as the race progressed, and I had understeer that stayed to the end of the race,” said Hancock. While trying to challenge Caine, Hancock also had to be careful not to give Sutton the chance to make a move. “It’s just been hard work,” admitted Sutton. “The car doesn’t feel as good as it normally does.”Jon Barnes (Team Parker Racing) led the chase of the leading quintet, but lost a little ground when trying to challenge Sutton on the second lap. He then ran a secure sixth until a broken gear lever forced him out with two laps to run.Having led the pro-am battle from the start, Nigel Rice (Red Line Racing) moved up to sixth place, although he eased his pace in the last two laps and allowed Andy Britnell (Motorbase Performance) to close in. Britnell had lost touch with Rice on the opening lap when Charles Bateman (Team Parker Racing) went off at the Esses. “He came across the grass and nearly hit me and I had to come right off the throttle,” said Britnell. Once the gap to Rice was established, it stayed at around four seconds for much of the race.With Bateman delayed, Pete Osborne (Team O) went through to take third in pro-am as Bateman battled back to fourth from Steve Clark (Team RPM) and guest racer Ian White (Porsche Motorsport).