• More points from incident-packed Silverstone double header

Rob Huff survived being the meat in a metal sandwich, as well as escaping the domino effect which claimed three rivals, to maintain his second place in the Renaultsport Cup.

In each race of the double-header round on the international circuit at Silverstone he demonstrated all his skills by storming through the field after bumps, collisions and spins in the ultra-competitive series.

The young Cambridge racer, winner of two top scholarships plus the Formula Vauxhall title at the first attempt, needed to thread his way from 12 to finish sixth in the opener.

And in the incident-crammed second race he made up half a dozen places in the last five laps for the fourth place which keeps him hard on the heels of overall leader Paul Rivett.

"I qualified fifth and fourth on the grid for the races, which was satisfying,' he said, "but with everybody racing so hard and making mistakes it was what you might call interesting.

"I got a great start in the first race and was up to second at the first bend when I got sandwiched by a couple of cars. My Clio lifted, I was caught by the pack coming up behind and was down to 12th straight away."

The 22-year-old driver kept his cool though, picking opponents off lap by lap and almost snatching fifth after a three lap battle with Young Driver of the Year Andrew Kircaldy.

The drama of the that first bend was nothing though compared with the car-crunching second race which would have thrilled Stockcar fans.

"I got the run on defending champion Daniel Buxton to the first bend," said Huff, "but the cars bunched and the ones coming through from the back began to shunt like dominos.

"I managed to get out of it in third place, but then hammering towards the 120mph second corner I saw the two cars in front of me lose it and go sideways.

"I just had time to think, well you can't print what I thought when I remembered that the tyres on the Clio took two or three laps to get real grip, before I was sliding as well.

"But Martin Byford, who was leading the championship, went out with a puncture, I was second and going neck-and-neck for first place when we went into Bridge corner, the only real left hander, then saw the back swinging again.

"Somehow I kept control but went into the gravel trap and was 10th when I got back on. I thought I'd blown it when the safety car came out for 10 laps after a crash.

"If they'd stopped the race at that stage - and it was late in the evening - I would have been down the field, but they signalled five laps and I was able to slice through to fourth."

Fifteen points behind series leader Rivett he has a good chance to close that gap in the next round a week on Sunday at his favourite circuit, Thruxton.