The British Formula 3 graduate led from lights to flag, after starting on pole position thanks to his eighth place yesterday.
Perez's life was made slightly easier before the start when his front row partner Giedo van der Garde failed to get away for the formation lap. The iSport driver was pushed into the pitlane and could only recover to 14th.
Campos driver Perez then edged away from Durango's Davide Valsecchi, establishing a two-second lead by the middle of the race as up to eight drivers battled in his wake.
Valsecchi closed the gap towards the end, but Perez had enough in hand to fend him off and clinch victory.
Jerome D'Ambrosio completed the podium after an outstanding drive for DAMS.
He had dropped to eighth on the first lap, but charged past Earl Bamber (Meritus) and his championship-leading teammate Kamui Kobayashi early on.
The DAMS duo then pressured fifth-placed Roldan Rodriguez (Piquet), both slipping past in quick succession, but while that would be as far as Kobayashi progressed, D'Ambrosio continued to advance through the field.
He pounced on a late error from Javier Villa (Super Nova) to take fourth, and then closed on ART's Nico Hulkenberg before snatching third from the F3 Euro Series champion on the last lap.
Villa and Kobayashi completed the top six, ahead of Bamber and yesterday's third place finisher Edoardo Mortara (Arden).
Results will be added shortly
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