France Storms to Victory in Rain-Soaked Feature Race
Miroslav Sanytrák | 7.10.08 | A1GP
The Netherlands A1 Team France has claimed the first Feature race victory of the season in extremely wet conditions at Circuit Park Zandvoort in The Netherlands. From third on the grid Loic Duval put in a mature drive, taking the lead before the first round of pit stops and holding on until the end despite two safety car periods curtailing his advantage. Sprint race winner Fairuz Fauzy finished second for Malaysia, losing time in the first pit stop due to a problem with the left-rear wheel. Earl Bamber put in an outstanding performance this weekend on his race debut for A1 Team New Zealand claiming third, his second podium finish of the day.
Full race report to follow
Pos | Driver | A1Team | Laps | Time | Gap First |
1 | Loic DUVAL | FRANCE | 36 | 11:58.723 | - |
2 | Fairuz FAUZY | MALAYSIA | 36 | 12:01.011 | 2.288 |
3 | Earl BAMBER | NEW ZEALAND | 36 | 12:01.432 | 2.709 |
4 | John MARTIN | AUSTRALIA | 36 | 12:05.052 | 6.329 |
5 | Jeroen BLEEKEMOLEN | NETHERLANDS | 36 | 12:06.996 | 8.273 |
6 | Clivio PICCIONE | MONACO | 34 | 12:03.356 | 2 Laps |
7 | Jin Woo HWANG | KOREA | 33 | 12:28.432 | 3 Laps |
8 | Daniel MORAD | LEBANON | 32 | 03:15.216 | 4 Laps |
9 | Ho Pin TUNG | CHINA | 31 | 03:14.803 | 5 Laps |
10 | Charlie KIMBALL | USA | 30 | 59:04.806 | 6 Laps |
11 | Filipe ALBUQUERQUE | PORTUGAL | 15 | 29:34.235 | 21 Laps |
12 | Satrio HERMANTO | INDONESIA | 12 | 26:14.548 | 24 Laps |
13 | Adrian ZAUGG | SOUTH AFRICA | 5 | 11:00.955 | 31 Laps |
14 | Fabio ONIDI | ITALY | 5 | 11:01.706 | 31 Laps |
15 | Felipe GUIMARAES | BRAZIL | 5 | 12:03.879 | 31 Laps |
16 | Adam CARROLL | IRELAND | 4 | 09:17.297 | 32 Laps |
17 | Neel JANI | SWITZERLAND | 4 | 09:52.638 | 32 Laps |
Fastest lap: A1 Team USA set the fastest lap (1m47.115s) of the Feature race with a speed of 155.5 kph on lap 30.