The Netherlands Take First Win in 45 Races
Miroslav Sanytrák | 22.2.09 | A1GP
Gauteng, South Africa Jeroen Bleekemolen took the Netherlands first victory in 45 races in this mornings Go-GP.Org A1GP Gauteng, South Africa Sprint race. Bleekemolen drove a faultless race around the 2.65-mile Kyalami circuit to win by 4.407-seconds from Portugals Filipe Albuquerque. Switzerlands Neel Jani had a good start to move up to second off the standing start, but finished third after losing time trying to manoeuvre round Malaysias car, which had pitted in front of him.
Pos | A1 Team | Driver | Laps | Time | GapFirst |
1 | NETHERLANDS | Jeroen BLEEKEMOLEN | 14 | 21:35.105 | - |
2 | PORTUGAL | Filipe ALBUQUERQUE | 14 | 21:39.512 | 4.407 |
3 | SWITZERLAND | Neel JANI | 14 | 21:45.705 | 10.6 |
4 | IRELAND | Adam CARROLL | 14 | 21:48.030 | 12.925 |
5 | MONACO | Clivio PICCIONE | 14 | 21:49.468 | 14.363 |
6 | INDIA | Narain KARTHIKEYAN | 14 | 21:53.579 | 18.474 |
7 | SOUTH AFRICA | Adrian ZAUGG | 14 | 21:56.283 | 21.178 |
8 | NEW ZEALAND | Earl BAMBER | 14 | 22:01.644 | 26.539 |
9 | MALAYSIA | Fairuz FAUZY | 14 | 22:02.030 | 26.925 |
10 | FRANCE | Nicolas PROST | 14 | 22:03.206 | 28.101 |
11 | ITALY | Edoardo PISCOPO | 14 | 22:07.186 | 32.081 |
12 | AUSTRALIA | John MARTIN | 14 | 22:09.579 | 34.474 |
13 | CHINA | Ho Pin TUNG | 14 | 22:12.909 | 37.804 |
14 | GERMANY | Michael AMMERMULLER | 14 | 22:14.173 | 39.068 |
15 | BRAZIL | Felipe GUIMARAES | 14 | 22:14.822 | 39.717 |
16 | MEXICO | Salvador DURAN | 14 | 22:20.111 | 45.006 |
17 USA | Marco ANDRETTI | 14 | 22:30.741 | 55.636 | |
18 | INDONESIA | Zahir ALI | 14 | 22:52.829 | +1:17.724 |
19 | GREAT BRITAIN | Danny WATTS | 9 | 14:34.388 | 5 Laps |
20 | LEBANON | Daniel MORAD | 6 | 22:55.340 | 8 Laps |
Fastest lap: A1 Team Portugal set the fastest lap (1m29.072s) of the Sprint race with a speed of 172.3kph on lap 9.