Chandhok scores maiden GP2 win
India's Karun Chandhok scored the biggest victory of his career by winning the GP2 sprint race at Spa on Sunday, after pulling off a stunning move on Andy Soucek to take the lead
Meanwhile, the title race took another bizarre twist, when points leader Timo Glock (iSport) was taken out by Trident's Ricardo Risati on the warm-up lap, and failed to start. Lucas di Grassi's third place means he goes into the Valencia finale just two points behind.
Soucek (DPR) grabbed the lead at turn one, when pole sitter Ho-Pin Tung (BCN) locked up and ran wide, allowing Chandhok and Javier Villa (Racing Engineering) past him. Villa fell back soon after, however, to fifth place - but would soon be out of the frame after receiving a drive-through penalty.
After pulling out a lead of as much as 1.5 seconds, Soucek was reeled in by Chandhok. Karun attacked him at Les Combes, using the tow to draw alongside and then passing him around the outside of the right-hander in sensational style.
Chandhok then pulled away to a 1.5 seconds win over Soucek. Di Grassi just held a late charge from Tung at bay to finish third, while Mike Conway overcame Super Nova teammate Luca Filippi to take fifth. Adam Carroll finished sixth, after also passing Filippi at Les Combes.
Yesterday's winner Nicolas Lapierre scored the point for fastest lap after stalling at the start.
Classified: Pos Driver Team Time 1. Chandhok Durango 36:19.454 2. Soucek DPR + 1.531 3. Di Grassi ART Grand Prix + 2.682 4. Tung BCN Competicion + 2.975 5. Conway Super Nova International + 3.728 6. Carroll FMS International + 5.636 7. Filippi Super Nova International + 6.707 8. Senna Arden International + 8.837 9. Nakajima DAMS + 9.305 10. Rodriguez Minardi Piquet Sports + 12.919 11. Petrov Campos Grand Prix + 20.241 12. Zuber iSport International + 20.379 13. Hirate Trident Racing + 21.096 14. Pantano Campos Grand Prix + 22.765 15. Villa Racing Engineering + 23.033 16. Negrao Minardi Piquet Sports + 28.532 17. Garcia Durango + 34.522 18. Risatti Trident Racing + 40.017 19. Zaugg Arden International + 53.408 20. Tahinci FMS International + 61.477 21. Lapierre DAMS + 100.001 Not classified: Driver Team Laps Bakkerud DPR 12 Buemi ART Grand Prix 4 Martinez Racing Engineering 3 Niemela BCN Competicion 0 Glock iSport International 0 Fastest lap: Lapierre, 1:58.748 on lap 18
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