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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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