Carroll gives Ireland maiden victory

The race had looked destined for Team Switzerland's Neel Jani, but a safety car negated his massive early lead. He was ultimately undone in the pits, when he pulled out alongside Carroll, who gained a massive amount of time in both pitstops.

Jani stayed in the slow lane, alongside Carroll in the fast lane, when he should have given way and tucked in behind the Irishman.

Jani received a drive-through penalty, which dropped him out of the points. It also gave Carroll clear passage to victory, to score a famous win over Oliver Jarvis (Great Britain), who held off a stern challenge from Team USA's Jonathan Summerton in the closing laps.

Jeroen Bleekemolen finished fourth for the Netherlands, from 13th on the grid, ahead of pole-man Robert Wickens, whose Canada car just didn't have to pace to run at the front. He was lucky to survive an assault from Germany's Michael Ammermuller.

Adrian Zaugg finished sixth for South Africa, just ahead of Portugal's Felipe Albuquerque.

The championship battle stayed the same at the front, as both Jani and New Zealand's Jonny Reid finished out of the points. Reid went off the at the chicane, and dropped to the tail of the pack. He remains 15 points behind with four races remaining.

Results:

Pos  Driver              Team             Time
 1. Adam Carroll         Ireland         1:07:47.858 
 2. Oliver Jarvis        Great Britain        +3.355 
 3. Jonathan Summerton   USA                  +4.104 
 4. Jeroen Bleekemolen   Netherlands         +13.653 
 5. Robert Wickens       Canada              +15.175 
 6. Adrian Zaugg         South Africa        +16.195 
 7. Filipe Albuquerque   Portugal            +16.542 
 8. Bruno Junqueira      Brazil              +17.253 
 9. Narain Karthikeyan   India               +26.504 
10. Cheng Cong Fu        China               +30.671 
11. Satrio Hermanto      Indonesia           +35.536 
12. Jonny Reid           New Zealand         +36.051 
13. Jonathan Cochet      France              +39.464 
14. David Garza          Mexico              +49.082 
15. Alex Yoong           Malaysia            +53.860 
16. Filip Salaquarda     Czech Republic    +1:06.153 
17. Jimmy Auby           Lebanon           +1:24.771 
18. Adam Khan            Pakistan             +1 lap 
19. Neel Jani            Switzerland          +1 lap 
20. Michael Ammermüller  Germany              +1 lap 
21. John Martin          Australia            +1 lap

 Not Classified:
                    
    Edoardo Piscopo      Italy                2 lapa