Summerton scores USA's maiden win
Jonathan Summerton took Team USA's first ever A1GP win in superb fashion in the Shanghai feature race today
Summerton beat pole sitter Neel Jani into Turn 1 and didn't look back. By the chequered flag he was almost 10 seconds to the good.
Jani's hopes of wrapping up the title disappeared along with second gear in the Team Switzerland car. He managed to bring the car home in fifth, but with Jonny Reid one place ahead of him in fourth, Team New Zealand still has a mathematical hope of winning the championship at Brands Hatch.
Filipe Albuquerque wrapped up an excellent weekend for Team Portugal with second place, while Adam Carroll continued Team Ireland's recent good form with third.
Alex Yoong was a distant sixth, while Narain Karthikeyan held off a train of cars to claim seventh. The first of these was Franck Montagny (France), while Robbie Kerr (GB) and Michael Ammermuller (Germany) rounded out the points finishers.
Pos Driver Team Time 1. J. Summerton USA 1:02:25.206 2. F. Albuquerque Portugal + 9.729 3. Adam Carroll Ireland + 15.303 4. Jonny Reid New Zealand + 19.533 5. Neel Jani Switzerland + 26.193 6. Alex Yoong Malaysia + 34.410 7. N. Karthikeyan India + 35.967 8. Franck Montagny France + 38.213 9. Robbie Kerr Great Britain + 39.280 10. M. Ammermuller Germany + 39.890 11. Filip Salaquarda Czech Republic + 47.568 12. Edoardo Piscopo Italy + 50.348 13. Alexandre Negrao Brazil + 50.968 14. John Martin Australia + 52.624 15. Cheng Cong Fu China + 53.240 16. Adrian Zaugg South Africa + 55.629 17. Adam Khan Pakistan + 1:05.352 18. J. Bleekemolen Netherlands + 1:14.390 19. Satrio Hermanto Indonesia + 1:20.252 20. Robert Wickens Canada + 1:21.003 21. Jorge Goeters Mexico + 1 lap 22. Jimmy Auby Lebanon + 1 lap
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