Beijing Gouan's Martin wins race one

Martin pulled out a comfortable lead in the early stages, and gained further time when Buurman was delayed by the late-stopping PSV car of Narain Karthikeyan during the pitstop phase.

A series of fast laps, including the fastest of the race, drew Buurman onto the leader's gearbox, but despite piling the pressure on, Martin held firm.

The lead pair were over 10 seconds ahead of Chris van der Drift, who brought the Olympiacos car home in a lonely third.

Max Wissel was passed early on by the charging Craig Dolby, but the Basel man regained the place in the pits. Tottenham's Dolby spent the final stages of the race fending off Franck Perera in the Flamengo car, but held on for fifth.

Borja Garcia will start from pole in the reversed-grid second race after his Sporting Lisbon car ended the race in the gravel. He will be joined on the front row by Peugeot Le Mans star Franck Montagny, who was forced to retire the Bordeaux car with a mechanical problem.

Pos  Driver               Team                           Time/Gap
 1.  John Martin          Beijing Guoan                45m47.162s
 2.  Yelmer Buurman       AC Milan                       + 0.464s
 3.  Chris van der Drift  Olympiacos                    + 13.019s
 4.  Max Wissel           FC Basel                      + 14.546s
 5.  Craig Dolby          Tottenham Hotspur             + 29.927s
 6.  Franck Perera        Flamengo                      + 30.817s
 7.  Sebastien Bourdais   Olympique Lyonnais            + 34.534s
 8.  Alvaro Parente       FC Porto                      + 40.839s
 9.  Robert Doornbos      Corinthians                   + 45.399s
10.  Davide Rigon         RSC Anderlecht                + 54.039s
11.  Narain Karthikeyan   PSV Eindhoven               + 1m05.296s
12.  Maria de Villota     Atletico de Madrid          + 1m21.328s
13.  Tristan Gommendy     Galatasaray                 + 1m27.096s
14.  Julien Jousse        AS Roma                     + 1m30.066s
15.  Marcos Martinez      Sevilla FC                     + 2 laps
16.  James Walker         Liverpool FC                   + 2 laps

Retirements:

     Franck Montagny      Girondins de Bordeaux       15 laps
     Borja García         Sporting Clube de Portugal  7 laps