Winner Grosjean takes Auto GP lead

The former Renault grand prix driver, whose primary campaign this year is in the GT1 World Championship with Matech Ford, made a poor start from pole and fell to fourth.

But quick laps on a clear track after an early pitstop by DAMS got him back up to second, and he then chased down fast-starting race leader Adrien Tambay.

The Charouz-Gravity driver managed to resist Grosjean until his car failed with a fuel pump problem just two laps from the flag, allowing Grosjean through to win again.

DAMS secured a one-two with Duncan Tappy earning his first Auto GP podium, ahead of Lazarus' Fabio Onidi, debutant Jake Rosenzweig (Super Nova) and Jan Charouz (Charouz-Gravity). Fellow newcomer Esteban Guerrieri fell back from his front row start to finish sixth.

Erstwhile points leader Edoardo Piscopo came through from the back row to take seventh - although his last lap pass on Carlos Iaconelli ironically gave the Durango driver another reverse-grid pole for race two.

Giorgio Pantano's poor weekend continued as a wheelnut problem caused a severe delay in his pitstop.

Pos  Driver             Team                Time/Gap
 1.  Romain Grosjean    DAMS              31m50.336s
 2.  Duncan Tappy       DAMS                + 7.211s
 3.  Fabio Onidi        Lazarus            + 11.541s
 4.  Jake Rosenzweig    Super Nova         + 12.746s
 5.  Jan Charouz        Charouz-Gravity    + 17.810s
 6.  Esteban Guerrieri  Charouz-Gravity    + 22.688s
 7.  Edoardo Piscopo    DAMS               + 22.943s
 8.  Carlos Iaconelli   Durango            + 23.333s
 9.  Julian Leal        Trident            + 23.993s
10.  Jonny Reid         Super Nova         + 31.124s
11.  Celso Miguez       RP                 + 51.428s
12.  Stefano Bizzarri   RP               + 1m00.501s
13.  Giorgio Pantano    Euronova             + 1 lap

Retirements:

     Adrien Tambay      Charouz-Gravity  19 laps