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Coletti wins Abu Dhabi race two

Stefano Coletti drove a faultless race to claim the GP2 Asia sprint honours in Abu Dhabi

The Trident driver made a great start from pole and did not put a wheel wrong as he romped to victory.

Fellow front-row starter Sam Bird got too much wheelspin and was jumped by Giedo van der Garde, but the Dutchman's race was destined to be compromised.

His Addax team had left something in the sidepod, which a team member retrieved just seconds before the cars left the dummy grid. A drive-through penalty was inevitable.

Bird inherited second, but spun the position away with just a handful of laps remaining while under no pressure.

This promoted Arden's Josef Kral to second and Bird's iSport team-mate Marcus Eriksson to third. Race one winner Jules Bianchi (ART) took fourth after a storming drive, but his last-lap pass on Davide Valsecchi (AirAsia) took place with all four wheels on the grass as they banged wheels, so a stewards' decision will be required.

Michael Herck grabbed the final point for Coloni after a late-race pass on Rapax's Fabio Leimer, who had made a stunning start to run in the points for all bar the final few laps.

Yesterday's runner-up Romain Grosjean (DAMS) had to retire after a first-lap incident with Herck.

Pos  Driver               Team                  Time/Gap
 1.  Stefano Coletti      Trident             43m02.819s
 2.  Josef Kral           Arden                 + 2.629s
 3.  Marcus Ericsson      iSport                + 3.323s
 4.  Jules Bianchi        ART                   + 9.434s
 5.  Davide Valsecchi     AirAsia              + 11.531s
 6.  Michael Herck        Coloni               + 14.687s
 7.  Fabio Leimer         Rapax                + 17.175s
 8.  Nathanael Berthon    Racing Engineering   + 17.426s
 9.  Johnny Cecotto       Super Nova           + 25.351s
10.  Charles Pic          Addax                + 25.493s
11.  Rodolfo Gonzalez     Trident              + 30.947s
12.  Jolyon Palmer        Arden                + 32.897s
13.  Andrea Caldarelli    Ocean                + 33.396s
14.  Esteban Gutierrez    ART                  + 33.643s
15.  James Jakes          Coloni               + 34.526s
16.  Fairuz Fauzy         Super Nova           + 38.094s
17.  Luiz Razia           AirAsia              + 38.830s
18.  Julian Leal          Rapax                + 39.280s
19.  Max Chilton          Carlin               + 42.205s
20.  Oliver Turvey        Ocean                + 42.677s
21.  Pal Varhaug          DAMS                 + 43.137s
22.  Dani Clos            Racing Engineering   + 47.035s
23.  Giedo van der Garde  Addax                + 49.926s

Retirements:

     Mikhail Aleshin      Carlin                 23 laps
     Sam Bird             iSport                 21 laps
     Romain Grosjean      DAMS                    0 laps

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