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Stefano Coletti wins incredible wet/dry GP2 race in Hungary

Stefano Coletti charged from 21st on the grid to win a thrilling GP2 race in changeable conditions at the Hungaroring

The Trident driver was one of the few in the field to start the race on slicks, and he was up to 12th once the majority of the field switched from wet tyres.

Just as everyone came in for tyres the safety car was deployed as Max Chilton crashed exiting Turn 2. On the restart Coletti made his way up to sixth on the first lap, and two laps later he was in third place behind Christian Vietoris and Romain Grosjean.

With everyone on slicks, the rain started to fall again, and Vietoris spun, clipping Grosjean as the championship leader tried to sneak by. That allowed Coletti into the lead, and he came in for wets at the end of lap 18 when the safety car was called for again.

Charles Pic had been the first to switch to slicks earlier in the race, but that decision was ruined when he was held up behind the safety car the first time it came out. The Frenchman did take the lead as he was one of the few drivers to then stay out on slicks when everyone pitted again under the second safety car, but he could do nothing about Coletti on the restart.

From there Coletti cruised to victory, while Grosjean and Esteban Gutierrez - who had joined Coletti in starting on slicks from 24th on the grid - fought over second place in the closing laps.

Grosjean appeared to have the position covered, but Gutierrez then pounced at the final corner on the last lap to steal the place.

Behind them Giedo van der Garde came through the madness to take fourth, while Sam Bird was another to charge through the field to take fifth from 17th on the grid.

Jules Bianchi took the final point after an eventful race where he spun to the back of the field at one point. The ART driver was fighting with van der Garde after the first restart when they clashed, sending him spinning off at Turn 4.

He then decided to be the first to come back in for wets while running at the back, and raced his way into the top six following the second safety car period.

Results - 23 laps:

Pos  Driver               Team                   Time/Gap
 1.  Stefano Coletti      Trident              45m53.864s
 2.  Esteban Gutierrez    ART                    + 7.293s
 3.  Romain Grosjean      DAMS                   + 7.401s
 4.  Giedo van der Garde  Addax                 + 11.595s
 5.  Sam Bird             iSport                + 14.524s
 6.  Jules Bianchi        ART                   + 16.646s
 7.  Luiz Razia           AirAsia               + 17.153s
 8.  Kevin Mirocha        Ocean                 + 17.840s
 9.  Rodolfo Gonzalez     Trident               + 19.602s
10.  Christian Vietoris   Racing Engineering    + 32.077s
11.  Fabio Leimer         Rapax                 + 43.201s
12.  Adam Carroll         Super Nova            + 49.030s
13.  Charles Pic          Addax                 + 59.579s
14.  Davide Valsecchi     AirAsia             + 1m00.461s
15.  Mikhail Aleshin      Carlin              + 1m03.372s
16.  Marcus Ericsson      iSport              + 1m20.478s
17.  Josef Kral           Arden               + 1m21.280s

Retirements:

     Jolyon Palmer        Arden                   21 laps
     Johnny Cecotto       Ocean                   19 laps
     Dani Clos            Racing Engineering      16 laps
     Julian Leal          Rapax                   15 laps
     Pal Varhaug          DAMS                    13 laps
     Luca Filippi         Coloni                  13 laps
     Fairuz Fauzy         Super Nova               8 laps
     Max Chilton          Carlin                   7 laps
     Michael Herck        Coloni                    1 lap

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