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Iaconelli resists Grosjean in Auto GP

Carlos Iaconelli resisted huge pressure from guest star Romain Grosjean to secure his second Auto GP win of the season at Spa

The Durango driver had started from pole on the partially reversed grid thanks to his eighth place in race one - while morning winner Grosjean, who had starred for DAMS on his series debut and single-seater return - dropped to row four.

Grosjean made up four places off the line and then passed Jan Charouz and Edoardo Piscopo later in the race before hunting down Iaconelli.

But the Brazilian was able to hang on through two safety car periods and Grosjean's assaults, and duly secured his second win in as many meetings.

Charouz passed Piscopo to secure the final podium spot, while Luca Filippi won a spectacular battle with Super Nova duo Giorgio Pantano and Jonny Reid to finish fifth. Filippi managed to overtake Reid on the entry to Eau Rouge then passed Pantano at the final corner of the race.

Pos  Driver             Team               Time/Gap
 1.  Carlos Iaconelli   Durango          24m42.662s
 2.  Romain Grosjean    DAMS               + 0.592s
 3.  Jan Charouz        Charouz-Gravity    + 3.349s
 4.  Edoardo Piscopo    DAMS               + 4.336s
 5.  Luca Filippi       Euronova           + 7.060s
 6.  Giorgio Pantano    Super Nova         + 8.066s
 7.  Jonny Reid         Super Nova         + 8.070s
 8.  Fabrizio Crestani  Trident            + 9.942s
 9.  Duncan Tappy       DAMS              + 12.016s
10.  Adrien Tambay      Charouz-Gravity   + 13.043s
11.  Natacha Gachnang   Charouz-Gravity   + 13.664s

Retirements:

     Fabio Onidi        Lazarus          6 laps
     Celso Miguez       RP               4 laps
     Stefano Bizzarri   RP               4 laps
     Julian Leal        Trident          0 laps

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