Monza wins for Leinders and Montagny

Leinders won the opening race at Monza by 8secs from Montagny, these two well clear of a battle for third which was won by reigning F3000 champion Justin Wilson. Zonta, who started from the back row after an oil pump failure in qualifying, stormed his way through to finish fifth, just behind Angel Burgueno.

Montagny got his revenge in race two, beating Leinders by just over a second. Andre Couto finished third this time, ahead of Wilson and Zonta, the latter losing time when his right-rear wheel stuck during his mandatory pitstop. Jean Christophe Ravier escaped with bruised feet after he tangled with Narain Karthikeyan at the first chicane.

Zonta leads the championship by six points from Leinders, who is 13 ahead of Montagny.


Bas Leinders KTR 25m19.721s
Franck Montagny Racing Engineering +8.086
Justin Wilson Racing Engineering +23.833s
Angel Burgueno Meycom +26.493s
Ricardo Zonta Gabord Competicion +27.925s
Tuka Rocha Gabord Competicion +28.964s


Franck Montagny Racing Engineering 42m31.303s
Bas Leinders KTR +1.116s
Andre Couto Vergani Racing +11.318s
Justin Wilson Racing Engineering +11.774s
Ricardo Zonta Gabord Competicion +17.192s
Peter Sundberg Tata RC Motorsport +20.964s