Moreau takes first win in race two

A French one-two was denied when Julien Jousse ran wide at the Estoril corner with three laps remaining. Miguel Molina took advantage to pass Jousse under braking for the Adelaide Hairpin, the Spaniard's second place being his best result to date.

Alvaro Parente finished fourth to extend his lead in the drivers' championship to eleven points, and move his Tech 1 outfit ahead of Carlin Motorsport in the teams' standings.

By the start the circuit had dried out completely after light rain fall in the morning. Moreau led fellow front row starter Jousse into the first turn with Pons Racing's pairing of Molina and Carlos Iaconelli occupying third and fourth positions.

Approaching the apex of the Adelaide Hairpin on the opening lap, seventh place Pavlovic found himself three abreast with race one winner Ben Hanley and Clivio Piccione.

Pavlovic rotated as a result of contact, and the Serbian was later forced to abandon his afternoon's work as a result of the damage. Hanley also suffered, given a 25 second penalty for his part in the incident, dropping from seventh to 14th in the results.

At the front, Moreau began to produce several fastest race laps to eke out a slender lead over Jousse. The advantage was negated when Luiz Razia spun and stalled in avoidance of fellow Argentinean Esteban Guerrieri at Adelaide on lap three, requiring the presence of the safety car.

Racing resumed on lap four and Moreau swiftly returned to his rhythm. Jousse's stern defence of second allowed a four car train to form in his mirrors.

Having already disposed of Giedo van der Garde for fifth, Parente set his sights on Iaconelli. On lap seven, Jousse moved to the inside line at Adelaide to defend from the overlapping Molina, and the chasing Iaconelli was momentarily wrong-footed. Parente seized his chance and pulled off an opportunistic passing move around the outside of the Brazilian.

It was to be the final passing manoeuvre among the top eight until Jousse's costly mistake in the closing stages. The Tech 1 driver from the Var province was confronted with the lapped Salvador Duran exiting the pit lane in front of him on lap 23.

Although Duran was not directly involved, the Interwetten.com car served as a distraction to Jousse, who ran well off-line around the long, right-hand, Estoril corner. Poor exit speed allowed Molina to gain momentum on Jousse along the back-straight, and complete the move at Adelaide.

Had the mistake come earlier Molina may have made Moreau sweat more for his spoils, but the Frenchman's six-and-half second lead was sufficient to allow a comfortable run to the flag.

"Yesterday, I had a puncture at the end and I thought I had finished 13th," said Moreau. "I thought I was unlucky, but then the steward made a mistake stopping the race a lap early, so I became tenth (and consequently took pole for race two).

"There is always more pressure starting from pole, but my engineers helped make my car perfect. This is a great moment for me in front of all my family and sponsors."

"The race was very difficult," said Molina. "Julien was faster than me in the third sector which made it difficult to overtake, even though I was quicker around the rest of the lap. It was hard when you are fighting two French drivers with all of the French support here."

Classified:

Pos  Driver            Team                   Time
 1.  Guillaume Moreau  KTR                    41:04.975
 2.  Miguel Molina     Pons Racing            +   6.482
 3.  Julien Jousse     Tech 1 Racing          +   7.831
 4.  Alvaro Parente    Tech 1 Racing          +   8.190
 5.  Carlos Iaconelli  Pons Racing            +   9.564
 6.  G.van der Garde   Victory Engineering    +  11.511
 7.  Clivio Piccione   RC Motorsport          +  12.970
 8.  Davide Valsecchi  Epsilon Euskadi        +  14.811
 9.  Alejandro Nunez   Red Devil Team Comtec  +  17.511
10.  Mikhail Aleshin   Carlin Motorsport      +  22.659
11.  Alvaro Barba      International Draco    +  25.107
12.  P.Di Sabatino     GD Racing              +  28.937
13.  B.Baguette        KTR                    +  32.772
14.  Benjamin Hanley   Prema Powerteam        +  37.363
15.  M.Ammermuller     Carlin Motorsport      +  40.890
16.  A.Ciompi          EuroInternational      +  50.110
17.  Charlie Kimball   Victory Engineering    +  50.279
18.  James Walker      Fortec Motorsport      +  51.169
19.  Daniel Move       Interwetten.com        +1:00.323
20.  Luiz Razia        GD Racing              +1:00.470
21.  E.Guerrieri       Fortec Motorsport      +1:22.712
22.  Salvador Duran    Interwetten.com        +   1 lap
23.  Julian Theobald   EuroInternational      +   1 lap
24.  Marco Bonanomi    RC Motorsport          +  2 laps
25.  F.Albuquerque     Epsilon Euskadi        +  2 laps

Not classified:

     Driver            Team                   Laps
     Fairuz Fauzy      Cram Competition       20
     Michael Herck     Red Devil Team Comtec  19
     Pippa Mann        Cram Competition       9
     Xavier Maassen    Prema Powerteam        7
     Milos Pavlovic    International Draco    3