Parente fends off Vettel to a win
Alvaro Parente kept his cool in the face of a race-long challenge from Sebastian Vettel to claim victory in the World Series by Renault race in Monaco
Parente led from pole, but Vettel was never more than 1.5 seconds behind. In the closing laps, the BMW Formula One tester closed right in as he hoped to force Parente into a mistake, but the Tech 1 driver held on for a historic win.
Salvador Duran picked up third after local hero Clivio Piccione spun with just three laps to go.
Duran muscled his way by Milos Pavlovic at the start, but didn't have the pace to make it a three-way fight at the front.
Pavlovic took fourth, a long way ahead of Giedo van der Garde in fifth.
The Dutchman had Briton Ben Hanley stuck to his exhaust throughout the race, but passing was as impossible as ever at Monaco.
Michael Aleshin took seventh.
Pos Driver Team Time
1. Alvaro Parente Tech 1 Racing 37:48.007
2. Sebastian Vettel Carlin Motorsport + 1.273
3. Salvador Duran Interwetten.com + 7.190
4. Milos Pavlovic International Draco + 7.893
5. G.van der Garde Victory Engineering + 30.224
6. Benjamin Hanley Prema Powerteam + 30.585
7. Michael Aleshin Carlin Motorsport + 31.934
8. Davide Valsecchi Epsilon Euskadi + 37.889
9. Guillaume Moreau KTR + 38.542
10. Marco Bonanomi RC Motorsport + 39.646
11. F.Albuquerque Epsilon Euskadi + 41.048
12. B.Baguette KTR + 42.750
13. Miguel Molina Pons Racing + 45.112
14. James Walker Fortec Motorsport + 47.489
15. Carlos Iaconelli Pons Racing + 54.219
16. Julien Jousse Tech 1 Racing + 56.116
17. Xavier Maassen Prema Powerteam +1:30.920
18. P.Di Sabatino GD Racing + 1 Lap
19. Alvaro Barba International Draco + 1 Lap
20. Celso Miguez EuroInternational + 2 Laps
Not Classified:
Driver Team Laps
Clivio Piccione RC Motorsport 20
Fairuz Fauzy Cram Competition 16
A.Ciompi EuroInternational 9
Ricardo Risatti GD Racing 4
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