Winkelhock wins Monza race two

The German took the lead on the first lap when front-row starters Felix Porteiro and Patrick Pilet collided at Roggia, and both took a trip through the gravel.

Winkelhock and second-placed Adrian Valles made their mandatory pitstop together but the German's Draco Multiracing USA team took only 5.612 seconds to change all four tyres and he led the Spaniard out of the pits.

Winkelhock then pulled away and won by more than six seconds. However, the result wasn't enough to take the second place in the Championship away from Valles.

"We made some changes after qualifying and they worked. It was still a brilliant way to end the season," Winkehock said.

Ryan Sharp finished third on the track but was immediately docked 20 seconds after the chequered flag by race stewards, because he did not make his mandatory pitstop during the specified window.

Sharp had pulled off into the pitlane after the formation lap and changed his tyres before the race started. Mandatory pitstops must be made between laps five and 18, and the former GP2 racer continued to stay out on track after lap 18 on the same set of tyres, to the amazement of the onlookers.

Winkelhock and Valles both passed Sharp in the latter stages and neither realised it was a fight for position. Sharp was classified seventh with the 20-second penalty, which is less time than a pitstop at the Italian circuit.

Pilet managed what he couldn't in the first race by successfully passing Felix Porteiro in the latter stages. He finished third scoring and his first podium of the season.

Pilet's result was impressive considering he was dropped by Jenzer Motorsport mid-season for Sharp. After months on the sidelines he was rescued by GD Racing and given a drive for the last two rounds of the series.

"I have to thank Jenzer Motorsport for dropping me," Pilet quipped. "Now I am with a good team."

CLASSIFIED:

Pos  Driver      Team                   Time
 1.  Winkelhock  Draco Multiracing USA  43:15.249
 2.  Valles      Pons Racing            +   6.070
 3.  Pilet       GD Racing              +   8.090
 4.  Porteiro    Epsilon Euskadi        +  12.062
 5.  Zuber       Carlin Motorsport      +  14.565
 6.  Van Lagen   KTR                    +  15.981
 7.  Sharp       Jenzer Motorsport      +  27.046
 8.  Meneghello  Eurointernational      +  28.721
 9.  Montanari   Draco Multiracing USA  +  28.890
10.  Pavlovic    GD Racing              +  29.498
11.  Mondini     Carlin Motorsport      +  33.870
12.  Pagenaud    DHG Saulnier Racing    +  43.109
13.  Monfardini  Dams                   +  45.478
14.  Rigon       Victory Engineering    +  46.859
15.  Watts       Eurointernational      +  47.600
16.  Gommendy    KTR                    +  47.649
17.  Antinucci   Victory Engineering    +  49.786
18.  Pellegrino  RC Motorsport          +  51.257
19.  Fukuda      DHG Saulnier Racing    +  52.042
20.  Iaconelli   Interwetten            +  58.826
21.  Bennani     Avelon Formula         +1:16.995
22.  Fleming     Jenzer Motorsport      +2:22.147
23.  Rees        Interwetten            +  4 laps

NOT CLASSIFIED:

     Driver      Team
     Maldonado   Dams
     Bellarosa   Avelon Formula
     Kubica      Epsilon Euskadi
     Tedeschi    RC Motorsport
     Pasini      Cram Competition
     Salignon    Cram Competition
     Miguez      Pons Racing