Carroll takes home win at Silverstone
Adam Carroll won a thrilling GP2 sprint race at Silverstone on Sunday for the FMS International team
The Northern Irishman, who was starting only his fourth GP2 race of the season after replacing Antonio Pizzonia, overcame front row starter Pastor Maldonado with a brilliant pass around the outside of Abbey corner, after tracking him for the first 16 laps.
Carroll, who started third, also had a wheel-to-wheel dice with Lucas di Grassi around the opening corners, only seizing second place at Maggots.
From there, Carroll chased down Maldonado, putting pressure on the Venezuelan for lap after lap. Maldonado, who won at Monaco this year, finally wilted at Abbey with 10 laps to go, but held off a charging Kazuki Nakajima to keep second.
Nakajima passed di Grassi with a forceful move at Copse, and set fastest lap in his ultimately fruitless pursuit of Maldonado.
Di Grassi finished fourth, despite late pressure from Mike Conway. Yesterday's winner Andi Zuber finished sixth.
Luca Filippi was seventh, losing a place to Zuber when he spun exiting Copse, but he stayed clear of Giorgio Pantano, who passed teammate Vitaly Petrov on the final lap.
Series leader Timo Glock was on a great charge from the rear of the field, and was on the fringe of the top 10 when Adrian Zaugg punted him off at Priory, ensuring his fourth straight non-finish.
Classified:
Pos Driver Team Time
1. Adam Carroll FMS International 36:41.162
2. Pastor Maldonado Trident Racing + 4.868
3. Kazuki Nakajima DAMS + 5.241
4. Lucas Di Grassi ART Grand Prix + 13.748
5. Mike Conway Super Nova International + 13.904
6. Andreas Zuber iSport International + 14.281
7. Luca Filippi Super Nova International + 19.485
8. Giorgio Pantano Campos Grand Prix + 21.842
9. Vitaly Petrov Campos Grand Prix + 24.170
10. Bruno Senna Arden International + 24.333
11. Roldan Rodreguez Minardi Piquet Sports + 35.385
12. M.Ammermuller ART Grand Prix + 37.752
13. Karun Chandhok Durango + 38.926
14. F.Albuquerque Racing Engineering + 40.083
15. Ho-Pin Tung BCN Competicion + 43.496
16. Jason Tahinci FMS International + 52.194
17. Borja Garcia Durango + 55.437
18. Alexandre Negrao Minardi Piquet Sports + 57.342
19. Adrian Zaugg Arden International + 57.604
20. Andy Soucek DPR +1:00.390
21. C.Bakkerud DPR +1:03.276
22. Javier Villa Racing Engineering + 2 Laps
Not Classified:
Driver Team Laps
Kohei Hirate Trident Racing 19
Timo Glock iSport International 6
Sakon Yamamoto BCN Competicion 2
Fastest lap: Nakajima, 1:30.590 on lap 21
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