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Clos wins race, Grosjean takes title

Dani Clos won the GP2 Asia finale at Imola on Sunday, while Romain Grosjean sealed the title with fourth place after Jules Bianchi was taken out at the start

Race winner Clos grabbed the lead straight away, as polesitter Fairuz Fauzy (Super Nova) bogged down when the red lights went out.

Fauzy lost several places, and he then locked up going into the first corner. He ran into the back of Trident's Stefano Coletti, who could not avoid hitting title contender Bianchi's ART car.

Bianchi's retirement guaranteed Grosjean a second Asia series title, leaving the DAMS driver only to worry about fighting for a podium spot.

He was fourth after the first-lap incidents, chasing Giedo van der Garde (Addax), who had made his second very fast getaway of the weekend from seventh on the grid.

Grosjean seemed to have the edge over the Dutchman, but he could not find a way through and eventually had to turn his attention to defending fourth place from ART's Esteban Gutierrez.

The Mexican attacked the new champion into the Variante Alta chicane with two laps to go, but Grosjean held on to the place as both cars went across the grass.

Up front, Clos (Racing Engineering) was unable to break clear of Fabio Leimer (Rapax) in second throughout the race. But every time the Swiss driver closed, Clos was able to respond and get himself some breathing space.

Behind the leaders, the final point for sixth place went to Coloni's Michael Herck, who moved up when Rodolfo Gonzalez retired his Trident car mid-race.

Herck had briefly slipped behind iSport's Marcus Ericsson as well, but the Swede went off after attacking Gonzalez down the outside into Tamburello on lap five.

Results - 25 laps:

Pos  Driver               Team                   Time/Gap
 1.  Dani Clos            Racing Engineering   37m25.901s
 2.  Fabio Leimer         Rapax                  + 0.931s
 3.  Giedo van der Garde  Addax                  + 4.007s
 4.  Romain Grosjean      DAMS                   + 7.826s
 5.  Esteban Gutierrez    ART                    + 8.366s
 6.  Michael Herck        Coloni                + 15.312s
 7.  Pal Varhaug          DAMS                  + 27.415s
 8.  Oliver Turvey        Ocean                 + 29.294s
 9.  Josef Kral           Arden                 + 29.721s
10.  Luca Filippi         Coloni                + 30.139s
11.  Charles Pic          Addax                 + 32.505s
12.  Andrea Caldarelli    Ocean                 + 36.006s
13.  Nathanael Berthon    Racing Engineering    + 36.893s
14.  Luiz Razia           AirAsia               + 38.998s
15.  Max Chilton          Carlin                + 39.815s
16.  Marcus Ericsson      iSport                + 40.192s
17.  Davide Valsecchi     AirAsia               + 42.100s
18.  Julian Leal          Rapax               + 1m05.466s
19.  Johnny Cecotto       Super Nova              + 1 lap
20.  Mikhail Aleshin      Carlin                  + 1 lap
                                                         
Retirements:                                      
                                                         
     Sam Bird             iSport                  20 laps
     Rodolfo Gonzalez     Trident                 14 laps
     Stefano Coletti      Trident                  0 laps
     Jolyon Palmer        Arden                    0 laps
     Jules Bianchi        ART                      0 laps
     Fairuz Fauzy         Super Nova               0 laps

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