Glock regains lead with sprint win
Less than 24 hours after losing his GP2 Series lead, Timo Glock regained it with a dominant sprint race victory at Istanbul on Sunday - while title rival Lucas di Grassi failed to score points
Glock (iSport) was running third when long-time race leader Karun Chandhok (Durango) was harpooned into a spin at the final turn by Kazuki Nakajima (DAMS). Chandhok was out on the spot, while Nakajima continued - albeit behind Glock.
The German went on to win by almost 10 seconds, as Nakajima was given a drive-through for the collision.
Also handed a drive-through was di Grassi (ART), after he made marginal contact with Giorgio Pantano (Campos) early in the race, causing the Italian to spin. Di Grassi, who had been running sixth, finished out of the points.
Glock now regains the title lead by two points, with 66 to di Grassi's 64 with three rounds remaining.
Xandi Negrao (Minardi/Piquet) finished second, ahead of Adam Carroll (FMS), who battled his way past di Grassi and Borja Garcia (Durango).
Garcia finished fourth, ahead of Vitaly Petrov (Campos) and Bruno Senna (Arden). Senna only nicked the final point of Luca Filippi (Super Nova) in the closing stages.
Classified: Pos Driver Team Time 1. Glock iSport International 37:21.489 2. Negrao Minardi Piquet Sports + 9.469 3. Carroll FMS International + 10.884 4. Garcia Durango + 18.605 5. Petrov Campos Grand Prix + 19.168 6. Senna Arden International + 20.082 7. Filippi Super Nova International + 21.151 8. Rodriguez Minardi Piquet Sports + 24.229 9. Tung BCN Competicion + 24.709 10. Risatti Trident Racing + 40.964 11. Di Grassi ART Grand Prix + 67.075 12. Pantano Campos Grand Prix + 79.182 13. Buemi ART Grand Prix + 1 Lap 14. Zuber iSport International + 1 Lap 15. Zaugg Arden International + 3 Laps Not classified: Driver Team Laps Villa Racing Engineering 19 Nakajima DAMS 17 Soucek DPR 16 Chandhok Durango 11 Tahinci FMS International 7 Martinez Racing Engineering 5 Lapierre DAMS 1 Hirate Trident Racing 1 Karjalainen BCN Competicion 0 Conway Super Nova International 0 Fastest lap: Zuber, 1:35.733 on lap 22
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