Maiden GP2 win for Ammermuller

The Red Bull-backed rookie made a great start from second on the grid and was never threatened from there on, gradually extending his advantage over Ernesto Viso on every lap before backing off slightly in the closing stages.

Viso had too much wheelspin off the line and spent the entire race fending off Ammermuller's Arden teammate Nicolas Lapierre. The pair were never more than a few tenths of a second apart, but the Frenchman never found a way through.

Nelson Piquet Jr made a great start from eighth, muscled his way by Gimmi Bruni for fourth at the second turn and held onto that place to the end to extend his early title points lead.

Bruni took fifth, while Lewis Hamilton claimed the final point in sixth after an eventful race.

The Briton spent the first half of the race stuck behind Jose Maria Lopez, but finally forced the Super Nova man into a small mistake and then took full advantage.

Hamilton then passed Adam Carroll and Adrian Valles on the same lap to take a well-earned point.

Carroll, Valles and Lopez would end their races in spectacular fashion.

As Valles defended from Carroll, the Brit tripped over the back of his car and was launched into the air and a series of rolls. The car bore the brunt of the impact and Carroll emerged smiling. Lopez was caught up in the ensuing chaos.

CLASSIFIED:

Pos  Driver         Team                      Time
 1.  Ammermueller   Arden International       38:44.066
 2.  Viso           iSport International      +  9.756
 3.  Lapierre       Arden International       + 10.213
 4.  Piquet Jr.     Piquet Sports             + 10.975
 5.  Bruni          Trident Racing            + 16.537
 6.  Hamilton       ART Grand Prix            + 18.510
 7.  Negrao         Piquet Sports             + 32.746
 8.  Glock          BCN Competicion           + 37.391
 9.  Villa          Racing Engineering        + 44.084
10.  Fauzy          Super Nova International  + 55.125
11.  Gommendy       iSport International      + 60.402
12.  Yoshimoto      BCN Competicion           + 63.704
13.  Zuber          Trident Racing            + 66.274
14.  Perera         DAMS                      + 69.772
15.  Pla            DPR                       + 81.534
16.  Di Grassi      Durango                   + 1 Lap (DNF)

NOT CLASSIFIED:

     Driver         Team                       Laps
     Piccione       DPR                         24
     Valles         Campos Racing               23
     Carroll        Racing Engineering          22
     Lopez          Super Nova International    22
     Monfardini     DAMS                         5
     Premat         ART Grand Prix               3
     Filippi        FMS International            0
     Porteiro       Campos Racing                0
     Tahinci        FMS International            0
     Hernandez      Durango                      0

Fastest lap: Zuber, 1:21.244 on lap 3

CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (Round 1, Race 2):

Drivers                 Teams
 1.  Piquet Jr.    16    1.  Arden International       18
 2.  Lapierre      10    2.  Piquet Sports             16
 3.  Hamilton       9    3.  ART Grand Prix             9
 4.  Ammermueller   8    4.  iSport International       6
 5.  Viso           6    =   Campos Racing              6
 =   Valles         6    =   Trident Racing             6
 7.  Bruni          5    7.  Super Nova International   4
 8.  Lopez          4