Maiden win for Viso in thrilling race

Viso had to fight his way by the BCN cars of Hiro Yoshimoto and Timo Glock - and then hold off a concerted attack from championship leader Nelson Piquet Jr - to score a memorable win.

The race started in chaotic fashion, with Lucas di Grassi smashing into the rear of Adrian Valles's stalled car.

As the safety car was deployed, and the field slowed, Arden's Michael Ammermuller was caught unaware and thumped into Alex Premat, destroying the rear of the ART car.

When the action finally resumed, the BCN pair led, but Viso got a run on Glock and passed the German after three corners running side by side.

Viso then hunted down Yoshimoto, but the Japanese was defending hard. He finally had to yield when Viso forced his way through at the final chicane.

This also gave Piquet a sniff of second, and he pounced to set up a great race for the win. The pair were the quickest two cars in the field and they traded fastest laps, but Piquet never got quite close enough to try for a pass.

Yoshimoto held third, while Glock drove defensively throughout to fend off Nicolas Lapierre. In the dying stages, Lapierre finally made an error as he searched for a way by, handing fifth to Luca Filippi and sixth to Felix Porteiro. It was the first GP2 points for both drivers.

Trident's Andreas Zuber finished eighth, followed by Ferdinando Monfardini in ninth. Lewis Hamilton took 10th after starting dead last, while Alexandre Negrao and Adam Carroll were 11th and 12th respectively.

CLASSIFIED:

Pos  Driver        Team                      Time
 1.  Viso          iSport International      45:17.116
 2.  Piquet Jr.    Piquet Sports             +   0.596
 3.  Yoshimoto     BCN Competicion           +  25.001
 4.  Glock         BCN Competicion           +  28.901
 5.  Filippi       FMS International         +  29.278
 6.  Porteiro      Campos Racing             +  30.351
 7.  Lapierre      Arden International       +  31.502
 8.  Zuber         Trident Racing            +  31.809
 9.  Monfardini    DAMS                      +  32.449
10.  Hamilton      ART Grand Prix            +  33.366
11.  Negrao        Piquet Sports             +  35.826
12.  Carroll       Racing Engineering        +  39.654
13.  Hernandez     Durango                   +  40.089
14.  Perera        DAMS                      +  40.399
15.  Fauzy         Super Nova International  +  41.753
16.  Piccione      DPR                       +  43.206
17.  Gommendy      iSport International      +  49.138
18.  Villa         Racing Engineering        +  65.304
19.  Lopez         Super Nova International  +  2 laps
20.  Pla           DPR                       +  2 laps

NOT CLASSIFIED:

     Driver        Team                     Laps
     Tahinci       FMS International         19
     Bruni         Trident Racing            12
     Ammermueller  Arden International        1
     Premat        ART Grand Prix             0
     Valles        Campos Racing              0
     Di Grassi     Durango                    0

Fastest lap: Viso, 1:34.431 on lap 24

Championship standings after round 2 (race 4):

 Drivers:               Teams:
 1.  Piquet Jr.    25   1.  Arden International       32
 2.  Bruni         18   2.  Piquet Sports             25
 3.  Viso          16   3.  Trident Racing            18
 =   Ammermueller  16   4.  iSport International      16
 =   Lapierre      16   5.  ART Grand Prix            14
 6.  Hamilton       9   6.  BCN Competicion           10
 7.  Valles         6   7.  Campos Racing              7
 8.  Yoshimoto      5   8.  Super Nova International   4
 =   Glock          5   9.  FMS International          2
 =   Premat         5
11.  Lopez          4
12.  Filippi        2
13.  Porteiro       1