Petrov wins wet Sepang GP2 sprint

The start was delayed by around half an hour after a monsoon swept across the track as the cars went to the grid. The race was eventually started behind the safety car, with Sakon Yamamoto having been pushed into the pitlane failing to get away.

The field ran a full four laps under caution before it was released on a track that was still well and truly soaked.

Pastor Maldonado gave pole man David Valsecchi a tap at the last corner even before they took the green flag, but both survived and Valsecchi held on to the lead in the difficult conditions. James Jakes was an early victim of the conditions, spinning off on the first flying lap.

On the second racing lap both Maldonado and Vitaly Petrov slipped past Valsecchi, and the pair gradually dropped the Italian.

Petrov then took the lead in a neat move, and with the track gradually drying out, he stayed there to the flag, steadily edging away until the race was ended a couple of laps early when the time limit clicked in.

Behind Maldonado and Valsecchi, Saturday sprint winner Diego Nunes moved up from eighth on the grid to fourth, while Hamad Al Fardan put in a solid drive to fifth.

The final point went to Sergio Perez, who snuck ahead of Kamui Kobayashi in a cheeky move at the last corner.

Pos  Driver                Team          Time
 1.  Vitaly Petrov         Barwa Campos  45:41.349
 2.  Pastor Maldonado      ART           +   2.914
 3.  Davide Valsecchi      Durango       +   4.339
 4.  Diego Nunes           Piquet        +   6.357
 5.  Hamad Al Fardan       iSport        +  21.539
 6.  Sergio Perez          Barwa Campos  +  24.489
 7.  Kamui Kobayashi       DAMS          +  24.522
 8.  Rodolfo Gonzalez      FMS           +  26.108
 9.  Alvaro Parente        Qi-Meritus    +  26.956
10.  Giedo van der Garde   iSport        +  35.725
11.  Yelmer Buurman        ORT           +  37.306
12.  Roldan Rodriguez      Piquet        +  37.683
13.  Davide Rigon          Trident       +  44.390
14.  Marco Bonanomi        Qi-Meritus    +  46.358
15.  Giacomo Ricci         Trident       +  47.818
16.  Fabrizio Crestani     ORT           +  48.476
17.  Edoardo Mortara       Arden         +  48.640
18.  Javier Villa          Super Nova    +1:09.849
19.  Ricardo Teixeira      Trident       +1:21.557
20.  Michael Dalle Stelle  Durango       +1:56.537

Retirements

    Driver                Team           Laps
    Jerome D'Ambrosio     DAMS           14
    Sakon Yamamoto        ART            14
    Michael Herck         DPR            9
    Luiz Razia            Arden          9
    Kevin Nai Chia Chen   FMS            5
    James Jakes           Super Nova     4