Ricci takes first GP2 main series win

The Italian started from pole and had the front row to himself after team-mate Michael Herck stalled on the dummy grid. He was challenged into the first corner by DAMS' Jerome d'Ambrosio, but once he had seen that off he was able to cruise to the flag to secure DPR's first main series win since Oliver Pla's victory in Germany in 2005.

D'Ambrosio had no answer to Ricci's pace, but the Belgian still looked good for second until his car developed a problem and he was forced to retire mid-way through the race.

That opened the door for Racing Engineering's Christian Vietoris to claim second place, the German having done a great job after starting from seventh on the grid, while iSport's Davide Valsecchi made a nice move down the inside of Giedo van der Garde (Addax) to secure third with three laps to go.

Oliver Turvey finished fifth for iSport ahead of Super Nova's Luca Filippi, the Italian taking his first point since returning to the series at Silverstone.

It was a tough race for the main title protagonists. Pastor Maldonado (Rapax) was black-flagged on lap seven for ignoring a black and orange warning flag after breaking his front wing, while Addax's Sergio Perez eliminated himself when an attempt to pass Valsecchi for fifth on the second lap resulted in contact.

Pos  Driver               Team                   Time/Gap
 1.  Giacomo Ricci        DPR                  42m56.588s
 2.  Christian Vietoris   Racing Engineering     + 7.097s
 3.  Davide Valsecchi     iSport                + 16.712s
 4.  Giedo van der Garde  Barwa Addax           + 19.708s
 5.  Oliver Turvey        iSport                + 20.655s
 6.  Luca Filippi         Super Nova            + 22.383s
 7.  Dani Clos            Racing Engineering    + 26.885s
 8.  Adrian Zaugg         Trident               + 30.078s
 9.  Charles Pic          Arden                 + 31.327s
10.  Marcus Ericsson      Super Nova            + 39.394s
11.  Fabio Leimer         Ocean                 + 40.610s
12.  Alberto Valerio      Coloni                + 43.010s
13.  Johnny Cecotto       Trident               + 49.669s
14.  Vlado Arabadjiev     Coloni                + 57.900s
15.  Rodolfo Gonzalez     Arden               + 1m10.829s
16.  Max Chilton          Ocean               + 1m11.873s

Retirements:

     Jerome d'Ambrosio    DAMS                12 laps
     Sam Bird             ART                 9 laps
     Michael Herck        DPR                 9 laps
     Pastor Maldonado     Rapax               6 laps
     Luiz Razia           Rapax               2 laps
     Sergio Perez         Barwa Addax         2 laps