Zuber claims maiden win
Andy Zuber claimed his first ever GP2 win in the sprint event in Turkey today
The Trident driver made the best start from second on the grid to lead into the first corner, and he stayed there until the chequered flag.
Xandi Negrao held second initially, but he dropped out, handing the place to Adam Carroll.
Carroll closed the gap to less than half a second, but Zuber held on for a memorable win. On the final lap, Carroll conceded second to an inspired Lewis Hamilton.
A second lap spin dropped the Briton to 16th. A charging fightback saw him race wheel-to-wheel with Nelson Piquet Jr, but the Brazilian had flat spotted his tyres and could not respond to the Hamilton charge.
The ART star also bagged fastest lap, and with Piquet back in fifth, Hamilton's championship lead is back up to 10 points.
Timo Glock had a great dice with Hamilton and Piquet and came home fourth, while Nicolas Lapierre made a fantastic start and fought his way into the top six to earn Arden International their first points since the Monaco round in May.
CLASSIFIED:
Pos Driver Team Time
1. Zuber Trident Racing 37:54.990
2. Hamilton ART Grand Prix + 2.938
3. Carroll Racing Engineering + 3.826
4. Glock iSport International + 5.807
5. Piquet Jr. Piquet Sports + 6.749
6. Lapierre Arden International Ltd + 10.347
7. Premat ART Grand Prix + 16.693
8. Perera DAMS + 17.382
9. Di Grassi Durango + 18.000
10. Hernandez Durango + 20.358
11. Lopez Super Nova International + 20.610
12. Monfardini DAMS + 20.977
13. Viso iSport International + 23.010
14. Valles Campos Racing + 23.585
15. Bruni Trident Racing + 26.360
16. Villa Racing Engineering + 38.058
17. Tahinci FMS International + 44.899
18. Petrov DPR + 45.888
19. Yoshimoto BCN Competicion + 60.623
NOT CLASSIFIED:
Driver Team Laps
Porteiro Campos Racing 4
Negrao Piquet Sports 2
Fauzy Super Nova International 2
Filippi BCN Competicion 1
Piccione DPR 1
Pantano FMS International 1
Ammermueller Arden International Ltd 0
Fastest lap: Hamilton, 1:36.822 on lap 23
Championship standings, round 10 (race 19):
Drivers Teams
1. Hamilton 101 1. ART Grand Prix 163
2. Piquet Jr. 91 2. Piquet Sports 104
3. Premat 62 3. iSport International 101
4. Glock 58 4. Arden International Ltd 51
5. Viso 42 5. Trident Racing 45
6. Bruni 33 6. Racing Engineering 33
= Carroll 33 7. FMS International 30
8. Lopez 30 = Super Nova International 30
9. Pantano 28 9. DAMS 14
10. Lapierre 26 = BCN Competicion 14
11. Ammermueller 25 11. DPR 12
12. Negrao 13 = Campos Racing 12
13. Zuber 12 13. Durango 9
= Piccione 12
15. Yoshimoto 9
16. Perera 8
= Di Grassi 8
18. Valles 7
19. Gommendy 6
= Monfardini 6
21. Porteiro 5
22. Filippi 2
23. Hernandez 1
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