Dolby and Spurs take first victory

The Briton managed to fight through to the front despite sustaining rear end damage in a multi-car collision on the exit of the first corner, and then beat Rangers' John Martin to the win.

"My car's rear diffuser was broken at the first corner melee," said Dolby. "I just pushed as hard as I could and my team did a great pitstop."

Most of Dolby's likely challengers were left to rue poor stops. Polesitter Kasper Andersen led for FC Midtylland early on, but stalled at his stop and later crashed out, causing a second safety car after an initial pause to clear up the first lap mess.

Andersen's pit delay also impeded championship leader Liverpool and its driver Adrian Valles, whose car is run by the same Hitech Racing team.

"I was catching FC Midtylland before he pitted but then his problem in the pits delayed my stop window," said Valles. "It was a race I could have won. I extended my championship lead and that is the most important thing."

Martin also lost ground in the pits, his car falling from its front jack during its stop.

Max Wissel finished fourth for FC Basel, fending off AC Milan's Giorgio Pantano.

Pos  Driver             Team                  Time/Gap
 1.  Craig Dolby        Tottenham Hotspur   45m42.338s
 2.  John Martin        Rangers              +  2.075s
 3.  Adrian Valles      Liverpool            +  3.412s
 4.  Max Wissel         FC Basel             +  4.041s
 5.  Giorgio Pantano    AC Milan             +  4.738s
 6.  Esteban Guerrieri  Al Ain               +  7.059s
 7.  Enrique Bernoldi   Flamengo             +  9.575s
 8.  Yelmer Buurman     Anderlecht           + 10.769s
 9.  Duncan Tappy       Galatasaray          + 11.061s
10.  Davide Rigon       Olympiacos           + 11.766s
11.  Jonathan Kennard   AS Roma              + 12.650s
12.  Tristan Gommendy   Porto                + 13.190s

Not classified:

     Kasper Andersen    Midtylland           19 laps
     Nelson Panciatici  Olympique Lyonnais   11 laps
     Dominick Muermans  PSV Eindhoven        6 laps
     Pedro Petiz        Sporting             0 laps
     Antonio Pizzonia   Corinthians          0 laps
     Ho-Pin Tung        Atletico Madrid      0 laps