First win for Montagny and Bordeaux

The ex-Super Aguri Formula 1 driver pulled off a great move around the outside of Roma's Julian Jousse to hand Bordeaux its maiden success in the football-meets-racing series.

Montagny and Jousse had been involved in a three-way dice for the lead up until the mandatory stops, but a terribly slow one for Sporting's Borja Garcia dropped him out of the reckoning.

The top three had established a huge lead over the rest as Corinthians' Robert Doornbos held up the chasing pack rather like Gilles Villeneuve in the 1981 grand prix at the track. Tottenham's Craig Dolby took advantage of a great stop to leap into third, but he could make no impression on the leaders.

There was a brilliant fight as positions three to 13 ran together. Dolby came out on top, ahead of Liverpool's James Walker and Doornbos. Race one protagonists John Martin and Yelmer Buurman came home ninth and 10th, with the Beijing car moving ahead after a slow stop for AC Milan.

Pos  Driver               Team                           Time/Gap
 1.  Franck Montagny      Girondins de Bordeaux        45m59.602s
 2.  Julien Jousse        AS Roma                        + 3.563s
 3.  Craig Dolby          Tottenham Hotspur             + 42.932s
 4.  James Walker         Liverpool FC                  + 43.481s
 5.  Robert Doornbos      Corinthians                   + 44.257s
 6.  Davide Rigon         RSC Anderlecht                + 45.263s
 7.  Max Wissel           FC Basel                      + 45.555s
 8.  Franck Perera        Flamengo                      + 46.304s
 9.  John Martin          Beijing Guoan                 + 46.636s
10.  Yelmer Buurman       AC Milan                      + 47.417s
11.  Alvaro Parente       FC Porto                      + 47.576s
12.  Chris van der Drift  Olympiacos                    + 48.369s
13.  Borja Garcia         Sporting Clube de Portugal    + 49.433s
14.  Tristan Gommendy     Galatasaray                 + 1m11.180s

Retirements:

     Narain Karthikeyan   PSV Eindhoven               19 laps
     Marcos Martinez      Sevilla FC                  4 laps
     Maria de Villota     Atletico de Madrid          2 laps
     Sebastien Bourdais   Olympique Lyonnais          2 laps