Germany win feature, China star
Nico Hulkenberg swept the floor with his A1GP opposition to take another win at Eastern Creek and extend Team Germany's championship lead
Hulkenberg was beaten away from the grid by Jonny Reid's New Zealand car, but he fought back at the restart following the ubiquitous safety car period to claim his sixth win of the season.
Brilliant as Hulkenberg's performance was, the star of the race was Ho-Pin Tung, who scored Team China's first ever podium with an excellent third.
The Astromega-run team actually led during the early stages of the race after opting to take a late mandatory pitstop. The tactic worked a treat and Tung rejoined in sixth, but on newer rubber he exploited his advantage to the full to pass Tomas Enge (Czech) and the fast-starting Dutch car of Jeroen Bleekemolen.
Alex Yoong drove a steady race to take sixth while Sebastien Buemi survived a clash with the Team Ireland car of Richard Lyons to claim seventh. Team USA and Team France battled throughout, with Giebler taking eighth in the end.
Robbie Kerr drove a charging race to make his way into the points from last on the grid, but the Brit slowed towards the end of the race and lost places to Giebler and Duval. Nevertheless he kept the Team Brazil car of Tuka Rocha at bay to claim the final point.
The safety car came out on lap 1 after Christian Murchison tagged the rear of James Hinchcliffe's Team Canada car, sending him into a series of barrel rolls. Despite heavy cosmetic damage to the Lola-Zytek, Hinchcliffe was able to walk away unhurt.
Pos Team Driver Time 1. Germany Nico Hulkenberg 1:08:35.139 2. New Zealand Jonny Reid + 7.613 3. China Ho-Pin Tung + 26.076 4. Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen + 33.702 5. Czech Republic Tomas Enge + 38.277 6. Malaysia Alex Yoong + 42.051 7. Switzerland Sebastien Buemi + 43.651 8. USA Philip Giebler + 44.192 9. France Loic Duval + 46.237 10. Great Britain Robbie Kerr + 50.101 11. Brazil Tuka Rocha + 50.939 12. Italy Enrico Toccacelo + 54.269 13. Indonesia Ananda Mikola + 55.695 14. Australia Karl Reindler + 1:05.193 15. Mexico Salvador Duran + 1 lap 16. India Parthiva Sureshwaren + 1 lap 17. Lebanon Alex Khateeb + 5 laps 18. Ireland Richard Lyons + 24 laps 19. Pakistan Nur Ali + 40 laps 20. South Africa Alan van der Merwe + 42 laps 21. Canada James Hinchcliffe + 46 laps 22. Singapore Christian Murchison + 46 laps
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