Gommendy scores Porto's first win

Enrique Bernoldi (Flamengo) led from pole position as fellow front-row starter Davide Rigon (Olympiakos) started from the pitlane due to an engine change after race one. Pedro Petiz (Sporting Lisbon) just managed to grab second at Redgate from Dominick Muermans (PSV Eindhoven), as the front runners from race one toiled to work their way through the traffic created by the reversed grid.

The man on the move was Esteban Guerrieri (Sevilla) who bravely passed Muermans for third at McLeans, just before a safety car was required to remove the stranded AC Milan car of Giorgio Pantano, who had been harpooned into a spin by Rangers' John Martin at the Esses on the opening lap. As in the first race, Rigon pulled off again under the safety car, meaning it stayed out until lap six.

Guerrieri soon outbraked Petiz for second at Melbourne and took the lead when Bernoldi pitted on lap nine. That's as far as the ex-F1 racer got, however, as his car repeatedly stalled and refused to pull away, forcing Bernoldi to retire. Guerrieri made his stop a lap later, but a likely victory was wiped out when his battery failed, forcing him out too.

That left three late-stoppers out front, of which Antonio Pizzonia was the fastest, and he swept his Corinthians car past Ho-Pin Tung (Atletico Madrid) and Muermans (PSV). But when they eventually stopped, it was Gommendy - who had flown under the radar by stopping early - who led from Petiz, opening race winner Max Wissel (Basel), Craig Dolby (Spurs) and Kasper Anderson (FC Midtjylland).

Series points leader Adrian Valles (Liverpool) finished sixth, ahead of Tung and Pizzonia.

Pos Driver                 Team                            Time/Gap
 1. Tristan Gommendy       FC Porto                      45m36.002s
 2. Pedro Petiz            Sporting Clube de Portugal        +4.691
 3. Max Wissel             FC Basel                          +6.623
 4. Craig Dolby            Tottenham Hotspur                 +7.776
 5. Kasper Andersen        FC Midtylland                    +10.187
 6. Adrian Valles          Liverpool                        +11.540
 7. Ho-Pin Tung            Atletico Madrid                  +17.468
 8. Antonio Pizzonia       Corinthians                      +17.907
 9. Nelson Panciatici      Olympique Lyonnais               +40.362
10. Jonathan Kennard       AS Roma                          +41.002
11. Dominick Muermans      PSV Eindhoven                    +54.946
12. Scott Mansell          Galatasaray                      +56.634

Retirements

    Esteban Guerrieri      Sevilla FC                       10 laps
    Enrique Bernoldi       Flamengo                          9 laps
    Davide Rigon           Olympiacos                        3 laps
    John Martin            Glasgow Rangers                    1 lap
    Giorgio Pantano        AC Milan                          0 laps
    Yelmer Buurman         Anderlecht                        0 laps