Hulkenberg wins Durban sprint

Hulkenberg took his fifth win in a row after starting from pole position. He defended his lead into the first hairpin and then made his escape, eventually finishing 2.7 seconds ahead of Team France's Loic Duval.

Duval started third on the grid, but stole second from New Zealand's Matt Halliday into the hairpin at the start, diving down the inside at the last second to surprise the black car.

Switzerland's Neel Jani chose a wide line into the hairpin, but it didn't pay off as Jeroen Bleekemolen slipped his Team Netherlands car up the inside to take fourth position.

The top five held those positions until the flag, with Richard Lyons scoring the final point for Team Ireland.

Results:

Pos  Driver               Team                 Time
 1.  Nico Hulkenberg      Germany         19:57.070
 2.  Loic Duval           France          +   2.781
 3.  Matt Halliday        New Zealand     +   3.490
 4.  Jeroen Bleekemolen   Netherlands     +   6.356
 5.  Neel Jani            Switzerland     +  10.697
 6.  Richard Lyons        Ireland         +  14.356
 7.  Adrian Zaugg         South Africa    +  17.109
 8.  Alvaro Parente       Portugal        +  18.997
 9.  Robbie Kerr          Great Britain   +  19.916
10.  Ananda Mikola        Indonesia       +  20.821
11.  Tomas Enge           Czech Republic  +  22.467
12.  Enrico Toccacelo     Italy           +  23.917
13.  James Hinchcliffe    Canada          +  33.527
14.  Ho-Pin Tung          China           +  42.083
15.  Narain Karthikeyan   India           +  44.085
16.  Karl Reindler        Australia       +1:17.980
17.  Bruno Junqueira      Brazil          +   1 lap
18.  Nur Ali              Pakistan        +   1 lap
19.  Allam Khodair        Lebanon         +   1 lap
20.  Jonathan Summerton   USA             +  3 laps
21.  Salvador Duran       Mexico          +  6 laps
22.  Christian Murchison  Singapore       +  7 laps
23.  Alex Yoong           Malaysia        + 15 laps