Jarvis wins feature race for GBR
Oliver Jarvis produced a faultless drive to win the A1GP feature race at Zandvoort in style on Sunday
Jarvis passed pole sitter Adrian Zaugg during the first of the two mandatory pitstops and simply drove away from the pack thereafter, while Zaugg backed up his sprint win with a solid second.
Neel Jani caught the South Africa car ahead of the second stop, but eventually dropped back to a comfortable third.
Salvador Duran (Mexico) recorded the fastest lap of the race on his way to fourth, while Loic Duval had a great dice with Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands as he fought his way into fifth.
Sixth went to Ralph Firman, who was in fine form on his final set of tyres, passing New Zealand and the Netherlands with great moves.
Jonny Reid faded towards the end of the race and seventh place was less than expected of Team New Zealand ahead of the weekend. The same could be said of Team Netherlands and reigning champs Team Germany.
Jeroen Bleekemolen and Christian Vietoris had disappointing runs to eighth and ninth place respectively, but they carried their fight into the final lap in an entertaining battle.
The final point went to Erik Janis after a good drive for Team Czech Republic. He had James Hinchcliffe in his mirrors for much of the race until the Canadian was forced to retire with just a few laps remaining.
Pos Driver Team Time
1. Oliver Jarvis Great Britain 1h09:51.394
2. Adrian Zaugg South Africa +5.742
3. Neel Jani Switzerland +7.974
4. Salvador Duran Mexico +11.516
5. Loic Duval France +25.789
6. Ralph Firman Ireland +33.697
7. Jonny Reid New Zealand +47.635
8. J.Bleekemolen Netherlands +49.270
9. C.Vietoris Germany +49.876
10. Erik Janis Czech Republic +59.664
11. Sergio Jimenez Brazil +1:00.078
12. Ian Dyk Australia +1:30.593
13. Buddy Rice USA +1:31.148
14. Enrico Toccacelo Italy +1 lap
15. Cheng Cong Fu China +1 lap
16. Satrio Hermanto Indonesia +1 lap
17. Adam Khan Pakistan +2 laps
18. J.Hinchcliffe Canada +5 laps
19. Chris Alajajian Lebanon +5 laps
Not classified
N.Karthikeyan India 13 laps
Alex Yoong Malaysia 8 laps
Joao Urbano Portugal 2 laps
Fastest lap: Duran, 1:29.181 on lap 37
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