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Jousse scores for Roma in race two

Julien Jousse scored his first-ever series victory in the reversed-grid race two of Superleague Formula at Zolder in Belgium on Sunday for Roma, but the big news was that the other Italian club, AC Milan, has taken over at the top of the standings

Erstwhile leader, Tottenham's Craig Dolby, didn't even make it to the startline after a clash with Marcos Martinez (Sevilla) at the rolling start smashed the front of his car.

Martinez carried on, despite his damaged car, and hit Robert Doornbos (Corinthians) at the first corner, flipping him over into the gravel. Doornbos walked away unhurt.

Poleman Duncan Tappy led from the start for Flamengo, ahead of Jousse, but the positions would switch in the pitstops. Jousse exited the pits just ahead of Tappy, and although the Briton took a big look down the inside of the Kanaalbocht, Jousse slammed the door in his face.

From then on, Jousse extended a 10-second lead, but was lucky to escape a massive slide at Turn 1, which almost sent him into the gravel.

"I took the lead after the pitstop, and I pushed very hard, maybe too much," he admitted. "I made one big mistake, and got right out into the loose stuff."

Tappy finished second on his return to the series, Zolder being only his second time in the car this year. "If you'd have offered me a second place before this weekend I'd have taken it," he said.

Alvaro Parente should have finished third for Porto, but his gearbox system failed with just a few laps remaining, handing the spot to Galatasaray's Tristan Gommendy. He held off Max Wissel (Basel) and a charging Yelmer Buurman, whose fifth place for AC Milan was enough for him to overtake Dolby at the head of the championship.

Pos  Driver               Team                          Time/Gap
 1.  Julien Jousse        AS Roma                     45m16.364s
 2.  Duncan Tappy         Flamengo                     + 10.461s
 3.  Tristan Gommendy     Galatasaray                  + 12.809s
 4.  Max Wissel           FC Basel                     + 13.377s
 5.  Yelmer Buurman       AC Milan                     + 13.614s
 6.  Andy Soucek          Sporting Clube de Portugal   + 15.969s
 7.  John Martin          Beijing Guoan                + 22.939s
 8.  Chris van der Drift  Olympiacos                   + 28.681s
 9.  Davide Rigon         RSC Anderlecht               + 32.221s
10.  Jaap van Lagen       Girondins de Bordeaux        + 34.691s
11.  Maria de Villota     Atletico de Madrid             + 1 lap

Retirements:

     Alvaro Parente       FC Porto                    28 laps
     James Walker         Liverpool FC                20 laps
     Narain Karthikeyan   PSV Eindhoven               3 laps
     Marcos Martinez      Sevilla FC                  1 lap
     Robert Doornbos      Corinthians                 0 laps
     Craig Dolby          Tottenham Hotspur           0 laps

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