Switzerland's Jani wins Sepang sprint

His only drama was slightly outbraking himself into the first corner, but with the inside line he was able to keep the lead from Team France's Loic Duval. After that he simply pulled away to win the short race with ease.

Duval was equally comfortable in second, remaining unchallenged throughout the race.

The battle for third was intense, however. Team Canada's Robert Wickens claimed the place at the first corner, but almost immediately came under pressure from fellow rookie Team Germany's Michael Ammermuller. Next up came Sergio Jiminez for Team Brazil, Team GB's Oliver Jarvis and Team New Zealand's Jonny Reid.

Reid made it past Jarvis on lap five, while Ammermuller took until the last lap to find a way around Wickens. It was a controversial lunge at the second corner, which resulted in contact and forced Wickens wide.

Jiminez was almost able to capitalize, but Wickens hung on to fourth, while Reid and Jarvis came in fifth and sixth.

Pos  Driver              Team            Time
 1.  Neel Jani           Switzerland     18:20.910
 2.  Loic Duval          France          +   3.792
 3.  M. Ammermuller      Germany         +  11.935
 4.  Robert Wickens      Canada          +  13.127
 5.  Sergio Jimenez      Brazil          +  13.737
 6.  Jonny Reid          New Zealand     +  14.476
 7.  Oliver Jarvis       Great Britain   +  14.937
 8.  J. Bleekemolen      Netherlands     +  15.327
 9.  Adam Carroll        Ireland         +  19.679
10.  Enrico Toccacelo    Italy           +  23.221
11.  Alex Yoong          Malaysia        +  23.587
12.  Adrian Zaugg        South Africa    +  25.105
13.  N. Karthikeyan      India           +  25.204
14.  J. Summerton        USA             +  26.527
15.  Joao Urbano         Portugal        +  27.772
16.  Chris Alajajian     Lebanon         +  34.121
17.  Erik Janis          Czech Republic  +  36.328
18.  Adam Khan           Pakistan        +  37.546
19.  Satrio Hermanto     Indonesia       +  44.820
20.  M. Jourdain         Mexico          +  47.416
21.  Cheng Cong Fu       China           +  9 laps
22.  Ian Dyk             Australia       + 10 laps