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Tappy beats Martin for Assen win

Duncan Tappy won his first-ever Superleague Formula race in the second event at Assen on Sunday afternoon

Briton Tappy, driving for Japan in the Nations Cup, outbraked Australia's John Martin into Turn 1 with four laps to go to snatch the win.

Tristan Gommendy led the race for France/Bordeaux, as he had for much of race one, but he slipped back in the latter stages as he struggled for grip, falling to fourth.

Antonio Pizzonia finished third for Brazil, getting the better of a sometimes frantic dice with Gommendy. They even touched wheels at the fastest point of the circuit, but both escaped unharmed.

Andy Soucek (Turkey/Galatasaray) was on target for victory, but was given a drive-through penalty with 10 laps remaining for crossing the white line at the pit exit, and he fell to seventh.

Tappy now leads the points, ahead of Martin and the Netherlands/PSV entry of opening race winner Yelmer Buurman, who only finished 10th in this one. That is the order in which they will start the big money super final that now follows.

Results - 26 laps:

Pos  Driver            Team                  Time/Gap
 1.  Duncan Tappy      Japan               38m56.059s
 2.  John Martin       Australia             + 3.135s
 3.  Antonio Pizzonia  Brazil                + 4.527s
 4.  Tristan Gommendy  France/Bordeaux       + 8.152s
 5.  Earl Bamber       New Zealand           + 8.392s
 6.  Filip Salaquarda  Czech/Sparta Praha    + 9.233s
 7.  Andy Soucek       Turkey/Galatasaray    + 9.254s
 8.  Craig Dolby       England              + 10.281s
 9.  Neel Jani         Belgium/Anderlecht   + 19.890s
10.  Yelmer Buurman    Netherlands/PSV      + 20.455s
11.  Ho-Pin Tung       China                + 30.532s

Retirements:

     Maria de Villota  Spain/Madrid           24 laps
     Frederic Vervisch Luxembourg             24 laps
     Robert Doornbos   Netherlands             0 laps

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