Vietoris wins for Germany at Taupo
Christian Vietoris became the third Team Germany driver to win in A1GP by taking the Taupo feature race today
Vietoris was utterly calm through a chaotic race, following Loic Duval (Team France) until the first round of pitstops and leapfrogging him at that point. The Formula Three racer held on in style to take the win, surviving intense pressure from Duval in the middle segment of the race.
Team France then lost out to Team Canada's Robert Wickens at the second stops, which ensured Wickens took second place ahead of Duval.
Neel Jani (Team Switzerland) has now lost the points lead after another disastrous outing. Jani leapt into the lead at the start, but was adjudged to have jumped it and was given a drive-through penalty. A run-in with Team Pakistan's Adam Khan then ruled out any chance of a points finish.
All this means Jonny Reid (New Zealand) takes the points lead after finishing fourth in the feature. He is two points ahead of Jani and Duval.
Pos Driver Team Time/Gap 1. C.Vietoris Germany 1h10:40.168 2. Robert Wickens Canada + 1.18 3. Loic Duval France + 2.025 4. Jonny Reid New Zealand + 3.031 5. Adam Carroll Ireland + 4.088 6. Sergio Jimenez Brazil + 5.117 7. Adrian Zaugg South Africa + 10.107 8. J.Summerton USA + 10.634 9. J.Bleekemolen Netherlands + 11.175 10. David Garza Mexico + 19.478 11. Adam Khan Pakistan + 25.559 12. Tomas Enge Czech Republic + 26.506 13. Joao Urbano Portugal + 29.848 14. Neel Jani Switzerland + 34.451 15. Cheng Cong Fu China + 7 Laps 16. Alex Yoong Malaysia + 12 Laps 17. John Martin Australia + 13 Laps 18. Satrio Hermanto Indonesia + 29 Laps 19. Robbie Kerr Great Britain + 46 Laps 20. Edoardo Piscopo Italy + 47 Laps 21. Chris Alajajian Lebanon + 47 Laps 22. N.Karthikeyan India + 49 Laps
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