Yoong completes Brno double

Yoong lost out to fellow front row starter James Hinchcliffe (Canada) at the standing start, and by the time the duo had emerged from the mandatory pit-stops the ex-Minardi Formula One racer had over five seconds to make up.

By lap 24 Yoong was within a second and after several abortive attempts he finally made his move on the inside of Turn 8 on lap 34. The pair made contact, with Hinchcliffe spinning, while Yoong survived to take a comfortable victory.

Hinchcliffe rejoined the track second, but with dirty tyres he could do nothing to hold off local hero Tomas Enge's Team Czech Republic entry.

Enge got ahead into Turn 10, with Mexico's Salvador Duran following him past on the outside of Turn 1 a lap later. This also allowed 19-year-old Nico Hulkenberg, driving for Team Germany and starting from 16th on the grid, to slip ahead into Turn 3.

Hinchcliffe, who had earlier finished a superb second in the sprint race, kept his composure to hold off Team Great Britain's Robbie Kerr and New Zealand's Jonny Reid to finish fifth.

Franky Cheng claimed seventh for Team China, holding off Team Netherlands ace Jeroen Bleememolen and the Swiss car of Sebasiten Buemi. Buemi had led the race by dint of making a relatively late pit stop, but dropped down the order when he finally pitted in on lap 15.

Ireland's Michael Devaney claimed 12th, while defending champion outfit Team France failed to score after GP2 ace Nicolas Lapierre retired in the early stages of the race.

Results

Pos  Driver            Team                    Time
 1.  Alex Yoong        Malaysia        1h 10:47.815
 2.  Tomas Enge        Czech Republic       + 7.336
 3.  Salvador Duran    Mexico               + 8.965
 4.  N.Hulkenberg      Germany              + 9.842
 5.  J.Hinchcliffe     Canada              + 12.984
 6.  Robbie Kerr       Great Britain       + 14.042
 7.  Jonny Reid        New Zealand         + 14.619
 8.  Cheng Congfu      China               + 31.375
 9.  J.Bleekemolen     Netherlands         + 32.262
10.  Sebastien Buemi   Switzerland         + 33.253
11.  Stephen Simpson   South Africa        + 33.921
12.  Graham Rahal      Lebanon             + 35.201
13.  Michael Devaney   Ireland             + 51.994
14.  Tuka Rocha        Brazil              + 52.456
15.  Ananda Mikola     Indonesia           + 53.670
16.  Karl Reindler     Australia         + 1:05.687
17.  Phil Giebler      USA               + 1:28.689
18.  Armaan Ebrahim    India                + 1 Lap
19.  Denis Lian        Singapore            + 1 Lap
20.  A.P.Guidi         Italy                + 1 Lap
21.  Takis Kaitatzis   Greece             + 19 Laps
22.  Nur Ali           Pakistan           + 28 Laps
23.  Nicolas Lapierre  France             + 37 Laps