Zaugg dominates Zandvoort sprint
Adrian Zaugg scored a crushing win in the opening race of the A1GP season as the sun finally shone down on Zandvoort
The South African fended off a determined charge around the outside of Turn 1 at the start by Loic Duval, but that was the closest Team France came to the lead. Zaugg's advantage was substantial and he opened up an insurmountable lead.
Duval spent most of the race defending second from Team Holland's Jeroen Bleekemolen. The Dutchman was inspired in the early stages, putting great moves on Neel Jani (Switzerland) for fourth and Salvador Duran (Mexico) for third, much to the delight of the 40,000-strong crowd.
But despite never being more than a second off Duval's gearbox, Bleekemolen couldn't find a way by.
Sixth went to Team Germany, who had a feisty Oliver Jarvis crawling all over them at the finish. A charging Jarvis passed Jonny Reid (New Zealand) and Ralph Firman (Ireland) in a great drive to seventh.
Firman held on to eighth, Reid ninth, while the final point went to Team India and Narain Karthikeyan.
Pos Driver Team Time 1. Adrian Zaugg South Africa 18:01.087 2. Loic Duval France +7.532 3. J.Bleekemolen Netherlands +8.097 4. Salvador Duran Mexico +8.205 5. Neel Jani Switzerland +8.581 6. C.Vietoris Germany +10.344 7. Oliver Jarvis Great Britain +10.566 8. Ralph Firman Ireland +12.168 9. Jonny Reid New Zealand +13.934 10. N.Karthikeyan India +18.516 11. Joao Urbano Portugal +24.967 12. Enrico Toccacelo Italy +25.717 13. Sergio Jimenez Brazil +26.044 14. Chris Alajajian Lebanon +34.547 15. Erik Janis Czech Republic +35.268 16. Alex Yoong Malaysia +35.895 17. Cheng Cong Fu China +36.298 18. Adam Khan Pakistan +36.510 19. J.Hinchcliffe Canada +39.509 20. Satrio Hermanto Indonesia +47.932 21. Ian Dyk Australia +47.983 22. Buddy Rice USA +48.208 Fastest lap: Zaugg, 1:28.353 on lap 2
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