Sky re-showed the races at 4pm in the UK, which saved my day because I was out until lunch time. I thought they were both good to watch and very entertaining. The circuit may not have been great, but it didn't provoke the expected mayhem.
Adam Carroll obviously had a great day with a win in the Sprint and 2nd in the Feature. Filipe Albuquerque drove really well to win the Feature race and take Portugal's first-ever win.
Danny Watts did all that could be expected of him and more to take two 3rd places ahead of the reigning champion Neel Jani for Team Switzerland. It was a great effort by Team GBR as a whole.
Sprint race:
Code:
Pos Driver Team Time
1. Adam Carroll Ireland 22:58.470
2. Robert Doornbos Netherlands + 2.037
3. Danny Watts Great Britain + 14.361
4. Neel Jani Switzerland + 14.619
5. Adrian Zaugg South Africa + 20.108
6. F.Albuquerque Portugal + 20.475
7. C.van der Drift New Zealand + 27.224
8. Nicolas Prost France + 27.923
9. Clivio Piccione Monaco + 30.378
10. N.Karthikeyan India + 32.268
11. John Martin Australia + 33.198
12. Daniel Morad Lebanon + 34.293
13. Fairuz Fauzy Malaysia + 34.655
14. Edoardo Piscopo Italy + 36.541
15. Marco Andretti USA + 38.102
16. David Garza Mexico + 42.511
17. Ho-Pin Tung China + 49.611
18. Satrio Hermanto Indonesia +1:04.128
19. Jin-Woo Hwang Korea +1:06.171
20. Felipe Guimarães Brazil + 4 Laps
Feature race:
Code:
Pos Driver Team Gap
1. Filipe Albuquerque Portugal 1:11:23.179
2. Adam Carroll Ireland +0.571
3. Danny Watts Great Britain +4.802
4. Neel Jani Switzerland +7.157
5. Fairuz Fauzy Malaysia +13.302
6. John Martin Australia +15.544
7. Clivio Piccione Monaco +16.236
8. Marco Andretti USA +16.690
9. Adrian Zaugg South Africa +18.030
10. Narain Karthikeyan India +18.759
11. Chris van der Drift New Zealand +19.675
12. Ho-Pin Tung China +20.126
13. Daniel Morad Lebanon +22.580
14. Satrio Hermanto Indonesia +31.285
15. David Garza Mexico +1 lap
16. Robert Doornbos Netherlands +1 lap
17. Jin-Woo Hwang Korea +1 lap
Retirements
18. Nicolas Prost France 0 laps
19. Edoardo Piscopo Italy 0 laps
20. Felipe Guimaraes Brazil 0 laps
Fastest lap, Doornbos 1:15.212 on lap 33