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5th
Oct 2008, Zandvoort –
A1 Team Malaysia
has won the first race of the 2008/09 A1GP World
Cup of Motorsport season at Circuit Park
Zandvoort in The Netherlands. In a rain-soaked
Sprint race, Fairuz Fauzy came from fourth on
the grid to take the team’s first victory in 27
races. After initially taking the lead from The
Netherlands, Earl Bamber put in a great drive on
his race debut for A1 Team New Zealand to take
second place with Loic Duval storming through
from 11th on the grid to take the final podium
position for A1 Team France. Pole-sitter Jeroen
Bleekemolen struggled in the extremely tricky
conditions finishing fourth for A1 Team
Netherlands as the red flag came out to end the
race, with the positions classified after 10
laps.
Meanwhile, A1 Team France has claimed the first
Feature race victory of the season in extremely
wet conditions at Circuit Park Zandvoort in The
Netherlands. From third on the grid Loïc Duval
put in a mature drive to take France’s 15th win.
Sprint race winner Fairuz Fauzy finished second
for Malaysia, losing time in the first pit stop
due to a problem with the left-rear wheel. Earl
Bamber put in an outstanding performance this
weekend on his race debut for A1 Team New
Zealand claiming third, his second podium finish
of the day.
Sprint Race
1 Fairuz FAUZY (Malaysia) 19:44.533
2 Earl BAMBER (New Zealand) 19:48.007
3 Loic DUVAL (France) 19:50.803
4 Jeroen BLEEKEMOLEN (Netherlands) 19:57.966
5 Neel JANI SWITZERLAND 20:01.429
6 Adrian ZAUGG (South Africa)20:05.458
7 Fabio ONIDI (Italy) 20:06.747
8 Charlie KIMBALL (USA) 20:08.683
9 Filipe ALBUQUERQUE (Portugal) 20:13.960
10 Daniel MORAD (Lebanon) 20:23.462
Feature Race
1 Loïc DUVAL (France) 11:58.723
2 Fairuz FAUZY (Malaysia) 12:01.011
3 Earl BAMBER (New Zealand) 12:01.432
4 John MARTIN (Australia) 12:05.052
5 Jeroen BLEEKEMOLEN (Netherlands) 12:06.996
6 Clivio PICCIONE (Monaco) 12:03.356 2 Laps
7 Jin Woo HWANG (Korea) 12:28.432 3 Laps
8 Daniel MORAD (Lebanon) 03:15.216 4 Laps
9 Ho Pin TUNG (China) 03:14.803 5 Laps
10 Charlie KIMBALL (USA) 59:04.806 6 Laps
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