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British driver, Sam Bird won the first GP2 race of the Monaco meeting held Friday, which was stopped by a massive pile-up at the start.
Johnny Cecotto Jr had a poor start from pole position and that allowed his teammate, Mitch Evans to power in the lead before the first corner.
Cecotto wanted to defend his position, braked too late, went wide at the first corner and hit the barrier. As a result, no less than 13 other cars get caught in the accident. The race was red flagged. Race stewards decided that Cecotto was responsaible of the accident and excluded him from the rest of the meeting.
A new start was given, but the starting order was based on the order in which the cars returned to their pits, and not on the original starting grid.
At the restart, Evans came under pressure from Sam Bird, and eventually lost the lead after the mandatory pit stop, losing even one more position when Kevin Ceccon moved up to second.
Race 1 :
1 - Sam Bird - Russian Time - 42 laps in 1.36'15"919
2 - Kevin Ceccon - Trident - 22"077
3 - Mitch Evans - Arden - 23"225
4 - Felipe Nasr - Carlin - 23"416
5 - James Calado - ART - 29"588
6 - Stefano Coletti - Rapax - 1'00"519
7 - Rene Binder - Lazarus - 1'02"449
8 - Adrian Quaife Hobbs - MP - 1'08"400
etc.
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| Pile-up at the start of the Monaco race. (Photo: WRI2) |
Johnny Cecotto Jr had a poor start from pole position and that allowed his teammate, Mitch Evans to power in the lead before the first corner.
Cecotto wanted to defend his position, braked too late, went wide at the first corner and hit the barrier. As a result, no less than 13 other cars get caught in the accident. The race was red flagged. Race stewards decided that Cecotto was responsaible of the accident and excluded him from the rest of the meeting.
A new start was given, but the starting order was based on the order in which the cars returned to their pits, and not on the original starting grid.
At the restart, Evans came under pressure from Sam Bird, and eventually lost the lead after the mandatory pit stop, losing even one more position when Kevin Ceccon moved up to second.
Race 1 :
1 - Sam Bird - Russian Time - 42 laps in 1.36'15"919
2 - Kevin Ceccon - Trident - 22"077
3 - Mitch Evans - Arden - 23"225
4 - Felipe Nasr - Carlin - 23"416
5 - James Calado - ART - 29"588
6 - Stefano Coletti - Rapax - 1'00"519
7 - Rene Binder - Lazarus - 1'02"449
8 - Adrian Quaife Hobbs - MP - 1'08"400
etc.