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James Calado dominated his rivals with a crushing display of speed and guile in sauna- like conditions to claim the final win of the season at sprint race in Abu Dhabi, while Sam Bird's fourth place secured victory for his RUSSIAN TIME squad in the teams' championship.
The win was set up at the start: front row starters Johnny Cecotto and Felipe Nasr had poor starts but left enough space for the Briton to slice between the pair and into the lead, and when they tripped over themselves at turn one Cecotto was spun around and tagged by Alexander Rossi, with Clos, Leimer, Daniel Abt and Bird sneaking through before the safety car emerged for the stricken vehicles.
Calado made a solid restart as the rest of the field shook out behind him, with Bird spotting a chance and taking Abt's position from him: the German fought back valiantly, but when Bird shut the door at the marina Ericsson was there to pick up any scraps, and Abt had to make do with what he had.
Fabio Leimer is the 2013 GP2 champion with a total points haul of 201, ahead of Sam Bird on 191 and James Calado, whose win today leapfrogged him over Felipe Nasr for third, 157 points to 154.
RUSSIAN TIME are the 2013 GP2 teams' champions in their first season in the championship with 273 points: Carlin have the same total but are vice-champions on a win count back, with Racing Engineering finishing the year third with 263 points.
James Calado dominated his rivals with a crushing display of speed and guile in sauna- like conditions to claim the final win of the season at sprint race in Abu Dhabi, while Sam Bird's fourth place secured victory for his RUSSIAN TIME squad in the teams' championship.
The win was set up at the start: front row starters Johnny Cecotto and Felipe Nasr had poor starts but left enough space for the Briton to slice between the pair and into the lead, and when they tripped over themselves at turn one Cecotto was spun around and tagged by Alexander Rossi, with Clos, Leimer, Daniel Abt and Bird sneaking through before the safety car emerged for the stricken vehicles.
Calado made a solid restart as the rest of the field shook out behind him, with Bird spotting a chance and taking Abt's position from him: the German fought back valiantly, but when Bird shut the door at the marina Ericsson was there to pick up any scraps, and Abt had to make do with what he had.
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| James Calado (Photo: GP2series.com) |
Fabio Leimer is the 2013 GP2 champion with a total points haul of 201, ahead of Sam Bird on 191 and James Calado, whose win today leapfrogged him over Felipe Nasr for third, 157 points to 154.
RUSSIAN TIME are the 2013 GP2 teams' champions in their first season in the championship with 273 points: Carlin have the same total but are vice-champions on a win count back, with Racing Engineering finishing the year third with 263 points.