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Fabio Leimer and Adrian Quaiffe-Hobbs take win in Monza, as the Swiss driver moves up to the lead in provisional championship classification ahead of Sam Bird.
Fabio Leimer has grabbed his third feature race win of the season with a storming drive in scorching conditions on Saturday in Monza, stealing a march at the start to lead his rivals all race long, apart from the pitstop window, for victory ahead of Sam Bird and Tom Dillmann and, with it, the championship lead.
The win changes the shape of the drivers' championship, with Leimer leading Bird by 153 points to 145, while Coletti and Felipe Nasr failed to add to their points after both dropping out with mechanical gremlins, standing on 135 and 130 points respectively, ahead of Calado on 119.
RUSSIAN TIME moved up in first position in the teams' championship on 223 points to Racing Engineering's 205, ahead of Carlin on 198, DAMS on 165 and Rapax on 153 before Sunday's sprint race.
In sprint race, Adrian Quaife-Hobbs gave his rivals a driving lesson with a mature, aggressive drive to lead from lights to flag in changing conditions at this morning's sprint race in Monza, dictating terms all race long to win by almost two seconds from Alexander Rossi and Julian Leal.
The win was set up at the start when poleman Rossi had a poor getaway, leaving the road clear for his fellow front row starter Quaife-Hobbs to easily lead into the chicane.
Although Bird closed the gap slightly in the drivers' championship, Leimer holds on to the lead with 159 points to 153, while Coletti and Nasr's race long battle on sunday made no difference to their point scores, at 135 and 130 respectively, ahead of Calado on 119 points.
RUSSIAN TIME extend their lead in the teams' championship over Racing Engineering by 237 points to 221, ahead of Carlin on 198 and DAMS on 165 as the field looks forward to the next round in Singapore in two weeks time.
Fabio Leimer and Adrian Quaiffe-Hobbs take win in Monza, as the Swiss driver moves up to the lead in provisional championship classification ahead of Sam Bird.
Fabio Leimer has grabbed his third feature race win of the season with a storming drive in scorching conditions on Saturday in Monza, stealing a march at the start to lead his rivals all race long, apart from the pitstop window, for victory ahead of Sam Bird and Tom Dillmann and, with it, the championship lead.
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| Fabio Leimer. (Photo: GP2 Series) |
The win changes the shape of the drivers' championship, with Leimer leading Bird by 153 points to 145, while Coletti and Felipe Nasr failed to add to their points after both dropping out with mechanical gremlins, standing on 135 and 130 points respectively, ahead of Calado on 119.
RUSSIAN TIME moved up in first position in the teams' championship on 223 points to Racing Engineering's 205, ahead of Carlin on 198, DAMS on 165 and Rapax on 153 before Sunday's sprint race.
In sprint race, Adrian Quaife-Hobbs gave his rivals a driving lesson with a mature, aggressive drive to lead from lights to flag in changing conditions at this morning's sprint race in Monza, dictating terms all race long to win by almost two seconds from Alexander Rossi and Julian Leal.
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| Adrian Quaife-Hobbs. (Photo: GP2 Series) |
The win was set up at the start when poleman Rossi had a poor getaway, leaving the road clear for his fellow front row starter Quaife-Hobbs to easily lead into the chicane.
Although Bird closed the gap slightly in the drivers' championship, Leimer holds on to the lead with 159 points to 153, while Coletti and Nasr's race long battle on sunday made no difference to their point scores, at 135 and 130 respectively, ahead of Calado on 119 points.
RUSSIAN TIME extend their lead in the teams' championship over Racing Engineering by 237 points to 221, ahead of Carlin on 198 and DAMS on 165 as the field looks forward to the next round in Singapore in two weeks time.