Super Nova Racing driver Fairuz Fauzy won the sprint race today in the second round of the GP2 Asia Series in Sentul, Indonesia. It was a bright Sunday exclusively for Malaysian Fairuz Fauzy who scored his first GP2 win on the drenched track of Sentul in the sprint race. He started from pole position on the reversed grid and led until the chequered flag.

As the 26 cars were waiting for the off, heavy rain started to pour on the track two minutes before the formation lap. The start was then given behind the safety car and the two first laps were fateful for Latvian Schleghelmilch and Brazilian Valerio, both in slick tyres. On Lap 7, the safety car stepped out and the real battle begun. RDD boys Hanley and Grosjean started to fight for 5th place. Vitaly Petrov took this opportunity to pass the Brit. Just five laps after the restart, the safety car was once again deployed when Luca Filippi spun and got stranded in the middle of the track.

At the second restart, the battle for third position intensified between Pavlovic, Petrov, Grosjean and Hanley. After Petrov passed Milos without any harm, ART Frenchman attacked the BCN driver. Just behind them, Ben Hanley saw an opportunity and moved up the inside of Grosjean, but he went in too deep and hit Pavlovic. The safety car was deployed for the third time.
When it released the cars, there were less than 6 minutes left on the clock. In front, leader Fauzy managed to contain Senna’s attacks in order to cross the finish line in first position and take his maiden win. Senna finished 2nd ahead of Petrov, Grosjean, Valles and Tung who scored his first point today.

Fairuz Fauzy (Super Nova Racing): “I am so happy! The team did a wonderful job in setting up the car in these difficult conditions. I had a really good pace. This is my first win and it comes right before the next round in my homeland in Sepang. I hope I can do the same there!”

Bruno Senna (iSport International): “We had a set up for the dry and it rained a lot, so it made things extremely difficult for me. Fairuz and the guys behind me were faster. Therefore, I’m quite happy with this result. We’ve had a tough two first rounds, but I’m still second of the championship and I closed the gap with Grosjean a little bit.”

Vitaly Petrov (Barwa International Campos Team): “I was frustrated yesterday when I couldn’t turn my pole position into a win. Today, I wanted to do something good. We were quick all weekend and I know that we have the car to actually fight for the podium at every race.”

GP2 Asia Race2 Results:

Driver  Team  1.  Fairuz Fauzy  Super Nova Racing  2.  Bruno Senna  iSport International  3.  Vitaly Petrov  Barwa international Campos Team  4.  Romain Grosjean  ART Grand Prix  5.  AdrianValles  FMS International  6.  Ho-Pin Tung  Trident Racing  7.  Sébastien Buemi  Trust Team Arden  8.  Marco Bonanomi  Piquet Sports  9.  Aarman Ebrahim  DPR  10  Diego Nunes  DPR  11  Adam Khan  Trust Team Arden  12  Michael Herck  FMS International  13  KarunChandhok  iSport International  14  Christian Bakkerud  Super Nova Racing  15  Kamui Kobayashi  Dams  16  Ben Hanley  Barwa International Campos Team  17  Jason Tahinci  BCN Competicion  18  Marcello Puglisi  Piquet Sports  19  Davide Valsecchi  Durango  20  Hiroki Yoshimoto  Qi-Meritus Mahara  21  Luca Filippi  Qi-Meritus Mahara  Not Classified   MilosPavlovic  BCN Competicion    Stephen Jelley  ART Grand Prix    Jérôme d’Ambrosio  Dams    Harald Schleghelmilch  Trident Racing    Alberto Valerio  Durango Fastest lap time: Fairuz Fauzy – 1:23.203 on lap 16 Drivers’ Championship   Driver  Points  1.  Romain Grosjean  27  2.  Bruno Senna  17  3.  AdrianValles  15  4.  Fairuz Fauzy  14  5.  Sébastien Buemi  10  6.  Vitaly Petrov  10  7.  KarunChandhok  6  8.  Andy Soucek  6  9.  Ben Hanley  6  10.  Hiroki Yoshimoto  6  11.  Luca Filippi  4  12.  MilosPavlovic  3  13.  Alberto Valerio  2  14  Ho-Pin Tung  1  15  Davide Valsecchi