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A1 GP: Ireland and Portugal win in China

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Khatir Soltani
From A1 GP press release

Adam Carroll (Ireland) and Filipe Albuquerque (Portugal) won both races in China, second round of the A1 Grand Prix championship. Malaisia leads the provisional classification.

Adam Carroll drove a faultless race to take A1 Team Ireland's second series victory in Chengdu, China today. On his A1 Team Netherlands debut, Robert Doornbos came home a comfortable second, while Danny Watts held off a fierce challenge from Switzerland's Neel Jani to claim the final podium position for A1 Team Great Britain.

Filipe Albuquerque claimed A1 Team Portugal's maiden victory in the A1GP Chengdu, China Feature race this afternoon. Portugal took the lead after the first round of pit stops and held off the charge from A1 Team Ireland's Adam Carroll in the closing stages. Great Britain's Danny Watts took the final podium position after starting on pole but dropping back after his two mandatory pit stops.

Sprint race results:
1 - Ireland - Adam Carroll - 18 laps in 22'58"470
2 - Netherlands - Robert Doornbos - 2"037
3 - Great Britain - Danny Watts - 14"361
4 - Switzerland - Neel Jani - 14"619
5 - South Africa - Adrian Zaugg - 20"108
6 - Portugal - Filipe Albuquerque - 20"475
7 - New Zealand - Chris Van der Drift - 27"224
8 - Francie - Nicolas Prost - 27"923
Etc.

Feature race results:
1 - Portugal - Filipe Albuquerque - 51 laps in 1.11'23"179
2 - Ireland- Adam Carroll - 0"571
3 - Great Britain - Danny Watts - 4"802
4 - Switzerland - Neel Jani - 7"157
5 - Malaisia - Fairuz Fauzy - 13"302
6 - Australia - John Martin - 15"544
7 - Monaco - Clivio Piccione - 16"236
8 - USA - Marco Andretti - 16"690
9 - South Africa - Adrian Zaugg - 18"030
10 - India - Narain Karthikeyan - 18"759
Etc.

Championship classification:
1.Malaisia 28; 2.Ireland, France 23; 4.New Zealand, Netherlands 20; 6.Portugal 18; 7.Switzerland 17; 8.Great Britain 16; 9.Australia 13; 10.South Africa, Monaco 9, etc.
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Khatir Soltani
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