Source: A1 Grand Prix Press Office A1 Team New Zealand raced to its third Sprint race victory of the season in this morning's incident-packed race at Mexico City's Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in perfect weather conditions, moving them up to second place in the championship. New Zealand held off Great Britain who crossed the line second to secure a superb podium finish while Switzerland took the final podium position, increasing its title lead as France failed to score any points.The 22-car field was forced to reform on the grid for a second time after the scheduled start of the 20-minute race was red-flagged, as eight teams were involved in collisions at the rolling start and many sustained damage to their cars.Once the debris had been cleared from the track, the race finally got underway and the pack jostled for position heading into turn one. Pole-sitter South Africa's Adrian Zaugg held the lead while GBR's Oliver Jarvis moved up two places to snatch third, slotting in behind New Zealand's Jonny Reid and just ahead of Switzerland's Neel Jani.Reid started to hunt down Zaugg and by lap three 'Black Beauty' had taken control, snatching the race lead from Zaugg when he locked up and went straight on at turn one as a result of a slow puncture sustained at the start, putting the South African car out of the race.A spinning Filip Salaquarda in the Czech Republic car at the final turn brought the safety car out on track on lap five, allowing the field to bunch up behind New Zealand. The action restarted on lap eight and Reid started to pull away from Jarvis in the British car, who was under pressure from Switzerland's Jani.The Kiwi went on the win the race ahead of GBR's Jarvis in second, collecting crucial championship points and moving New Zealand to 15 points behind title leader Switzerland, who finished the race third. Sprint race results POS DRIVERA1 TEAM LAPSTIMEGAP FIRST 1Jonny REIDNEW ZEALAND 1420:59.462-2Oliver JARVISGREAT BRITAIN 1421:02.159+2.6973Neel JANISWITZERLAND 1421:03.207+3.7454Adam CARROLLIRELAND 1421:03.753+4.2915Jonathan SUMMERTONUSA 1421:04.183+4.7216Filipe ALBUQUERQUEPORTUGAL 1421:06.587+7.1257Robert WICKENSCANADA 1421:07.249+7.7878Jeroen BLEEKEMOLENNETHERLANDS 1421:08.059+8.5979Alex YOONGMALAYSIA 1421:09.061+9.59910Bruno JUNQUEIRABRAZIL 1421:10.414+10.95211Edoardo PISCOPOITALY 1421:11.000+11.53812Jonathan COCHETFRANCE 1421:11.945+12.48313Narain KARTHIKEYANINDIA 1421:14.321+14.85914Satrio HERMANTOINDONESIA 1421:15.062+15.60015Jimmy AUBYLEBANON 1421:16.432+16.97016David GARZAMEXICO 1421:17.825+18.36317Congfu CHENGCHINA 1321:18.1111 Lap18Filip SALAQUARDACZECH REPUBLIC 405:47.32710 Laps19Adam KHANPAKISTAN 406:26.17610 Laps20Adrian ZAUGGSOUTH AFRICA 202:46.39312 Laps21John MARTINAUSTRALIA 0 14 Laps22Michael AMMERMÜLLERGERMANY 0 14 LapsFastest lap: A1 Team China's Cong Fu Cheng set the fastest lap (1m21.589s) of the Sprint race on lap 11.
A1GP: New Zealand wins Sprint race in Mexico City