A1 Teams Malaysia and France won the first races of the 2008/09 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport season at Circuit Park Zandvoort in The Netherlands.
In a rain-soaked Sprint race, Fairuz Fauzy came from fourth on the grid to take the team's first victory in 27 races. After initially taking the lead from A1 Team Netherlans, Earl Bamber put in a great drive on his race debut for New Zealand to take second place. Loic Duval stormed through from 11th on the grid to take the final podium position for A1 Team France. Pole-sitter Jeroen Bleekemolen struggled in the extremely tricky conditions finishing fourth for A1 Team Netherlands as the red flag came out to end the race, with the positions classified after 10 laps A1 Team France has claimed the first Feature race victory of the season in extremely wet conditions at Circuit Park Zandvoort in The Netherlands. From third on the grid Loic Duval put in a mature drive, taking the lead before the first round of pit stops and holding on until the end despite two safety car periods curtailing his advantage. Sprint race winner Fairuz Fauzy finished second for Malaysia, losing time in the first pit stop due to a problem with the left-rear wheel. Earl Bamber put in an outstanding performance this weekend on his race debut for A1 Team New Zealand claiming third, his second podium finish of the day. Race 1 results : 1 - Malaysia - Fairuz Fauzy - 10 laps in 19'44"533 2 - New Zealand - Earl Bamber + 3"474 3 - France - Loic Duval + 6"270 4 - Netherlands - Jeroen Bleekemolen + 13"433 5 - Switzerland - Neel Jani + 16"896 6 - South Africa - Adrian Zaugg + 20"925 7 - Italy - Fabio Onidi + 22"214 8 - United States- Charlie Kimball + 24"150 9 - Portugal - Filipe Albuquerque + 29"427 10 - Lebanon - Daniel Morad + 38"929 Etc. Race 2 results : 1 - France - Loic Duval - 36 laps in 1.11'58"723 2 - Malaysia - Fairuz Fauzy + 2"288 3 - New Zealand - Earl Bamber + 2"709 4 - Australia - John Martin + 6"329 5 - Netherlands - Jeroen Bleekemolen + 8"273 6 - Monaco - Clivio Piccione + 2 tours 7 - Korea - Jin Woo Hwang à + tours Championship provisional classification : 1.Malaysia and France 22 points ; 3.New Zealand 18; 4.Netherlands 11; 5.Australia 8; 6.Monaco 5; 7.Switzerland, Korea 4; 9.South Africa, Unites States, Lebanon 3; 12.Italy, China 2. Photos: A1GP
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