Villa wins first GP2 race

Javier Villa won Sunday's GP2 sprint race at Magny-Cours – his first victory in the series. It comes a day after his Racing Engineering teammate Ernesto Viso was hospitalized in a horrific crash.

Frenchman Nicolas Lapierre of DAMS looked set to win his home race, but his rear brakes failed and he slid off the track at the Adelaide hairpin with his front brakes locked. Villa didn't have it easy, with Luca Filippi (Super Nova) and Giorgio Pantano (Campos), winner of Saturday's race, right be hind him. Lucas di Grassi finished fourth for ART, ahead of Vitaly Petrov (Campos). More to follow…..

Results

Pos Driver Team Gap Laps
1 J. Villa Racing Eng. – 28
2 L. Filippi Super Nova 00'00"603 28
3 G. Pantano Campos 00'01"262 28
4 L. Di Grassi ART 00'15"312 28
5 V. Petrov Campos 00'20"134 28
6 K. Nakajima DAMS 00'20"520 28
7 B. Senna Arden 00'25"895 28
8 P. Maldonado Trident 00'28"622 28
9 R. Rodriguez Minardi 00'34"408 28
10 A. Soucek DPR 00'35"711 28
11 K. Hirate Trident 00'38"952 28
12 C. Bakkerud DPR 00'40"721 28
13 S. Yamamoto BCN Comp. 00'43"611 28
14 A. Carroll FMS 00'44"249 28
15 A. Zuber iSport 00'44"599 28
16 K. Chandhok Durango 00'47"262 28
17 H. Tung BCN Comp. 00'51"201 28
18 J. Tahinci FMS 01'19"194 28
20 M. Ammermuller ART – 27
20 B. Garcia Durango – 26
21 M. Conway Super Nova – 20
22 N. Lapierre DAMS – 16
23 A. NegrÃ£o Minardi – 9
24 T. Glock iSport – 3
25 A. Zaugg Arden – 1