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Race 1: Zonta moves nearer title

Rivals flounder as Brazilian wins

Ricardo Zonta moved a step nearer to claiming the Dallara Nissan title after taking victory in the sprint race at Valencia, while championship rivals Bas Leinders and Franck Montegny hit trouble.

Pole sitter Ander Vilarino got too much wheelspin at the start, which allowed Zonta to get the run from second on the grid into the lead by the first corner. Back in the pack Leinders and Montagny touched, causing the Frenchman to spin, but somehow everyone managed to avoid him. Polo Villamil spun in sympathy though, and his race was over.

Justin Wilson took advantage of the melee to move into third and the top three pulled away from the rest from there on.

Leinders race, and maybe his championship hopes, ended on lap three when he was assaulted from behind by a recovering Andre Couto, who was forced to start from the back after stalling on the grid. The Belgian's rear wing was taken off after Couto rode over the back of his Dallara under braking from Turn 2. Couto also retired after the incident.

Thereafter the race fell into a pattern. Montagny pulled a good move to take eighth, which became seventh when Antonio Garcia retired. But the leading pack were out of his reach, until, with four laps remaining the Safety Car appeared.

Tailender Victor Ordonez had spun and his car was stalled just off the racing line. The field bunched up as it was quickly removed and a lap later the racing commenced once more.

Zonta caught Vilarino knapping and pulled a comfortable lead over the start/finish line that he maintained to the end. Wilson had to fend off a concerted attack from Jonathan Cochet, but the Brit held third for a well-earned podium.

Montagny seemed unable to really push and once again settled into a distant seventh.

Dallara Nissan, Valencia: Sprint race
Pos Driver Team Time
1 Ricardo Zonta Gabord 24m53.260s
2 Ander Vilarino Epilson by Graff +1.051s
3 Justin Wilson Racing Engineering +1.690s
4 Jonathan Cochet KTR +2.768s
5 Narain Karthikeyan Tata RC +5.033s
6 Rodrigo Sperafico Repsol Meycom +6.833s
7 Franck Montagny Racing Engineering +10.737s
8 Felix Porterio Vergani +10.911
9 Tuka Rocha Gabord +12.103s
10 Rafael Sarandess Zele +12.568s

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Brit holds off Zonta for maiden win

Justin Wilson took his first win in the Dallara Nissan World Series after fending off Ricardo Zonta at Valencia, although Zonta claimed the championship by virtue of his second place.

Wilson got the drop on Zonta at the start and led the Brazilian into the first corner. The pair proceeded to pull away from the field, but although they were never more than a few car lengths apart before the pitstops started, Zonta was never quite close enough to attempt a pass.

Convention dictates that the front runners leave their stops as late as possible, but in a bid to wrest the lead from Wilson, Zonta stopped four laps earlier than his rival. The tactic may have worked had the former F1 star not accidentally turned the ignition off as he left the pits. He lost around a second before he rectified the situation, but with the cars so closely matched it was vital.

Wilson emerged from his stop with a slender but comfortable advantage, which he held to the flag for his first win of the year.

"The race went to plan," said the 2001 F3000 champ. "I pushed hard and I made no mistakes. David, my engineer, has transformed my part of the team in the second half of the season, so there's a big thanks to him."

Zonta won the title by virtual of another terrible race for his rivals. Franck Montagny worked his way up from eighth on the grid to take a distant fifth, but Bas Leinders again failed to score after coasting into the pits on lap 12.

Jean Christophe Ravier was delighted to take third, while Jonathan Cochet took his second fourth of the weekend. Damien Faulkner made his strategy pay to climb from 18th on the grid to finish in the points in ninth.

Dallara Nissan, Valencia: Feature race
Pos Driver Team Time
1 Justin Wilson Racing Engineering 37m17.309s
2 Ricardo Zonta Gabord +0.752s
3 Jean Christophe Ravier Epilson by Graff +8.571s
4 Jonathan Cochet KTR +19.035s
5 Franck Montagny Racing Engineering +31.092s
6 Ander Vilarino Epilson by Graff +31.644s
7 Polo Villamil Adrian Campos Motorsport +35.476s
8 Roberto Gonzalez GD Racing +40.298s
9 Damien Faulkner Zele +41.394s
10 Peter Sundberg Tata RC+49.241s

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