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Albert Costa won at Montmelo!
Icu 2011.10.10. 00:21
Brand new victory for the Wild Wolf driver in the second race of the WSBR.
Albert has made a stratospheric lap in qualifying practice this morning and got his first pole position in the two years he has been racing the WSBR.
What better place to get it on the home circuit and to the thousands of fans who thronged.
Albert started like a rocket when the red light has gone out and in the first round was two seconds ahead of second place.
An accident between Wickens and Berthon in Turn 3 has made the safety car out and Albert has lost that advantage. Upon restart the race, Albert has done the same and has set up a difference of eight seconds over second placed.
In the pit stop, Albert has maintained a whopping six seconds advantage over english driver Yelloly and controlled the distance to the checkered flag.
This is the first pole and first victory in the WSBR for Albert Costa.
Costa ends the championship in 4th place, behind the F1 test drivers Wickens, Vergne and Rossi but ahead of Daniel Ricciardo, currently F1 driver HRT.
Albert Costa: "I am very happy. I was able to pump my yesterday´s spine. Viewed as has been the race, if yesterday added six points, today had finished in third position of thechampionship, that was the goal. The race was comfortable, have set a very high rithym from the beginning, with fastest lap included. The pit stop has been perfect and then I spent to control Yelloly. I want to thank the whole team, Joan Villadelprat, Claudio Corradini, Fernando De Larratea, my father, my brother and all the people who have come to enjoy this great day, not to mention to my friends and family . This is for them.
I have nothing for next year. I have no sponsors, my family is not rich to pay me my career so I'm open to any interesting offer that it present. What I want is to racing and live as a car driver, is the only thing I can do. "
Race 2
1 - Albert Costa - Epic - 26 laps 45'50"549
2 - Nick Yelloly - Pons - 4"468
3 - Brendon Hartley - Charouz - 15"889
4 - Sergio Canamasas - BVM Target - 17"538
5 - Anton Nebilitskiy - KMP - 20"309
6 - Oliver Webb - Pons - 20"945
7 - Alexander Rossi - Fortec - 27"485.
8 - Walter Grubmuller - P1 - 31"486
9 - Daniel De Jong - Comtec - 40"242
10 - Arthur Pic - Tech 1 - 41"678
11 - Fairuz Fauzy - Mofaz - 42"704
12 - Daniel McKenzie - Comtec - 44"879
13 - Sten Pentus - Epic - 50"451
14 - Daniil Move - P1 - 54"630
Fastest lap: Albert Costa 1'35"612
Final championship
1.Wickens 241; 2.Vergne 232; 3.Rossi 156; 4.Costa 151; 5.Ricciardo 144; 6.Korjus 120; 7.Hartley 95; 8.Canamasas 69; 9.Panciatici 55; 10.Move 54; 11.Ramos 47; 12.Van der Drift 43; 13.Berthon 37; 14.Yelloly 36; 15.Rosenzweig 33; 16.Zampieri 28; 17.Carroll 27; 18.Grubmuller 24; 19.Nebilitskiy 22; 20.Negrao 20; 21.Webb 17; 22.Fauzy 15; 23.Pic 12; 24.Pentus 11; 25.Charouz 10; 26.Richelmi, Tambay 6; 28.Aleshin 4; 29.De Jong 2.
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