GP2 - Hungary (Spoilers)
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Seems like abandoning the DTM and going back to the GP2 series is paying off for Adam Carroll, he's won his 2nd race this year. 
Autosport said:
Adam Carroll scored his second GP2 win of the season at the Hungaroring on Saturday after an inspired strategy paid off.
Carroll, who started sixth, stayed out later than the other front-runners, despite the threat of a safety car when Pastor Maldonado shunted heavily at Turn 3 just behind him.
The real turning point came on lap 14, when Luca Filippi suffered a huge accident that sent his Super Nova car into the barriers at high speed exiting the final corner.
As he spun back across the track, he clipped Vitaly Petrov, who in turn collected Xandi Negrao. All three were uninjured, but the safety car was required.
Carroll made his stop as the safety car boards came out. Although it looked too late to keep the lead, the short nature of the Hungaroring's pitlane, coupled with the fact that Karun Chandhok was heading the pack at a sensibly slow pace through the debris field, Carroll managed to rejoin in front of everyone - but only just.
Chandhok, who was yet to make his mandatory stop, ran second but was soon demoted by Kazuki Nakajima at the restart. Borja Garcia, on the same strategy as Carroll, ran fourth but was soon passed by Andi Zuber, who then demoted Chandhok for third a couple of laps later.
Zuber chased down Nakajima, who ran close to Carroll until the finish, but could not find a way past those in front. So Carroll won by 0.7 seconds from Nakajima and the close-following Zuber.
Giorgio Pantano should have been at least fourth, but his car broke down in the last eight laps, just as he looked poised to make an attack on the leaders. That promoted Lucas di Grassi to fourth, and he has now closed to within four points of the series lead.
Di Grassi led from the start, passing pole man Timo Glock around the outside of the first corner, but gave up his top spot to Pantano when he ran wide.
Glock suffered a disastrous pitstop, when his right-rear refused to tighten correctly. His charge back through the field was interrupted when he clipped Adrian Zaugg and spun. He finished 10th.
Borja Garcia finished fifth, ahead of Roldan Rodriguez, Zaugg and Javier Villa. Villa takes the reverse grid pole position for Sunday.
Pos Driver Team Time
1. Carroll FMS International 1h06:39.582
2. Nakajima DAMS + 0.714
3. Zuber iSport International + 1.156
4. Di Grassi ART Grand Prix + 12.204
5. Garcia Durango + 13.072
6. Rodriguez Minardi Piquet Sports + 17.513
7. Zaugg Arden International + 31.138
8. Villa Racing Engineering + 31.455
9. Tung BCN Competicion + 31.994
10. Glock iSport International + 32.399
11. Hirate Trident Racing + 32.826
12. Soucek DPR + 38.226
13. Senna Arden International + 38.936
14. Chandhok Durango + 49.538
15. Buemi ART Grand Prix + 4 LAPS
Not Classified:
Driver Team On lap
Pantano Campos Grand Prix 34
Bakkerud DPR 28
Tahinci FMS International 22
Petrov Campos Grand Prix 12
Negrao Minardi Piquet Sports 12
Filippi Super Nova International 12
Niemela BCN Competicion 11
Maldonado Trident Racing 8
Lapierre DAMS 8
Conway Super Nova International 0
Fastest lap: Buemi - 1:29.578
Carroll, who started sixth, stayed out later than the other front-runners, despite the threat of a safety car when Pastor Maldonado shunted heavily at Turn 3 just behind him.
The real turning point came on lap 14, when Luca Filippi suffered a huge accident that sent his Super Nova car into the barriers at high speed exiting the final corner.
As he spun back across the track, he clipped Vitaly Petrov, who in turn collected Xandi Negrao. All three were uninjured, but the safety car was required.
Carroll made his stop as the safety car boards came out. Although it looked too late to keep the lead, the short nature of the Hungaroring's pitlane, coupled with the fact that Karun Chandhok was heading the pack at a sensibly slow pace through the debris field, Carroll managed to rejoin in front of everyone - but only just.
Chandhok, who was yet to make his mandatory stop, ran second but was soon demoted by Kazuki Nakajima at the restart. Borja Garcia, on the same strategy as Carroll, ran fourth but was soon passed by Andi Zuber, who then demoted Chandhok for third a couple of laps later.
Zuber chased down Nakajima, who ran close to Carroll until the finish, but could not find a way past those in front. So Carroll won by 0.7 seconds from Nakajima and the close-following Zuber.
Giorgio Pantano should have been at least fourth, but his car broke down in the last eight laps, just as he looked poised to make an attack on the leaders. That promoted Lucas di Grassi to fourth, and he has now closed to within four points of the series lead.
Di Grassi led from the start, passing pole man Timo Glock around the outside of the first corner, but gave up his top spot to Pantano when he ran wide.
Glock suffered a disastrous pitstop, when his right-rear refused to tighten correctly. His charge back through the field was interrupted when he clipped Adrian Zaugg and spun. He finished 10th.
Borja Garcia finished fifth, ahead of Roldan Rodriguez, Zaugg and Javier Villa. Villa takes the reverse grid pole position for Sunday.
Pos Driver Team Time
1. Carroll FMS International 1h06:39.582
2. Nakajima DAMS + 0.714
3. Zuber iSport International + 1.156
4. Di Grassi ART Grand Prix + 12.204
5. Garcia Durango + 13.072
6. Rodriguez Minardi Piquet Sports + 17.513
7. Zaugg Arden International + 31.138
8. Villa Racing Engineering + 31.455
9. Tung BCN Competicion + 31.994
10. Glock iSport International + 32.399
11. Hirate Trident Racing + 32.826
12. Soucek DPR + 38.226
13. Senna Arden International + 38.936
14. Chandhok Durango + 49.538
15. Buemi ART Grand Prix + 4 LAPS
Not Classified:
Driver Team On lap
Pantano Campos Grand Prix 34
Bakkerud DPR 28
Tahinci FMS International 22
Petrov Campos Grand Prix 12
Negrao Minardi Piquet Sports 12
Filippi Super Nova International 12
Niemela BCN Competicion 11
Maldonado Trident Racing 8
Lapierre DAMS 8
Conway Super Nova International 0
Fastest lap: Buemi - 1:29.578
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