Sprint win for the Dutch

The Netherlands have scored their first A1GP victory in 45 races after Jeroen Bleekemolen won the Sprint Race at Kyalami.

First victory in 45 races for the Netherlands

The Netherlands have scored their first A1GP victory in 45 races after Jeroen Bleekemolen won the Sprint Race at Kyalami. Bleekemolen drove a faultless race around the 2.65-mile track to win by 4.407-seconds from Portugal's Filipe Albuquerque. Switzerland's Neel Jani made a good start to move up to second place off the line. However, the defending champion lost vital time trying to manoeuvre round Malaysia's car, which had pitted in front of him at the mandatory stop. Albuquerque pitted one lap later than both the Dutch and Swiss cars and rejoined ahead of the delayed Jani. Series leader Adam Carroll finished fourth for Ireland, ahead of Monaco's Clivio Piccione, who also briefly led prior to pitting at the end of lap six. Piccione had used an extra lap on track to get the jump on Ireland, but Carroll retook the position shortly before the chequered flag. Meanwhile, Great Britain's Danny Watts retired at the start of lap 10, his car ending up in the gravel after a collision on the start-finish straight with Brazil's Felipe Guimaraes. Sprint Race result: 1 NETHERLANDS Jeroen BLEEKEMOLEN 14 laps
2 PORTUGAL Filipe ALBUQUERQUE 14
3 SWITZERLAND Neel JANI 14
4 IRELAND Adam CARROLL 14
5 MONACO Clivio PICCIONE 14
6 INDIA Narain KARTHIKEYAN 14
7 SOUTH AFRICA Adrian ZAUGG 14
8 NEW ZEALAND Earl BAMBER 14
9 MALAYSIA Fairuz FAUZY 14
10 FRANCE Nicolas PROST 14
11 ITALY Edoardo PISCOPO 14
12 AUSTRALIA John MARTIN 14
13 CHINA Ho Pin TUNG 14
14 GERMANY Michael AMMERMULLER 14
15 BRAZIL Felipe GUIMARAES 14
16 MEXICO Salvador DURAN 14
17 USA Marco ANDRETTI 14
18 INDONESIA Zahir ALI 14
19 GREAT BRITAIN Danny WATTS 9
20 LEBANON Daniel MORAD 8