Switzerland regained its championship lead with 88 points from Ireland (86) and Portugal (82) however if dropped scores were taken into account at this stage, Ireland would still remain at the top of the championship by two points.
Race-winner Neel Jani said: “There was everything in it (the race). Coming from third, having second, then to the pit stop and getting the lead, losing the lead and having Adam really put me under pressure at the end. We were a bit lucky today and we were very unlucky yesterday so it’s a balance.
“On the restart he (Albuquerque) caught me down the straight and I just thought I can’t hold it, so don’t fight him too much and just try to get him on the second pit stop, which worked well.
“I saw cars going off and I thought ‘oh that’s another position for Adam coming from the back’ I think it was a great race for us. We can be really happy with what we have achieved today. I had to fight quite hard because Adam (Carroll) was really quick and Portugal too, so I think it will be between the three of us in the end.”
“It was very hard at the beginning,” said local hero Filipe Albuquerque. “We then had a really poor pit stop – another car was coming and didn’t let me out. I still pushed with the new tyres, but I was really disappointed with the third stint – I think the pressures were too high on the tyres.
“I am very proud and coming from P7 I was very lucky and had to fight a lot. I was in the middle of all the battles. I lost my left mirror so I couldn’t see the crash between New Zealand and South Africa. I am pleased to get a podium. It’s good for the standings in the championship. Getting two podiums on home soil is just perfect.”
Pos A1 Team Driver 1 SWITZERLAND Neel JANI 2 PORTUGAL Filipe ALBUQUERQUE 3 MALAYSIA Fairuz FAUZY 4 MEXICO Salvador DURAN 5 IRELAND Adam CARROLL 6 FRANCE Nicolas PROST 7 GREAT BRITAIN Daniel CLARKE 8 CHINA Ho Pin TUNG 9 GERMANY Andre LOTTERER 10 INDONESIA Zahir ALI 11 INDIA Narain KARTHIKEYAN 12 AUSTRALIA John MARTIN 13 ITALY Vitantonio LIUZZI 14 USA Marco ANDRETTI 15 MONACO Clivio PICCIONE 16 SOUTH AFRICA Adrian ZAUGG 17 NEW ZEALAND Earl BAMBER 18 LEBANON Daniel MORAD BRAZIL Felipe GUIMARAES NETHERLANDS Robert DOORNBOS
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