Addax 1-2 in Principality

Romain Grosjean has continued his winning ways with a storming drive to victory in the feature race today in Monaco, leading almost every lap to hand his team another one-two result ahead of teammate Vitaly Petrov and Lucas di Grassi.

The Frenchman led the field away as the lights went out, with Petrov forcing his way in front of a fast starting Nico Hülkenberg as the rest of the field looked for a way through St Devote: Andreas Zuber,  di  Grassi  and  Jérôme  d'Ambrosio  were  the  next  men  to  follow  in  their  wake  as  they climbed the hill towards the Casino. The famously tight circuit lived up to its reputation as the Belgian held a train of cars in his wake, leaving pit strategy to write a new story: Luca Filippi did the best job with his stop to become the man to beat out of the pits, leapfrogging up to effective sixth position while di Grassi repeated that form further up the field to put himself onto a potential podium.

Filippi was stuck once again though, as Davide Rigon left his stop to the closing laps of the race: when he was finally released he pushed too hard to catch Zuber and clipped the kerb at the final corner  to  immediately  finish  his  race,  while  Alvaro  Parente,  Javier  Villa  and  Edoardo  Mortara tripped over each other at the hairpin to shake up the order behind. But it was Grosjean who punched the air with delight as he crossed the finish line 6.6 seconds ahead of his teammate Petrov, while di Grassi held off Hülkenberg for the final podium position.

Zuber  finished  a  strong  race  in  fifth  position  ahead  of  d'Ambrosio  and  Karun  Chandhok,  while Villa  claimed  eighth  despite  a  very  crooked  front  wing  in  the  closing  laps. 

With  Grosjean  also taking a point for fastest lap, the Frenchman's lead in the championship continues to grow as his rivals look towards tomorrow's sprint race in an attempt to claw back some points.

Monaco – Race 1 Driver Team

1. Romain Grosjean Barwa Addax Team

2. Vitaly Petrov Barwa Campos Team

3. Lucas di Grassi Fat Burner Racing Eng.

4. Nico Hülkenberg ART Grand Prix

5. Andreas Zuber FMSI 6. Jérôme d’Ambrosio DAMS

7 Karun Chandhok Ocean Racing Technology

8. Javier Villa Super Nova Racing

9. Roldan Rodriguez Piquet GP

10. Pastor Maldonado ART Grand Prix

11. Davide Rigon Trident Racing

12. Sergio Perez Telmex Arden International

13. Luiz Razia FMSI

14. Giacomo Ricci DPR

15. Davide Valsecchi Durango

16. Michael Herck DPR

Fastest lap time: Romain Grosjean (Barwa Addax Team) – 1:21.823 on lap 30

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Driver Team

Giedo van der Garde iSport International

 Alvaro Parente Ocean Racing Technology

Edoardo Mortara Telmex Arden International

 Luca Filippi Super Nova Racing

Kamui Kobayashi DAMS

Dani Clos Fat Burner Racing Eng.

Diego Nunes iSport International

Alberto Valerio Piquet GP

Nelson Panciatici Durango