Dutchman on top step for first podium

Giedo van der Garde soaked up race long pressure from Luca Filippi to claim his first win of the season  Sunday at  the  Hungaroring,  showing  a  steely  determination  and  turning  around iSport's disappointing season in the best way possible to hold on for the victory by half a second from the Italian and Lucas di Grassi.

The victory was set up at the start when the Dutchman stormed off the line when the lights went out to slice his way past poleman Davide Rigon and into the lead, with Filippi slotting in behind him into turn one.

 Unfortunately for Rigon his getaway was slow and Pastor Maldonado was all over him, with the pair touching at turn nine: Rigon was out on the spot, with his rival eventually returning to the track at the back of the field. Javier  Villa  avoiding  the  accident  to  slot  into  third  position  with  his  Italian  teammate  playing  a waiting  game,  hoping  that  the  rookie  race  leader  would  destroy  his  tyres  and  hand  Filippi  an opportunity to claim the top spot later in the race as he relied on his teammate to protect him from the advances of title challengers di Grassi and Romain Grosjean just behind.

But the Dutchman was not to be denied: he clung to his tiny lead despite everything, including a safety car, that was thrown at him to record his maiden victory with Filippi still breathing his fumes as they cross the line, with di Grassi and Grosjean crossing the line one second later after moving past Villa when he ran wide late in the race.

The disappointed Spaniard had to make do with fifth place just ahead of Alvaro Parente, who soaked up enormous pressure from Nico Hülkenberg for the final points paying position. Nevertheless  the  German  maintains  a  strong  lead  in  the  championship  with  57  points,  while Grosjean closes the gap slightly by moving up to 45 points ahead teammate Vitaly Petrov, who capped a disappointing weekend by spinning out of contention today to remain on 41 points, now just  one  ahead  of  di  Grassi  after  his  two  podium  haul  in  yet  another  successful  Hungaroring weekend for the Brazilian.

Budapest – Race 2

Driver Team

1. Giedo van der Garde iSport International

2. Luca Filippi Super Nova Racing

3. Lucas di Grassi Fat Burner Racing Eng.

 4. Romain Grosjean Barwa Addax Team

 5. Javier Villa Super Nova Racing

6. Alvaro Parente Ocean Racing Technology

 7 Nico Hülkenberg ART Grand Prix

 8. Kamui Kobayashi DAMS

9. Davide Valsecchi Durango

10. Karun Chandhok Ocean Racing Technology

11. Dani Clos Fat Burner Racing Eng.

12. Vitaly Petrov Barwa Addax Team

13. Roldan Rodriguez Piquet GP

14. Edoardo Mortara Telmex Arden International

15. Diego Nunes iSport International

16. Sergio Perez Telmex Arden International

17. Andreas Zuber FMSI

18. Franck Perera DPR

19. Ricardo Teixeira Trident Racing

20. Nelson Panciatici Durango

21. Alberto Valerio Piquet GP

Fastest lap time: Luca Filippi (Super Nova Racing) – 1:29.788 on lap 3

Not Classified

Jérôme d’Ambrosio DAMS Luiz Razia FMSI Pastor Maldonado ART Grand Prix Davide Rigon Trident Racing Michael Herck DPR