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Aleshin records maiden win at Oschersleben
06 September 2009 / Results / PhotosMikhail Aleshin scored his maiden Formula Two victory in the second race of the weekend at Oschersleben today on Sunday, although he had to fend off the attentions of Andy Soucek and Julien Jousse for the entire race.
The Russian made a decent start from pole but he had Jousse challenging his lead into the first corner. Jousse made a failed attempt down the inside and then lost momentum through turn two, which allowed Andy Soucek to sneak through into second.
Mirko Bortolotti failed to get away cleanly from fourth on the grid, the Italian dropping down the order as a result. Robert Wickens inherited fourth but was unable to challenge the lead trio, as he had a charging Nicola De Marco behind.
The opening lap drama didn't happen at the expected first corner, but it arrived at the exit of turn nine when Philipp Eng barrel rolled his car at high speed after contact with another driver. The Austrian was completely uninjured during the spectacular looking accident.
The lead trio of Aleshin, Soucek and Jousse proceeded to open a small gap over Wickens in fourth. Soucek was able to put Aleshin under heavy pressure throughout, but he also had his mirrors full of Jousse behind. Soucek made a few exploratory looks down the inside of Aleshin, but he was unable to make any real attempt to pass. The Spaniard also made a small mistake when running wide on the penultimate lap, and subsequently settled for second. When the chequered flag fell, the top three drivers were separated by just a second.
Wickens hung on to fourth, ahead of De Marco and Tobias Hegewald. Alex Brundle held seventh position briefly after holding off Kazim Vasiliauskas, but the Lithuanian got by on Lap 5. Edoardo Piscopo was making a great charge from 14th on the grid and after making an impressive move on Sebastian Hohenthal at the exit of turn two, he then set about catching Brundle. He eventually made his move past the Englishman across the start/finish line on lap 11 after getting a perfect run out of the final corner. He went on to comfortably clinch the final point, ahead of Hohenthal and Carlos Iaconelli, who both jumped Brundle late on. Jason Moore made a stellar start and held eighth on the opening lap until an unfortunate spin left him way down the order.
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