A1GP: Incalcitrant Wheel Nut Robbed Malaysia of Another Top-10 Result

Alex happy with 5 points from Germany...(click image to enlarge)

in Germany's Main race when Malaysia was lying 5th.

An incalcitrant wheel nut during the Malaysian team's pitstop in the Main race cost the team some 30 seconds and dropped the team from 5th to 16th some 45 seconds down from the winner of the race, France.Alex Yoong repeated his lightning start of the Sprint race when he shot off from 6th on the standing start grid of the Main race to round the inside of turn 1 and emerged in second position behind France!His car however could not match the pace of the stunned chasing pack of Brazil, Germany and Switzerland and he soon dropped to 5th after a few of laps of resistance. He eventually finished in 16th overall position in the hour-long 35 lap Main race as a result of the slow pitstop. The incident filled Main race was won by France with Great Britain and Canada following home in second and third.

Alex said after the Main race, "We are happy to come away with 5 points from this round as the car's ideal balance was never fully achieved all weekend. We have come away with more experience and are looking forward to round 3 in Estoril, Portugal in two week's time." Malaysia now lies 9th in the championship with 11 points after round 2. - Max Revson

Germany Rd. 2 - Main Race Results

Pos/Team/Laps/Time/Gap F/Gap P

1 FRANCE 35 58:45.700 - -

2 G. BRITAIN 35 58:49.406 +3.706 +3.706

3 CANADA 35 58:51.158 +5.458 +1.752

4 N. ZEALAND 35 58:51.674 +5.974 +0.516

5 SWITZERLAND 35 58:52.771 +7.071 +1.097

6 IRELAND 35 58:53.781 +8.081 +1.010

7 NETHERLANDS 35 58:55.322 +9.622 +1.541

8 INDONESIA 35 59:02.406 +16.706 +7.084

9 JAPAN 35 59:05.044 +19.344 +2.638

10 GERMANY 35 59:07.560 +21.860 +2.516

11 PORTUGAL 35 59:10.440 +24.740 +2.880

12 PAKISTAN 35 59:10.966 +25.266 +0.526

13 MEXICO 35 59:14.878 +29.178 +3.912

14 AUSTRALIA 35 59:16.590 +30.890 +1.712

15 AUSTRIA 35 59:16.832 +31.132 +0.242

16 MALAYSIA 35 59:31.081 +45.381 +14.249

17 CHINA 35 1:00:03.141 +1'17.441 +32.060

18 LEBANON 33 59:47.818 2 Laps 2 Laps

19 CZECH REP 27 46:37.305 8 Laps 6 Laps

20 BRAZIL 26 44:32.698 9 Laps 1 Lap

21 INDIA 19 31:52.869 16 Laps 7 Laps

22 SOUTH AFRICA 15 59:27.594 20 Laps 4 Laps

23 ITALY 11 27:27.519 24 Laps 4 Laps

24 USA 4 7:41.286 31 Laps 7 Laps2005

A1GP Championship Classification (after Rd.2)

Pos/Team/Points after rd.2

1 BRAZIL 30, 2 FRANCE 29, 3 NEW ZEALAND 29, 4 SWITZERLAND 17, 5 AUSTRALIA 16, 6 MEXICO 16, 7 GREAT BRITAIN 15, 8 CANADA 14, 9 MALAYSIA 11, 10 GERMANY 8, 11 IRELAND 8, 12 NETHERLANDS 8, 13 JAPAN 6, 14 SOUTH AFRICA 5, 15 PAKISTAN 4, 16 INDONESIA 3, 17 PORTUGAL 3.