A1 Team Ireland regained the lead in the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport this morning when Adam Carroll converted his 3rd place qualifying start into a superb 2nd placed finish behind winner Robert Doornbos. The Irish star also set fasttest lap, gaining an additional vital point. Pole sitter Vitantonio Liuzzi was overtaken by Holland on the track, and by Ireland during a typically slick pit stop.

Team Switzerland, Ireland’s closest rival in the series, finished out of the points after starting last and then incurring a 30 second penalty for pit-stopping outside the pit stop window. Team Portugal finished 3rd behind Ireland, maintaining its championship hopes.

“It all went fine,” said Carroll. “I made an ok start – the grip levels were much higher than I expected – but then settled into 3rd and the pit stop went off perfectly, enabling us to jump Italy. I couldn’t really stay with Robert (Doornbos, Netherlands) but we’re in good shape and the fastest lap was the icing on the cake. Now for the Feature Race!”

Pos	A1 Team	Driver	Laps	Time	Gap
1	Netherlands	Robert Doornbos	11	19′33.501
2	Ireland	Adam Carroll	11	19′37.136	3.635
3	Portugal	Filipe Albuquerque	11	19′39.229	5.728
4	Italy	Vitantonio Liuzzi	11	19′42.588	9.087
5	Monaco	Clivio Piccione	11	19′43.549	10.048
6	India	Narain Karthikeyan	11	19′46.097	12.596
7	Brazil	Felipe Guimarães	11	19′46.798	13.297
8	Malaysia	Fairuz Fauzy	11	19′51.515	18.014
9	Mexico	Salvador Durán	11	19′54.046	20.545
10	Australia	John Martin	11	19′56.184	22.683
11	Great Britain	Dan Clarke	11	19′56.581	23.080
12	USA	Marco Andretti	11	19′56.655	23.154
13	France	Nicolas Prost	11	19′57.676	24.175
14	Indonesia	Zahir Ali	11	20′12.901	39.400
15	Switzerland	Neel Jani	11	20′17.797	44.296
16	China	Ho-Pin Tung	11	20′24.156	50.655
17	South Africa	Adrian Zaugg	9	21′05.398	2 laps
18	Lebanon	Daniel Morad	1	2′38.560	10 laps
19	Germany	André Lotterer	0		11 laps
20	New Zealand	Earl Bamber	0		11 laps