Di Grassi wins first battle of Massa’s race in Brazil

Barrichello on pole for race 2 this Sunday

FLORIANÓPOLIS - Lucas di Grassi drove a superb race to grab the heat 1 of the International Challenge of Go-Kart Champs on Saturday night at Arena Sapiens in Florianópolis, Brazil. Still searching a seat in Formula 1 after his début for Virgin Racing in 2010, Di Grassi started on second spot and won a fierce battle against Felipe Massa and the polesitter Antonio Pizzonia, respectively second e third at the checkered flag.


Race 2 will begin at 11h00 local time (14 ECT). Rubens Barrichello will depart on pole according to the GP2 Series reversed grid style, while Di Grassi will close the fourth row along with Massa. The only foreigner in the field, Toro Rosso’s ace Jaime Alguersuari made an impressive début in the event to finish on fourth. Aggregate points will reveal the champion after the second race.


Heat 1


1 - LUCAS DI GRASSI - 28 laps in 26:11.874 (77,988 km/h)
2 - FELIPE MASSA + 2s017
3 - ANTONIO PIZZONIA + 2s372
4 - JAIME ALGUERSUARI + 3s579
5 - TONY KANAAN + 4s178
6 - MARCOS GOMES + 4s323
7 - VITOR MEIRA + 8s246
8 - RUBENS BARRICHELLO + 8s449
9 - LUCIANO BURTI + 8s712
10 - ALLAM KHODAIR + 9s123
11 - BIA FIGUEIREDO + 12s686
12 - FELIPE GIAFFONE + 13s461
13 - THIAGO CAMILO + 15s753
14 - JOÃO PAULO OLIVEIRA + 17s387
15 - XANDINHO NEGRÃO + 22s538
16 - MAX WILSON + 23s738
17 - RICARDO MAURICIO + 23s763
18 - CHRISTIAN FITTIPALDI + 23s859
19 - RICARDO ZONTA + 23s880
20 - POPÓ BUENO + 24s151
21 - BRUNO SENNA + 25s362
22 - LEONARDO NIENKOTTER + 50s364
23 - ALBERTO VALÉRIO + one lap
24 - MARCOS PASQUIM + 2 laps
DNF - CACÁ BUENO + 19 laps
DNF - HELIO CASTRONEVES + 19 laps
DNF - ENRIQUE BERNOLDI + 27 laps




Best lap: Lucas Di Grassi - 55s393 (78,443 km/h)


Standings:


1 - LUCAS DI GRASSI - 25 pontos
2 - FELIPE MASSA - 20
3 - ANTONIO PIZZONIA - 16
4 - JAIME ALGUERSUARI - 13
5 - TONY KANAAN - 11
6 - MARCOS GOMES - 10
7 - VITOR MEIRA - 9
8 - RUBENS BARRICHELLO - 8
9 - LUCIANO BURTI - 7
10 - ALLAM KHODAIR - 6
11 - BIA FIGUEIREDO - 5
12 - FELIPE GIAFFONE - 4
13 - THIAGO CAMILO - 3
14 - JOÃO PAULO OLIVEIRA - 2
15 - XANDINHO NEGRÃO - 1 ponto