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Race 2 saw Vandyshev deliver another masterclass of winning from the
front and, as in race 1, he led from pole position to take maximum points,
his teammate Panyushkin repeating his race 1 result finishing in fifth.
The lead Russian driver was made to work hard for his second win and
again was pressed all the way by Corey Davoll who chased hard for 25
laps and closed to within 6/10ths of a second at the chequered flag, to
help Australia to a very good fourth place on their Nations Cup debut.
And but for Brock Cohen’s unfortunate exit in race 1 and unable to start
the second, the outcome may well have been even more impressive.
Jay Price grabbed third spot for the second time with teammate Scott
Gillman finishing sixth. But bothweremade towork hard, Price chased all
race long by match race winner Al Qamzi, with Al Tayer applying the same
amount of pressure on Gillman.
Germany’s two debutants Dietmar Kaiser and Jorn Lassig delivered a
solid showing to take fifth ahead of Malaysia’s Kadri brothers, with China
duo Xiong Ziwei and Ni Haojun seventh on their first outing and Italy’s
solo driver Roberto Lo Piano eighth.
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