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Switzerland Claim Feature Race Victory in New Zealand

Miroslav Sanytrák | 20.2.09 | A1GP

Taupo, New Zealand A1 Team Switzerland claimed its second win of the season in this afternoons Feature race in A1GP Taupo, New Zealand.

Neel Jani got ahead of pole-sitter, A1 Team Irelands Adam Carroll, in a crucial moment in the second round of pit stops, when he was slightly slower in getting away than Janis Swiss machine.

He then controlled the race, maintaining the lead despite a late safety car period which closed the field back up.

Ireland retains the championship lead with its second place finish. A1 Team Portugals Filipe Albuquerque finished third.

**Feature race results**
Pos	Team	Driver	Laps	Time	Gap First
1	SWITZERLAND	Neel JANI	50	06:19.574	-
2	IRELAND	Adam CARROLL	50	06:20.621	1.047
3	PORTUGAL	Filipe ALBUQUERQUE	50	06:21.953	2.379
4	AUSTRALIA	John MARTIN	50	06:30.167	10.593
5	NETHERLANDS	Robert DOORNBOS	50	06:33.976	14.402
6	FRANCE	Loic DUVAL	50	06:36.997	17.423
7	INDIA	Narain KARTHIKEYAN	50	06:39.789	20.215
8	USA	Marco ANDRETTI	50	06:40.373	20.799
9	ITALY	Edoardo PISCOPO	50	06:42.730	23.156
10	SOUTH AFRICA	Adrian ZAUGG	50	06:42.921	23.347
11	MALAYSIA	Fairuz FAUZY	50	06:46.406	26.832
12	BRAZIL	Felipe GUIMARAES	49	06:32.238	1 Lap
13	GREAT BRITAIN	Daniel CLARKE	49	06:32.633	1 Lap
14	NEW ZEALAND	Chris VAN DER DRIFT	49	06:43.944	1 Lap
15	CHINA	Congfu CHENG	49	06:45.245	1 Lap
16	MEXICO	Salvador DURAN	43	58:11.542	7 Laps
17	INDONESIA	Satrio HERMANTO	42	57:36.757	8 Laps
18	MONACO	Clivio PICCIONE	33	46:53.801	17 Laps
19	LEBANON	Daniel MORAD	1	01:45.294	49 Laps

Fastest lap: A1 Team Portugal set the fastest lap (1m14.898s) of the Feature race with a speed of 159.6 kph on lap 30.

**2008/09 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport points standings**
Pos	A1 Team	Points
1	Ireland	65
2	Switzerland	52
3	Portugal	49
4	France	41
5	Netherlands	38
6	New Zealand	35
7	Malaysia	30
8	Australia	30
9	USA	19
10	Great Britain	16
11	South Africa	16
12	Monaco	9
13	Italy	8
14	India	5
15	Brazil	4
16	Korea	4
17	China	4
18	Lebanon	3
19	Indonesia	0
20	Mexico	0