Dani Clos gave a crushing display of speed and determination to dominate this morning's sprint race in Istanbul, running away with an easy win ahead of Luiz Razia and Giedo van der Garde.

The victory was set up as soon as the lights went out with a smart getaway from the grid ahead of teammate and fellow front row starter Christian Vietoris, who had no choice but to slip in behind and provide cover from hard charging attacks by Razia and van der Garde: the pair had easily dispatched Michael Herck and were already looking for more, with Davide Valsecchi also dispatching the Romanian on the open lap.

With the Racing Engineering pair pulling away at the front the action was fairly static in the top ten, but further back Sergio Perez was determined to make up for his bitter disappointment by overtaking his rivals with ease: after only two laps he had moved up from last on the grid to P12, and was clearly still not content with his efforts.

Valsecchi and Herck's fierce fight soon caught up to van der Garde, with the Italian running alongside his Dutch rival a number of times but was unable to make it stick, while Sam Bird in seventh was soon coming under all sorts of pressure from the Dams pair and Perez, providing some hugely entertaining closing laps for the fans.

When the chequered flag dropped it was Clos who was able to record a maiden victory 9 seconds ahead of Razia, who picked up second when Vietoris drifted to a halt with a mechanical gremlin, while van der Garde soaked up the pressure to bring home a podium for his hungry Addax team. Valsecchi and Herck followed the Dutchman nose to tail, while yesterday's winner Pastor Maldonado had a lonely race to bring home the final point for sixth place ahead of hard charging title rival Perez in seventh.

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