05/04/2008
NEWS STORY
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Frenchman Romain Grosjean won in Bahrain today ahead of Sebastien Buemi and Kamui Kobayashi.
The ART Grand Prix driver started from pole position today, but made a poor start and let both iSport International men through to take the lead - Chandhok in front of Senna. Further back in the pack, Luca Filippi and Marco Bonanomi crashed just after the first corner which led to an early safety car period.
Most of the cars returned to the pits with the exception of Marcello Puglisi, Hiroki Yoshimoto and Milos Pavlovic. Karun Chandhok came out of the crowded pits but spun on his out-lap on cold tyres. Behind the safety car, the BCN Competicion Serbian led Yoshimoto, Adrian Valles, Romain Grosjean and DPR's Diego Nunes.
When the track cleared, Grosjean made a great move on Valles at the end of the main straight. Out front, Pavlovic, much slower than the cars behind him, fought hard to keep the lead, but eventually went a little wide and let Yoshimoto, Grosjean and Valles through.
Soon after that, Grosjean overtook the Qi-Meritus Mahara driver and led comfortably to the end, with an almost 15 second gap to Trust Team Arden's Buemi. The Swiss drove a strong race: starting from 8th on the grid, he managed to come back and fight both Valles and Kobayashi to claim second. The Dams driver eventually landed third place.
Bruno Senna finished fourth after he was blocked behind his teammate in the pits. He fought his way back and overtook Valles in the last stages of the race.
Today was another disappointing race for front-row starter Karun Chandhok, but he managed to work his way back to eighth. He will therefore start from pole tomorrow, alongside Diego Nunes.