Bruno Senna scored iSport’s first victory of the 2008 GP2 season with a mature drive through the streets of Monte Carlo. Starting second in the grid, the Brazilian made a lightning start to lead into the first turn and he controlled the race from that moment on. He also set fastest lap and has moved up to second in the championship standings, just two points adrift of series leader Giorgio Pantano.

Senna’s most worrying moment occurred when Pantano blocked the track at Mirabeau corner, after another driver had pushed him off the track. The iSport crew kept the leader informed about the impending traffic chaos, however, and he was able to pick his way through without losing too much time.

Senna’s team-mate Karun Chandhok gained one place at the start to run fifth in the race’s opening stages, but other drivers’ errors later enabled him to move into a safe fourth place. With just half a lap to go, however, Mike Conway (Trident) spun off after being hit by a lapped car and Karun swept through to finish third.

Bruno Senna: “This feels great. My car had good, consistent pace throughout the race and I was able to control the gap to Pastor. He kept coming at me, but I was always able to respond. I was just trying to drive as quickly as I could without harming my tyres. I had plenty of warning about the incident at Mirabeau: the guys spoke to me on the radio and told me to stay left, because the track was clearer on that side. I was worried about having to stop for too long because the engine temperatures are quite marginal here, but in the end I was only delayed a few seconds. I couldn’t ease up at all, because Pastor was always close, but every aspect of the race worked well and I am grateful to the team for giving me such a good car. I’m delighted to score my maiden victory in Monaco. Rest assured, I have every intention of adding to that tally in future.”

Così all'arrivo di Gara 1:

1. Bruno Senna - iSport International - 45 giri
2. Pastor Maldonado - Piquet Sports - a 0.674
3. Karun Chandhok - iSport International - a 44.923
4. Adrian Valles - BCN Competicion - a 47.592
5. Alvaro Parente - Super Nova - a 48.191
6. Roldan Rodriguez - FMSI - a 56.857
7. Ho-Pin Tung - Trident Racing - a 1'10.615
8. Mike Conway - Trident Racing - a 1 giro
9. Jérôme d'Ambrosio - DAMS - a 1 giro
10. Christian Bakkerud - Super Nova - a 1 giro
11. Andreas Zuber - Piquet Sports - a 1 giro
12. Yelmer Buurman - Trust Team Arden - a 1 giro
13. Andy Soucek - DPR - a 1 giro
14. Javier Villa - Racing Engineering - a 1 giro
15. Diego Nunes - DPR - a 1 giro
16. Ben Hanley - Campos Team - a 1 giro
17. Marcello Puglisi - Durango - a 1 giro
Non classificati
Luca Filippi - ART Grand Prix
Romain Grosjean - ART Grand Prix
Giorgio Pantano - Racing Engineering
Sébastien Buemi - Trust Team Arden
Adam Carroll - FMSI
Alberto Valerio - Durango
Kamui Kobayashi - DAMS
Vitaly Petrov - Campos Team

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