Jani, Kiwis Wear A1GP Crowns
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BRANDS HATCH, England — A1 Team India secured its second victory of the season when Narain Karthikeyan won the Brands Hatch season finale May 4, while Great Britain’s Robbie Kerr notched another home-race podium after a beautiful drive, just losing out to India during the second pit stop.
Newly crowned A1GP champion Neel Jani, of Team Switzerland, joined India and Great Britain on the podium in third position while China’s Congfu Cheng finished in fourth place after a great weekend at a circuit he knows so well.
Fifth was taken by Franck Montagny, helping France to fourth place in the championship, followed by the Netherlands’ Jeroen Bleekemolen in a solid sixth.
New Zealand’s Jonny Reid did just enough to secure second in the championship behind Switzerland, which took the prestigious title honors Sunday morning. Reid carved his way through the pack from 17th to seventh during the course of the 48-lap race, partly due to swift work in the pits from the New Zealand crew. Portugal’s Filipe Albuquerque snatched seventh from the Kiwi with just four laps remaining, demoting Reid to eighth at the checkered flag, which was enough to take second in the championship, beating Great Britain by just one point.