A1 Team Italy has secured its maiden victory in the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport after Enrico Toccacelo took advantage of problems for cars ahead to win the feature race in Beijing.
Toccacelo started the race from third on the grid after a podium finish in the sprint race and ran strongly throughout hitting the front after problems for both the Netherlands and Germany to storm to a comfortable victory.
The Safety Car, which had led' for most of the sprint race, would again play a major part in proceedings and was called out as early as lap two, when Nur Ali retired the Team Pakistan car on the first lap. Team Ireland were also an early retirement as the majority of the field held position following the Safety Car period.
Sprint race winner Jeroen Bleekemolen led from Mexican Salvador Duran, but Duran would soon hit problems of his own as he brushed the wall although that contact would lead to the drivers behind showing that overtaking is indeed possible around the narrow circuit on the streets of the Chinese capital.
Canada's James Hinchcliffe, German Nico Hulkenberg and Brazilian debutant Raphael Matos all found a way past Duran before he retired from the race.
When the pit stop window opened, Bleekemolen, Toccacelo, Hulkenberg and sixth placed Oliver Jarvis in the Team GB car all took the chance to pit and it looked like being the right choice when the Safety Car returned to the circuit when Neel Jani pulled off in the Swiss entry.
It effectively left two races running on circuit, with Canada leading Brazil, the Czech Republic and New Zealand out front, but with Bleekemolen running fifth having made his stop and Hulkenberg now running second of those to have pitted after jumping Toccacelo on pitlane when the Italian had a problem with the front left wheel.
![Enrico Toccacelo (ITA) - A1 Team Italy[Pic credit: A1GP Media]](http://pix.crash.net/thumbs/279655.jpg)
