With France dispatched of, Giebler set about putting the pressure of Sebastien Buemi for eighth place, who in turn was crawling all over the back of Richard Lyons, the Ireland pit crew doing a marvellous job to get their driver back out in seventh place following his stop.
Nonetheless, Lyons was always looking slower than the chasing pack, the inevitable eventually occurring when he was tipped into a spin at turn two by a somewhat ambitious Buemi, an incident that forced Lyons into yet another disappointing retirement and prompting some rather choice words about his Swiss rival immediately after the event...
The demise of Ireland though did not release Buemi, who now had to deal with the attentions of a racy looking Giebler for the remainder of the race, the duo's fight becoming a triple tussle when Duval experienced a second wind, re-passing Kerr and catching up to the battle ahead. However, despite the occasional sharp intake of breath from their teams as both Giebler and Duval flirted with the idea of making a move stick through turn two, seventh, eight and ninth respectively they would remain to the chequered flag.
Kerr on the other hand was seeing his early pace begin to tail off before the end of the race, slipping away from the battle ahead to spend the closing laps fighting over the final point on offer with Brazil's Tuka Rocha, an encounter he ultimately succeeded in to take away just a single point from another trying weekend.
Hulkenberg was the day's big winner though, scoring his fourth consecutive victory to further extend his lead in the standings to 25 points over New Zealand, whose two second places lift them ahead of France into second place. France hold third (52), comfortably ahead of Great Britain (37), Switzerland (36), Netherlands (35), Malaysia (35) and Mexico (34)
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