As anticipated, Neel Jani and Switzerland have completed the double in the third round of A1 Grand Prix at Sepang, but only after fending off a surprise challenge from an inspired Brazil.
Having dominated throughout the weekend, Jani was always expected to covert his feature race pole position achieved with a margin of almost a second in qualifying into a second win of the day, helping Switzerland join France, Germany, Brazil, New Zealand and Malaysia on the list of double' winners.
However, while it would appear easy on paper, in reality Jani had to fight hard for victory after being caught out by a safety car period that played an on-form Brazil and Sergio Jimenez well into play.
Indeed, Jani got the advantage at the start, his blue, white and red machine getting away well from the lights to lead Great Britain and France into the first few corners, Oliver Jarvis and Loic Duval who clashed in the first race swapping positions twice. In the end, Jarvis was the big loser from the first lap when Brazil capitalised on France's decisive move to snatch third.
Jimenez even briefly took second from France, before Duval switched back up the inside and took the position back. Their tussling had already cost them however, with Jani 2.7secs up the road after just a single lap.
Further back, there was more mayhem, the tight funnel into the first two corners creating plenty of contact that involved USA, Portugal, Canada, China, Australia and Czech Republic. Mostly delayed, only Portugal would fail to progress beyond the opening lap.
The mid-field shuffle did allow Ireland up into fifth by the end of the first lap, ahead of a slow-starting Germany, while Netherlands, India, Malaysia and South Africa rounded out the top ten.
![Neel Jani - A1 Team Switzerland [pic credit: A1 GP Media]](http://pix.crash.net/thumbs/398993.jpg)
