Jani again used his power-to-pass on the resumption, pulling an immediate gap over his pursuers, but Doornbos had been smart, figuring the Swiss driver would play that card and keeping his powder dry until next time around. Then, using his magic button, the Dutchman was able to get to the inside of the
Red Bull machine at the hairpin. From there, Doornbos was able to pull away at will, opening a two-second advantage in the space of a lap and controlling the margin thereafter. The only changes to the order in the closing stages involved a fired-up Gommendy, who regained some ground by moving past both Heylen and Pagenaud for eighth, and Wilson, who took advantage of RSports team-mate Tagliani and Figge both being stranded to gain two spots - and a couple of vital points - in the closing laps.
While not quite the same sort of result as Bourdais had enjoyed in Edmonton last weekend - when neither of his title rivals made big points - Doornbos nevertheless eased himself back into the title picture by halving the gap between himself and the Frenchman. Power, too, trimmed a little off his deficit by edging Bourdais to the line, although neither made the podium as Jani and Servia held firm to the flag. Rahal recovered from his pit-lane misdemeanour to claim sixth, ahead of Junqueira - again quietly impressive for DCR - Gommendy, Pagenaud and Heylen, the last of the unlapped runners. The luckless Tracy, Dominguez and polewinner Wilson completed the finishers, two, three and 20 laps adrift respectively.
The championship now enjoys another week off before reconvening at the Road America road course in Elkhart Lake, the final round on the North American continent before it returns to Europe with races at Zolder and Assen in late summer.
