Bruno Senna became the third first-time GP2 Series winner in as many races this season, after Arden tactics proved slightly better than iSport's in an enthralling feature race at the Circuit de Catalunya.
After the initial start was once again aborted - this time costing iSport its front row lock-out as Andy Zuber joined Jason Tahinci in stalling and registering DNS -
Timo Glock made full use of his first pole position to seize control of the race. Behind him, however, further chaos was about to shape the face of the race.
The first incident occurred before the pack had even reached the first corner as Karun Chandhok, attempting to capitalise on a poor start for Nicolas Lapierre, lost his Durango car with two wheels on the main straight verge. Somehow, the pale blue machine threaded itself through the chasing pack as it backed across the road into the opposite barrier.
Xandi Negrao had the narrowest escape, but the Brazilian ran out of luck at turn one, where further pit-falls awaited the unwary. Giorgio Pantano kicked things off by going in too deep and helping Bahrain feature winner - and current points leader - Luca Filippi into the gravel trap. The second Super Nova car of Mike Conway was caught up in the ensuing melee, and left Negrao with nowhere to run when he rejoined from stage left.
The Minardi Piquet car hit its Super Nova equivalent hard enough to rear up in the air, before spearing off into the far gravel at turn two. Conway was also out on the spot, his rear wing deranged, while Antonio Pizzonia was left to limp back to the pits with heavy damage to his right rear corner, which eventually led to a puncture.