Romain Grosjean marked himself out as a man to watch, not only in the inaugural GP2 Asia Series, but also in the regular summer campaign after claiming his second win of the Dubai weekend - from eighth on the grid.
The Frenchman made a strong start from the outside of row four to gain a handful of places into turn one, and benefited from the early retirements of both Adrian Valles and Luca Filippi, but appeared destined for third place until Harald Schlegelmilch intervened. Returning from the pits after replacing a nose section, the Latvian inadvertently hindered Hiroki Yoshimoto, giving Grosjean the opportunity he needed to pass the otherwise stubborn Japanese driver.
Once free from following the QI-Meritus Mahara car, Grosjean was able to close quickly on race leader Fairuz Fauzy, and needed only a handful more laps before the Malaysian made enough of an error to present an opening. As he had on Friday, Grosjean was not about to waste the chance to lead, and pulled away from the pack over the remaining laps to claim a rare win double, and on his debut weekend to boot.
The minor error aside, Fauzy did little wrong on his second race back in the category, making the most of the pole position he inherited after Sebastien Buemi's overnight exclusion from race one to lead the charge to turn one. A little defensive into the corner, Fauzy allowed Valles to take a short-lived lead but, when the Spaniard speared off a couple of turns later, retook the advantage and held it through until lap 15 of 28.
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