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Hülkenberg handed victory at Nürburgring

Nico Hülkenberg was handed victory in the second race at the Nürburgring as race leader Petrov was penalised for controversial drivers by the German race stewards. Hülkenberg's home weekend has therefore been a perfect one, with two race wins completed with two fastest laps and two pole positions.

Sunday's GP2 sprint race started in the wet after heavy rain last night. Vitaly Petrov enjoyed the best start and was leading the race in the opening laps. Petrov was ahead of Kobayashi, Parente, Hulkenberg, Villa and Valsecchi. Lucas di Grassi and Petrov touched each other very lightly and received a controversial drive through penalty for his actions. Meanwhile Di Grassi ran into the back of Perez in the first corner causing Di Grassi to end up in the gravel. 

Hulkenberg soon moved up the field and while his main rivals were fighting each other the German could create a gap that would become as big as 26 seconds. Alberto Valerio managed to complete the fastest lap time on slicks but as the Brazilian was unable to finish in the top then the fastest lap was handed to Hulkenberg as he was second fastest.

The fastest lap, giving Hulkenberg one more point, makes it a perfect weekend for the ART Grand Prix driver. The last time we saw a driver complete a perfect weekend was back in 2006 when Nelson Piqet won both races too, started from pole position and claimed both fastest laps.

Hulkenberg finished his sprint race ahead of Alvaro Parente and Kamui Kobayashi.

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