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Nico Hulkenberg claimed his first GP2 Series victory on home tarmac in the feature race at the Nurburgring.

The German powered to a comprehensive victory, starting from pole position and winning by 14 seconds from Roldan Rodriguez.

Andreas Zuber took to the bottom step of the podium, with Vitaly Petrov, Javier Villa. Alvaro Parente, Lucas Di Grassi and Sergio Perez all finishing in the points.

ART Grand Prix man Hulkenberg secured a maximum 11-point haul with a solid start allowing him to block off Piquet GP's Rodriguez at the first corner.

Championship leader Romain Grosjean retired with a hydraulic problem, allowing Hulkenberg to cut the gap to just a single point - 40 to 39. Petrov lies a single point back.

The sprint race takes place on Sunday.

Results:

1. Nico Hulkenberg ART 1h00m10.875s

2. Roldan Rodriguez Piquet + 13.931s

3. Andreas Zuber Fisichella + 21.765s

4. Vitaly Petrov Addax + 29.116s

5. Javier Villa Super Nova + 31.534s

6. Alvaro Parente Ocean + 48.000s

7. Lucas di Grassi Racing Engineering + 50.366s

8. Sergio Perez Arden + 51.117s

9. Kamui Kobayashi DAMS + 1m04.414s

10. Jerome D'Ambrosio DAMS + 1m05.226s

11. Karun Chandhok Ocean + 1m09.066s

12. Giedo van der Garde iSport + 1m09.909s

13. Davide Valsecchi Durango + 1m15.106s

14. Michael Herck DPR + 1m15.721s

15. Rodolfo Gonzalez Trident + 1m22.721s

16. Daniel Clos Racing Engineering + 1 lap

17. Edoardo Mortara Arden + 1 lap

18. Romain Grosjean Addax + 2 laps

19. Nelson Panciatici Durango + 2 laps

Retirements:

Alberto Valerio Piquet 24 laps

Franck Perera DPR 21 laps

Diego Nunes iSport 10 laps

Pastor Maldonado ART 10 laps

Ricardo Teixeira Trident 6 laps

Luca Filippi Super Nova 0 laps

Luiz Razia Fisichella 0 laps

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