Sebaꦡstian Vettel took advantage of penalties for both Pastor Maldonado and Ben Hanley to secure victory on his debut in the World Series by Renault at Misano.

The Venezuelan has so far dominated the weekend, going 💫fastest in practice and then easing out to a comfortable pole, a position he maintained to the finiꦿsh. However, a technical irregularity was discovered after the race and he was duly disqualified.

Together with a 25-second penalty for second placed Ben Hanley, Vettel was promote🀅d from third to first and with it, victory in his debut race.

From the start, Maldonado was able to hold off a spirited 🥃challenge from Ben Hanley, the Brit aiming for his first World Series podium having qualified on the front row, while Vettel and Soucek duly slotted in behind.

There was a brief respite when Carlos Iaconelli went off on lap three, causing the safety car to emerge, but Maldonado once again was lef♓t to push out a comfortable gap on his rivals as those behind disputed the places. It wasn't long however before the drivers seemingly looked to be settling for their positions as gaps emerওged between them.

However, the drama was not qu🧸ite over after Mikhail Aleshin, Davide Valsecchi, Sean McINtosh and ꩵChristian Montanari all collided with one another, creating a pile-up that only Aleshin would emerge unscathed. All four drivers, who were running at the lower end of the top ten, were forced to retire.

At the chequered fꦚlag though it was Maldonado leading Hanley across the line for his second win🐎 of the season, while Vettel crossed the line an excellent third on his World Series debut.

It was to get better Vettel after the race too when his third was🃏 upgraded to second following the 25-second penalty exerted on Hanley for changing lanes repeatedly in🙈 his attempts to keep Soucek behind him.

However, seconဣd would then become first when Maldonado was a꧂lso removed from his position, giving Carlin their first win of the year too.

Soucek claimed second, with Alvaro Parente secuirng ♏the final podium place. Borja Garcia inherited fourth and fifth. The biggest winner was Alx Danielsson, the sole Comtec driver after contractual issues forced out Pascal Kꦑochem earlier in the weekend.

The Swede was able to claim fifth having started 11th on the gri🐼d, ahead of the demoted Hanley, Aleshin, Enrico Toccacelo, James Rossiter and Robbie Kerr.