Form book just went out the window...

For 17 of the 18 laps the World Cup final progressed more or less as expected, with several place changes for the lead taking place between Matteo Vigano, a tardy starting Brandon Maisano, and Felice Tiene, with no one showing an advantage over their opponents. Smarrazzo though was struggling in the early laps and had dropped to 9th place.

Holding station in 4th place was David Da Luz (Zanardi-Parilla), but he later admitted he did not have the pace to pass the three ahead of him. The final lap changed all that when Vigano pulled into the pits to retire, leaving Maisano and Tiene to make contact at turn 4 in a move that gave Tiene a 3s penalty. From the dust and confusion emerged a 'shocked' Da Luz, leaving the Portuguese driver to take the World Cup victory. A recovering Tiene was behind him, but with the penalty, Vandoorne from grid 15, and who had been 9th two laps from the finish, was promoted to 2nd place, with the Italian resident Australian youngster, Mitchell Gilbert (Kosmic-Vortex), an equally shocked 3rd overall.

Incredible..!