Tarquini beats Zanardi in race two

Tarquini took the lead from SEAT teammate Yvan Muller on the second lap, but once race one winner Zanardi (ROAL BMW) had fought his way up the order from eighth on the grid he was under severe pressure.

The Italian carved into his compatriot's lead at a second a lap in the closing stages, but Tarquini held firm through the last corner to win despite carrying 55kg of ballast.

Chevrolet's Rob Huff claimed third - the second podium of the day for the Lacetti - although the position could have been taken by any number of drivers.

His teammate Alain Menu climbed to second early on, only to be shoved back down the order after contact with Muller. The pair went on to finish seventh and sixth respectively.

Schnitzer Motorsport's Augusto Farfus climbed to fourth ahead of race one runner-up Felix Porteiro, with another BMW driver, Jorg Muller, rounding out the top eight after also being shuffled back in the dramatic battle for the points positions.

Defending champion Andy Priaulx failed to score, coming home ninth, ahead of N.Technology Honda driver James Thompson, who survived being hit repeatedly to claim a top ten finish.

In the Independents' Trophy, ex-GP2 racer Sergio Hernandez won for Proteam Motorsport after teammate Stefano d'Aste was rear-ended by Franz Engstler on the final lap.

Pos  Driver                Car                  Time
 1.  Gabriele Tarquini     SEAT Leon TDI        22:04.109
 2.  Alessandro Zanardi    BMW 320si            +   0.360
 3.  Robert Huff           Chevrolet Lacetti    +   5.410
 4.  Augusto Farfus        BMW 320si            +   5.718
 5.  Felix Porteiro        BMW 320si            +   8.192
 6.  Yvan Muller           SEAT Leon TDI        +  11.931
 7.  Alain Menu            Chevrolet Lacetti    +  12.143
 8.  Jorg Muller           BMW 320si            +  13.786
 9.  Andy Priaulx          BMW 320si            +  14.820
10.  James Thompson        Honda Accord Euro R  +  17.158
11.  Tiago Monteiro        SEAT Leon TDI        +  17.416
12.  Nicola Larini         Chevrolet Lacetti    +  17.818
13.  Tom Coronel           SEAT Leon            +  21.348
14.  Sergio Hernandez      BMW 320si            +  23.866
15.  Jordi Gene            SEAT Leon TDI        +  25.633
16.  Pierre-Yves Corthals  SEAT Leon            +  27.391
17.  Andrei Romanov        BMW 320si            +  32.001
18.  Rickard Rydell        SEAT Leon TDI        +  33.936
19.  Viktor Shapovalov     Lada 110             +  36.385
20.  Ibrahim Okyay         BMW 320si            +  40.991
21.  Alexander Lvov        Honda Accord Euro R  +  46.894
22.  Stefano D'aste        BMW 320si            +1:22.034
23.  Andrey Smetsky        Honda Accord Euro R  +2:20.510
24.  Franz Engstler        BMW 320si            +   1 lap

Retirements:

     Driver                Car                  Laps
     Jaap Van Lagen        Lada 110             6
     Oliver Tielemans      BMW 320si            1
     Michal Matejovsky     SEAT Leon            1

Fastest lap: Zanardi, 2:10.371, on lap 9