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Farfus wins hectic second race at Porto

Augusto Farfus clinched his second World Touring Car win of the season in race two at Porto this afternoon

The BMW driver started the reverse grid race from pole position after being gifted eighth place in race one by team-mates Andy Priaulx and Jorg Muller, and he converted that advantage into a healthy lead no fewer than three times in an incident-packed race.

Farfus opened a strong lead in the first couple of laps, pulling clear of a train of four SEATs. But the race had to be stopped on the third lap after an accident involving Nicola Larini and race one winner Gabriele Tarquini.

Larini had just been passed for sixth place by his Chevrolet team-mate Rob Huff, when Tarquini tried a late move to follow Huff down the inside. Larini turned in, made contact with Tarquini and both cars landed in the tyre wall on the exit.

The drama doubled when independent SEAT racer Mehdi Bennani arrived on the scene after running wide and picked his way between them, but he rejoined the racing line in the path of Tom Boardman, who had nowhere to go.

Farfus streaked away again at the restart and had another healthy lead when there was another stoppage with just three laps to go. Felix Porteiro nudged Franz Engstler's BMW wide and Alain Menu drew alongside the German as he recovered momentum.

The pair went into a flat-out right-hand kink side-by-side and touched in the middle of the turn. Menu's car jinked left into the barrier and came to rest broadside across the track.

The race was restarted behind the safety car with just two laps to run and Farfus once again rattled off another getaway without incident.

Yvan Muller finished second after his SEAT team-mates Jordi Gene and Rickard Rydell both moved aside to let him through. Tiago Monteiro completed a line of four SEATs in fifth, with Huff rounding out the top six.

Andy Priaulx and Jorg Muller raced to seventh and eighth for BMW, with Stefano D'Aste once again the top independent in ninth and Alex Zanardi completing the top 10.

Pos  Driver             Car          Time/Gap
 1.  Augusto Farfus     BMW        47m48.304s
 2.  Yvan Muller        SEAT        +  2.295s
 3.  Rickard Rydell     SEAT        +  2.810s
 4.  Jordi Gene         SEAT        +  3.385s
 5.  Tiago Monteiro     SEAT        +  3.970s
 6.  Robert Huff        Chevrolet   +  4.219s
 7.  Andy Priaulx       BMW         +  4.583s
 8.  Jorg Muller        BMW         +  5.064s
 9.  Stefano D'Aste     BMW         +  6.428s
10.  Alex Zanardi       BMW         +  7.584s
11.  Franz Engstler     BMW         +  9.201s
12.  Tom Coronel        SEAT        + 13.290s
13.  Felix Porteiro     BMW         + 15.272s
14.  Diego Puyo         SEAT        + 17.706s
15.  James Thompson     Lada        + 22.964s
16.  Kristian Poulsen   BMW         + 53.730s
17.  Kirill Ladygin     Lada        +   1 lap

Retirements:

     Alain Menu         Chevrolet  9 laps
     Nicola Larini      Chevrolet  5 laps
     Gabriele Tarquini  SEAT       2 laps
     Mehdi Bennani      SEAT       2 laps
     Tom Boardman       SEAT       2 laps

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