Farfus strolls to victory in race two

The Brazilian made a good start from his pole position and was guaranteed a trouble-free run to victory when his Schnitzer Motorsport BMW team-mate Jorg Muller slotted into second place behind him at Paddock Hill Bend on the first lap.

The pair cruised away at the front and Farfus scored his second race two win from pole in succession, having had to charge back to eighth following incidents at the start of the first race on both occasions.

Tiago Monteiro was third early on, but he was holding up SEAT team-mate Rickard Rydell who was coming under increasing pressure from Andy Priaulx's BMW. Monteiro eventually let Rydell through and in the same manouvre, Priaulx lost momentum and was passed by Gabriele Tarquini.

Priaulx took advantage of the next piece of SEAT shuffling and followed Tarquini down the inside at Surtees when Monteiro ran wide exiting Graham Hill Bend and let his team-mate through.

The Briton then spent several laps harassing Tarquini, but was unable to find a way through as the Italian slowed in the middle of corners and relied on the torque of his turbo diesel to carry him away down the straights.

Tarquini moved up to third on the last lap of the race when Rydell slowed, peeled aside and slotted back in in front of Priaulx.

Further back, Yvan Muller had to repeat the charge through the pack of his title rival Farfus from the first race, after starting from the back as a result of his retirement in race one. The Frenchman was up to 19th by the end of the first lap and picked off car after car and eventually made his way into the points.

He was running eighth on the final lap until Monteiro moved aside to give him an extra point for seventh.

Pos Driver                Car              Time/Gap
 1. Augusto Farfus        BMW            28m09.979s
 2. Jorg Muller           BMW                +2.061
 3. Gabriele Tarquini     SEAT               +7.030
 4. Rickard Rydell        SEAT               +7.398
 5. Andy Priaulx          BMW                +7.749
 6. Rob Huff              Chevrolet          +8.427
 7. Yvan Muller           SEAT              +16.651
 8. Tiago Monteiro        SEAT              +17.444
 9. Sergio Hernandez      BMW               +18.191
10. Tom Boardman          SEAT              +19.523
11. Tom Coronel           SEAT              +19.969
12. Alex Zanardi          BMW               +20.183
13. Stefano D'Aste        BMW               +21.589
14. Robert Dahlgren       Volvo             +22.255
15. Felix Porteiro        BMW               +22.923
16. Jordi Gene            SEAT              +23.053
17. Nicola Larini         Chevrolet         +23.594
18. Alain Menu            Chevrolet         +24.021
19. Franz Engstler        BMW               +28.723
20. Philip Geipel         BMW               +29.318
21. Jaap van Lagen        Lada              +35.320
22. James Thompson        Lada              +36.187
23. Vito Postiglione      BMW               +36.735
24. Kirill Ladygin        Lada              +4 laps

Retirements

    Norbert Michelisz     SEAT              6  laps
    Tommy Rustad          Volvo             4  laps
    Kristian Poulsen      BMW               3  laps


Fastest lap, Jorg Muller 1m34.488s