Tarquini wins Curitiba race two

Gene leapt ahead of pole-sitter Tom Coronel off the line, with the Dutchman then spinning out of the race at the second corner following contact with Rob Huff.

Andy Priaulx's race was also short-lived as he had to limp back to the pits with damage to the front right of his BMW after clashing with Tarquini at Turn 1.

That meant that despite starting fifth, Tarquini only had to jump Augusto Farfus to slot in behind his team-mate. He duly did so, and then slipped inside Gene at Turn 1 on the third lap to take the lead - with Gene offering zero resistence.

The two SEATs pulled well clear, leaving the Chevrolets of Huff, Alain Menu and Yvan Muller, and the BMW of Farfus to contest the final podium place.

Huff ran wide and lost out to both of his team-mates, and then spent the rest of the race defending from Farfus as Menu and Muller pulled clear. Menu kept Muller at arm's length throughout to take his second podium of the day.

Huff held Farfus at bay to hold onto fifth, with Tiago Monteiro, Michel Nykjaer, Norbert Michelisz and Sergio Hernandez rounding out the top 10. Nykjaer took the prize for top rookie and Hernandez was top independent.

The race's only retirements were Priaulx, who never reappeared from his garage after the first lap, and Coronel who eventually surrendered after rejoining the race a couple of times.

Pos Driver                 Car                   Time/Gap
 1. Gabriele Tarquini      SEAT                20m13.311s
 2. Jordi Gene             SEAT                    +1.276
 3. Alain Menu             Chevrolet               +5.407
 4. Yvan Muller            Chevrolet               +5.985
 5. Rob Huff               Chevrolet               +8.295
 6. Augusto Farfus         BMW                     +8.596
 7. Tiago Monteiro         SEAT                   +10.419
 8. Michel Nykjaer         SEAT                   +11.808
 9. Norbert Michelisz      SEAT                   +17.576
10. Sergio Hernandez       BMW                    +24.244
11. Franz Engstler         BMW                    +24.643
12. Mehdi Bennani          BMW                    +30.072
13. Harry Vaulkhard        Chevrolet              +30.923
14. Fredy Barth            SEAT                   +39.780
15. Stefano D'Aste         BMW                    +40.328
16. Darryl O'Young         Chevrolet              +40.481

Not classified

    Tom Coronel            SEAT                     1 lap 
    Andy Priaulx           BMW                     0 laps 
    Andrei Romanov         BMW                        DNS
    

Fastest lap, Tarquini 1m25.803s