Yvan Muller grabs race two win as BMW challenge self-destructs

The win had looked destined to be claimed by a BMW driver, as although Franz Engstler stalled from pole position, Tom Coronel led a marque 1-2-3 from Javier Villa and Norbert Michelisz.

But with four laps to go, their party was crashed by Muller. Villa sparked the calamity, by nudging Coronel under braking for Turn 2 on lap nine. Villa nipped ahead of Coronel on the exit, but as they raced through the left-hand kink of Turn 3, Coronel's car rode up Villa's left-rear wheelarch and then hit him again, spinning him out.

As Michelisz dithered, Muller struck - diving down his inside to grab the most unlikely of leads, which he converted into victory. Michelisz wasn't done yet, however, and as Muller ran out of grip from his tyres in the latter stages, he fought back onto his tail.

But it was Rob Huff (Chevy) who would grab second, diving down the inside of Michelisz at the final corner. As the Hungarian tried to switchback he spun, dropping to sixth.

Muller won by less than half a second from Huff, with Alain Menu making it a Chevrolet 1-2-3. Coronel finished fourth, ahead of Gabriele Tarquini (whose Sunred SEAT squad solved the electrical issue that forced him out of race one) and Kristian Poulsen (BMW).

The result ensured Chevrolet the WTCC Manufacturers' Championship title, and Muller now leads Huff by 16 points with three flyaway rounds remaining in the Far East.

Results - 13 laps:

Pos  Driver              Team/Car             Time/Gap
 1.  Yvan Muller         Chevrolet          23m14.296s
 2.  Rob Huff            Chevrolet            + 0.434s
 3.  Alain Menu          Chevrolet            + 1.143s
 4.  Tom Coronel         ROAL BMW             + 2.184s
 5.  Gabriele Tarquini   SUNRED SEAT          + 2.966s
 6.  Kristian Poulsen    Engstler BMW         + 5.560s
 7.  Norbert Michelisz   Zengo BMW            + 9.201s
 8.  Pepe Oriola         SUNRED SEAT         + 15.651s
 9.  Robert Dahlgren     Polestar Volvo      + 17.952s
10.  Franz Engstler      Engstler BMW        + 19.055s
11.  Stefano D'Aste      Wiechers BMW        + 22.493s
12.  Mehdi Bennani       Proteam BMW         + 24.806s
13.  David Sigacev       KK BMW              + 29.091s
14.  Darryl O'Young      Bamboo Chevrolet    + 30.030s
15.  Michel Nykjaer      SUNRED SEAT         + 30.488s
16.  Yukinori Taniguchi  Bamboo Chevrolet    + 40.370s
17.  Fabio Fabiani       Proteam BMW       + 1m41.824s
18.  Fredy Barth         SUNRED SEAT          + 2 laps
19.  Javier Villa        Proteam BMW          + 4 laps

Retirements:

     Aleksei Dudukalo    SUNRED SEAT            4 laps
     Tiago Monteiro      SUNRED SEAT             1 lap