Imola Superstars: Gianni Morbidelli's Audi dominates wet race two

With heavy rain falling throughout the day, Morbidelli and his four-wheel-drive Audi Sport Italia RS5 were always going to be tough to beat.

Even starting sixth on the grid did little to slow him down, Morbidelli taking less than three laps to charge into a lead that he would not relinquish.

Morbidelli's title rival Thomas Biagi has a significantly less productive afternoon.

The Romeo Ferraris Mercedes driver was forced to start 12th after spinning out of the morning's first race, and struggled to make an impact. He wound up seventh, having survived a mid-race off, leaving him 33 points behind Morbidelli.

It is the first time Biagi has not led the points since the second round at Brno back in May.

Biagi's team-mate and race one winner Tonio Liuzzi made a better fist of things, charging through the field at about the same pace as Morbidelli to find himself second after a handful of laps.

But once the pair were out front Liuzzi was powerless to stop Morbidelli pulling away, the final margin standing at 14.8 seconds.

Behind the front two, Francesco Sini and Davide di Benedetto staged a close fight for third.

In the end it was the experienced Sini's Solaris Chevrolet that took the place, despite a strong challenge from debutant di Benedetto and his four-wheel-drive Audi.

Another Superstars debutant Giuseppe Cipriani made it three Audis in the top five with fifth, a huge improvement after he qualified just 12th in the dry on Saturday evening.

Results - 13 laps:

Pos  Driver                Team/Car             Time/Gap
 1.  Gianni Morbidelli     Audi Italia        28m21.603s
 2.  Tonio Liuzzi          Ferraris Mercedes    +15.518s
 3.  Francesco Sini        Solaris Chevrolet    +21.793s
 4.  Davide di Benedetto   Audi Italia          +22.468s
 5.  Giuseppe Cipriani     Audi Italia          +23.352s
 6.  Giovanni Berton       Dinamic BMW          +28.185s
 7.  Thomas Biagi          Ferraris Mercedes    +38.674s
 8.  Andrea Bacci          CAAL Mercedes      +1m05.460s
 9.  Max Mugelli           Dinamic BMW        +1m05.866s
10.  Camilo Zurcher        Todi BMW           +1m17.689s
11.  Gianni Giudici        Giudici BMW        +1m34.727s
12.  Mauro Trentin         Dinamic BMW        +1m35.985s
13.  Leonardo Baccarelli   CAAL Mercedes      +1m42.759s

Retirements:

     Alessandro Battaglin  MRT Chrysler           9 laps