V8 STAR: Mutsch wins at Hockenheim

Lamy started the race from pole, but it was Lechner who took the lead at the start. The ex-Grand Prix driver then passed his young team-mate after six laps.

However, his chance of victory was lost when he failed to follow the safety car into the pits as the rules require at the end of the first part of the race. He was given a stop-go penalty for his error and dropped back to 15th. "This will not happen to me again," he vowed. A great charge in the second half rewarded Lamy with an eventual third place.

Lechner took the lead after Lamy's dramas, but collisions with Steffen Widmann and Patrick Simon cost him dear, and he dropped to second behind Mutsch.

First round winner Johnny Cecotto finished fourth. He now lies second in the points standing, just two points behind new leader Mutsch.

Thomas Mutsch
Robert Lechner
Pedro Lamy
Johnny Cecotto
Roland Asch
Patrick Simon