Algarve Superstars: Gianni Morbidelli claims fourth straight win

Starting the race in eighth place, the Audi Sport Italia driver took his time coming through the field, spending a large chunk of the race bottled up behind Thomas Biagi's Romeo Ferraris Mercedes and Francesco Sini's Solaris Chevrolet.

But he was eventually able to break free, and, along with Biagi, joined a four-car fight for the lead, which also included early leader Luigi Ferrara in a Roma Mercedes, and Biagi's team-mate Tonio Liuzzi.

With five minutes left in the race, Morbidelli made his move, charging past Liuzzi to take a lead that he would hold until the finish.

Liuzzi finished second, while Ferrara and Biagi battled right up to the flag, finishing third and fourth respectively after an almighty scrap.

Giovanni Berton was fifth, leading home his Dinamic BMW team-mates Max Mugelli and Mauro Trentin.

Fabrizio Giovanardi's weekend came to a disappointing end, his Petri Corse Porsche suffering its second engine failure in as many races.

Results - 15 laps:

Pos  Driver                Team/Car             Time/Gap
 1.  Gianni Morbidelli     Audi Italia        26m59.970s
 2.  Tonio Liuzzi          Ferraris Mercedes     +1.569s
 3.  Luigi Ferrara         Roma Mercedes         +7.949s
 4.  Thomas Biagi          Ferraris Mercedes     +8.292s
 5.  Giovanni Berton       Dinamic BMW          +13.252s
 6.  Max Mugelli           Dinamic BMW          +14.571s
 7.  Mauro Trentin         Dinamic BMW          +23.546s
 8.  Andrea Bacci          CAAL Mercedes        +51.564s
 9.  Alessandro Battaglin  Adria Audi           +53.818s
10.  Gianni Giudici        Giudici BMW        +1m30.235s
11.  Marco Fumagalli       Giudici BMW        +1m30.301s
12.  'Diabolik'            Adria Jaguar           +1 lap

Retirements:

     Francesco Sini        Solaris Chevrolet      9 laps
     Fabrizio Giovanardi   Petri Porsche           1 lap
     Jonathan Giacon       Adria Audi              1 lap
     Christian Montanari   Adria Jaguar           0 laps