Priaulx chalks up another win at Brno

The three-time world champion made a great start from fourth on the grid to jump reverse grid front row starters Michel Nykjaer and Darryl O'Young off the line.

Colin Turkington made an equally good start to lead from third spot, but Priaulx slipped by on the second lap and led comfortably from there on.

Turkington held on for second in the face of early pressure from Gabriele Tarquini's SEAT and the Chevrolets of Alain Menu and Rob Huff.

Tarquini ran wide on the fourth lap and fell behind Menu, who was less able to threaten Turkington.

The Italian retired three laps from the end with a mechanical failure, believed to be an injector.

Huff and Augusto Farfus were promoted to fourth and fifth, and enjoyed a great scrap in the closing laps as they passed and repassed each other.

Tiago Monteiro completed the top six, and - now that Turkington is no longer an independent - O'Young headed the class in seventh.

Yvan Muller's poor weekend continued. After failing to score in the first race when his car was damaged in someone else's accident, he could only make his way up as far as 12th this afternoon - concluding a points blank in the Czech Republic that closes the title battle right up.

Pos Driver                 Car               Time/Gap
 1. Andy Priaulx           BMW             22m22.054s
 2. Colin Turkington       BMW                 +2.254
 3. Alain Menu             Chevrolet           +3.353
 4. Rob Huff               Chevrolet           +5.347
 5. Augusto Farfus         BMW                 +5.724
 6. Tiago Monteiro         SEAT                +7.501
 7. Darryl O'Young         Chevrolet          +10.212
 8. Fredy Barth            SEAT               +11.698
 9. Stefano D'Aste         BMW                +12.581
10. Tom Coronel            SEAT               +16.584
11. Sergio Hernandez       BMW                +19.233
12. Yvan Muller            Chevrolet          +20.016
13. Jordi Gene             SEAT               +20.555
14. Norbert Michelisz      SEAT               +20.837
15. Mehdi Bennani          BMW                +22.069
16. Harry Vaulkhard        Chevrolet          +23.840
17. Andrey Romanov         BMW                +52.309

Retirements

    Gabriele Tarquini      SEAT                8 laps
    Kristian Poulsen       BMW                 8 laps
    Fabio Fabiani          BMW                 8 laps
    Franz Engstler         BMW                 4 laps
    Michel Nykjaer         SEAT                0 laps


Fastest lap, Tarquini 2m12.737s