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Huff turns pole into victory at Brno

Rob Huff converted his first pole of 2010 into his first win of the year in Sunday's opening World Touring Car race at Brno

The Chevrolet driver also did himself a huge favour in the title race by taking maximum points while his team-mate, championship leader Yvan Muller, failed to score.

Huff got his nose ahead of the SEAT of Gabriele Tarquini through the rolling start and kept to the inside line at Turn 1 to defend his lead. Tarquini never really got a run at the Chevrolet, and a first lap accident wiped out several of their rivals.

The SEATs of Jordi Gene and Tom Coronel were eliminated, while Andy Priaulx, Kristian Poulsen and Fredy Barth all continued with damaged cars.

At the restart of the resulting safety car period, Colin Turkington and Norbert Michelisz touched on the way into Turn 1 - with Turkington running straight on and collecting the innocent Muller.

Turkington was able to carry on in fourth, though with front left bodywork damage, Muller had to pit for lengthy repairs and Michelisz was out on the spot.

That gave the front four a free run, with Alain Menu and Augusto Farfus following Huff and Tarquini home.

Turkington struggled initially to stay ahead of the train of cars behind, but was able to break away from the SEATs of Michel Nykjaer and Tiago Monteiro when Priaulx began his recovery.

Priaulx's pass on Monteiro then harassment and eventual pass of Nykjaer allowed Turkington to escape, before the Northern Irishman slowed to give Priaulx fifth on the last lap.

Pos Driver                  Car                Time/Gap
 1. Rob Huff                Chevrolet        28m46.901s
 2. Gabriele Tarquini       SEAT                 +0.796
 3. Alain Menu              Chevrolet            +2.036
 4. Augusto Farfus          BMW                  +2.345
 5. Andy Priaulx            BMW                 +12.874
 6. Colin Turkington        BMW                 +13.202
 7. Michel Nykjaer          SEAT                +14.256
 8. Darryl O'Young          Chevrolet           +15.467
 9. Kristian Poulsen        BMW                 +15.680
10. Tiago Monteiro          SEAT                +16.524
11. Stefano D'Aste          BMW                 +18.780
12. Sergio Hernandez        BMW                 +20.905
13. Fredy Barth             SEAT                +21.363
14. Franz Engstler          BMW                 +22.484
15. Mehdi Bennani           BMW                 +24.250
16. Harry Vaulkhard         Chevrolet           +26.554
17. Andrey Romanov          BMW                 +39.022
18. Fabio Fabiani           BMW                1:24.872
19. Yvan Muller             Chevrolet           +6 laps

Retirements

    Norbert Michelisz       SEAT                 3 laps
    Tom Coronel             SEAT                 0 laps
    Jordi Gene              SEAT                 0 laps


Fastest lap, Farfus 2m12.167s

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