Huff wins chaotic second race
Rob Huff was handed victory in the second World Touring Car Championship race at Macau on Sunday after a chaotic final two laps where three leaders crashed out
N.Technology's James Thompson appeared to have the race in the bag, having got away cleanly from pole position to lead the field down the long stretch into Lisboa Bend.
Behind him, his task was eased slightly by Chevrolet's Nicola Larini muscling his way up to second after jumping the start from ninth on the grid.
Larini had to come in at the end of the first lap for a drive-through penalty, which allowed Farfus, who had made a good run up from fourth to second, to start pushing Thompson.
Despite several attempts, the Brazilian could not find a way past and Thompson was given a chance to break away when Farfus and Tarquini touched exiting Lisboa.
However, Thompson was later hit from behind on the penultimate lap by Farfus and, after the contact broke his suspension, he clouted the wall through the Solitude Esses. The impact badly damaged his car and effectively put him out of the race.
That handed the lead to Farfus, who then crashed out on the final lap - handing the lead briefly to Gabriele Tarquini. But the Italian ran over a wheel that had been knocked off Farfus's car in his accident, damaging his own car and slowing him.
That chaos allowed Huff to come through to grab a surprise victory - Chevrolet's second of the day - from newly-crowned champion Yvan Muller and outgoing champion Andy Priaulx.
Pos Driver Car Gap
1. Robert Huff Chevrolet 23:23.216
2. Yvan Muller SEAT +7.253
3. Andy Priaulx BMW +7.957
4. Rickard Rydell SEAT +18.120
5. A.Zanardi BMW +51.727
6. Franz Engstler BMW +52.963
7. Manabu Orido Chevrolet +58.314
8. Matthew Marsh BMW +1:02.623
9. Andrey Romanov BMW +1:16.353
10. Ibrahim Okyay BMW +1:33.541
Retirements
Augusto Farfus BMW 8 laps
Gabriele Tarquini SEAT 8 laps
Alain Menu Chevrolet 8 laps
James Thompson Honda 8 laps
Takayuki Aoki BMW 6 laps
Sergio Hernandez BMW 5 laps
Jordi Gene SEAT 4 laps
George Tanev BMW 4 laps
Tom Coronel SEAT 3 laps
Melvin Choo BMW 3 laps
Nicola Larini Chevrolet 2 laps
Andre Couto Honda 1 lap
Jorg Muller BMW 1 lap
Tiago Monteiro SEAT 1 lap
Jaap van Lagen Lada 1 lap
Kirill Ladygin Lada 0 laps
Fastest lap, Farfus 2:32.933 on lap 7
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