Larini scores maiden WTCC victory

Rob Huff scored the Cruze's first win earlier in the day, before Larini, making his 87th WTCC start, took advantage of a mistake by reverse grid pole-sitter Jorg Muller to get into the lead on the streets of Marrakech.

Muller clipped the wall exiting the hairpin at the end of the eighth lap, allowing Larini and Yvan Muller to drag past the BMW on the main straight, while Huff dived up the inside into Turn 1.

Larini was then able to draw away at the front while the battle for second raged behind between Yvan Muller and Huff, who had made his way through the top eight following his earlier victory.

Huff fought tirelessly to unsettle Muller and make it a Chevrolet 1-2, darting around in the SEAT's mirrors and flashing his lights on the long straights, but Muller's resistance remained firm and he held onto second place.

Gabriele Tarquini finished fifth ahead of Augusto Farfus and Tiago Monteiro, while Franz Engstler was best of the independents in seventh.

Local hero Mehdi Bennani had looked set to claim his second independent class victory of the day, until he followed Andy Priaulx off the road at Turn 1 when the four-time champion outbraked himself.

Pos Driver               Team                     Time
 1. Nicola Larini        Chevrolet          27m29.960s
 2. Yvan Muller          SEAT                   +1.399
 3. Robert Huff          Chevrolet              +1.778
 4. Jorg Muller          BMW                    +2.728
 5. Gabriele Tarquini    SEAT                   +3.068
 6. Augusto Farfus       BMW                    +3.991
 7. Tiago Monteiro       SEAT                   +4.907
 8. Franz Engstler       BMW                    +6.779
 9. Tom Coronel          SEAT                  +11.084
10. Mehdi Bennani        SEAT                  +15.644
11. Felix Porteiro       BMW                   +31.913
12. Kirill Ladygin       Lada                  +33.688
13. Marin Colak          SEAT                  +39.038
14. Stefano D'Aste       BMW                    +1 lap
15. Jaap van Lagen       Lada                   +1 lap
16. Andy Priaulx         BMW                   +2 laps
17. Alain Menu           Chevrolet             +3 laps
18. ViktorShapovalov     Lada                  +4 laps

Retirements

    Vito Postiglione     BMW                    5 laps
    Jordi Gene           SEAT                   0 laps
    Kristian Poulsen     BMW                    0 laps
    George Tanev         BMW                    0 laps
    Sergio Hernandez     BMW                    0 laps


Fastest lap, Menu 1m51.017s