Muller denies charging Huff in Oschersleben race one

Starting from pole, Muller was followed by Huff as the field made its way cleanly through Turn 1, and the pair had opened a gap of more than three seconds by the end of the first lap as the field squabbled behind them.

Initially Muller had the edge, but on lap four Huff set the race's fastest lap to close to within 1s - only to then run too deep and into the gravel at the left-hand hairpin of Hasseroder, costing him around seven seconds.

That marked the start of a remarkable comeback charge from the Briton, with Huff often lapping more than one second faster than anyone else in the race.

By the penultimate lap the gap to Muller was back to 1s, and in the final corners Huff was close enough to look to the inside, but Muller held his nerve to clinch victory - his third in the past three races - by just 0.289s.

Third was claimed by SUNRED SEAT's Gabriele Tarquini, the Italian enjoying a relatively quiet race once he had passed the fast-starting ROAL BMW of Tom Coronel.

Robert Dahlgren's race was far more adventurous, the Polestar Volvo driver dropping as low as seventh at the start before fighting back to finish fourth.

Dahlgren was the only driver able to match the pace of the lead Chevrolets, but ran out of time in his bid to close down Tarquini - finishing 0.855s behind him.

Alain Menu finished fifth in the third Chevrolet Cruze, ahead of the Wiechers BMW of Stefano D'Aste - who edged out SUNRED SEAT's Michel Nykjaer in the battle for the top independent spot.

Pepe Oriola finished just behind Nykjaer in eighth, while fellow driver SUNRED driver Alexey Dudukalo finished ninth in the race but could yet be demoted after a last corner clash with Franz Engstler - Dudukalo tipping the German into a spin as he attacked around the outside of the penultimate bend.

Tenth on the road went to Coronel, who had run as high as third but dropped down the order as the race progressed.

Results - 14 laps:

Pos  Driver              Team/Car             Time/Gap
 1.  Yvan Muller         Chevrolet          25m54.624s
 2.  Rob Huff            Chevrolet            + 0.289s
 3.  Gabriele Tarquini   SUNRED SEAT         + 13.810s
 4.  Robert Dahlgren     Polestar Volvo      + 14.665s
 5.  Alain Menu          Chevrolet           + 18.578s
 6.  Stefano D'Aste      Wiechers BMW        + 25.058s
 7.  Michel Nykjaer      SUNRED SEAT         + 33.795s
 8.  Pepe Oriola         SUNRED SEAT         + 34.362s
 9.  Aleksei Dudukalo    SUNRED SEAT         + 43.187s
10.  Tom Coronel         ROAL BMW            + 45.665s
11.  Mehdi Bennani       Proteam BMW         + 46.105s
12.  Javier Villa        Proteam BMW         + 46.328s
13.  Kristian Poulsen    Engstler BMW        + 46.627s
14.  Darryl O'Young      Bamboo Chevrolet    + 46.919s
15.  Norbert Michelisz   Zengo BMW           + 47.560s
16.  Franz Engstler      Engstler BMW        + 55.237s
17.  Yukinori Taniguchi  Bamboo Chevrolet  + 1m29.885s
18.  Ibrahim Okyay       Borusan BMW       + 1m52.554s
19.  Fabio Fabiani       Proteam BMW           + 1 lap

Retirements:

     Tiago Monteiro      SUNRED SEAT            7 laps
     Fredy Barth         SUNRED SEAT            5 laps