Muller Wins Race 1 at Magny Cours

Muller had a good start to head the field into the first corner ahead of BMW Great Britain's Andy Priaulx, who claimed SEAT's Rickard Rydell after the Swede bogged down at the start.

Muller pulled away from the pack and stayed there, running a second a lap faster than his pursuers. Behind him fourth placed Alfa Romeo's Gabriele Tarquini and Augusto Farfus were split by Antonio Garcia, who was pushed for a number of laps by Farfus.

Farfus couldn't make the move stick, and eventually dropped off the back of the BMW. Dirk Muller and SEAT's Jordi Gene got by Farfus on the closing laps, who clearly had pole for the second race in mind as he fell backwards.

Priaulx pushed hard but was unable to get close to Jorg Muller, who was almost three seconds to the good when the chequered flag signaled the end of the sprint race.

WTCC Race One at Magny Cours (12 Laps):

Pos Driver               Make               Time        Gap
 1. Jorg Muller          BMW 320i           22:19.545
 2. Andy Priaulx         BMW 320i           22:22.427  + 2.882
 3. Rickard Rydell       SEAT Toledo Cupra  22:26.798  + 7.253
 4. Gabriele Tarquini    Alfa Romeo 156     22:27.879  + 8.334
 5. Antonio Garcia       BMW 320i           22:29.444  + 9.899
 6. Dirk Muller          BMW 320i           22:32.457  +12.912
 7. Jordi Gene           SEAT Toledo Cupra  22:33.660  +14.115
 8. Augusto Farfus Jr    Alfa Romeo 156     22:35.212  +15.667
 9. Peter Terting        SEAT Toledo Cupra  22:38.998  +19.453
10. Fabrizio Giovanardi  Alfa Romeo 156     22:39.132  +19.587
11. James Thompson       Alfa Romeo 156     22:43.536  +23.991
12. Roberto Colciago     Honda Accord Euro  22:44.357  +24.812
13. Marc Hennerici       BMW 320i           22:46.088  +26.543
14. Carl Rosenblad       BMW 320i           22:47.605  +28.060
15. Alessandro Zanardi   BMW 320i           22:54.737  +35.192
16. Valle Makela         Seat Toledo Cupra  22:55.300  +35.755
17. Nicola Larini        Chevrolet Lacetti  22:58.040  +38.495
18. Salvatore Tavano     Alfa Romeo 156     23:01.189  +41.644
19. Robert Huff          Chevrolet Lacetti  23:03.753  +44.208
20. Gianluca De Lorenzi  BMW 320i           23:07.165  +47.620
21. Giuseppe Ciro        BMW 320i           23:07.337  +47.792
22. Adriano De Micheli   Honda Accord Euro  23:08.172  +48.627
23. Tom Coronel          Seat Toledo Cupra  23:12.246  +52.701
24. Thomas Jager         Ford Focus         23:18.731  +59.186
25. Stefano Valli        BMW 320i           23:27.928  +68.383