Priaulx storms to race win

The Guernseyman was taken out in the first race by SEAT's Franck Diefenbacher and had to fight throught the field. In the second race he had no such problems as the action all happened behind him.

Autodelta's Gabriele Tarquini salvaged his championship lead after an off-song weekend with second place, which was made easier for him after team-mates Augusto Farfus Jr and Fabrizio Giovanardi clashed at the Adelaide Hairpin fighting for second.

"It was a really tough race weekend for me," said Tarquini afterwards. "We were very slow in qualifying. We changed almost everything about the set-up this morning, and the car hasn't been too bad in the races.

"But those who have followed the ETCC for a while know how it is: some tracks are good for BMW, some tracks are good for us. In Valencia, we could have won even with 40 kilos ballast, but not here on this circuit!"

Farfus Jr scored another podium, the Brazilian youngster looking more and more assured as the races go by, while Jorg Muller nipped by Giovanardi on the last lap to take fourth place. Race one winner Dirk Muller was sixth ahead of ETCC new boy Kurt Mollekens. Alessandro Balzan, giving the new Honda Accord its first run this weekend, was tenth.

Tarquini maintains his lead the drivers' championship with 40 points, but the BMW drivers Jorg Muller (35 points) and Dirk Muller (34 points) have closed the gap some after this weekend that are closest in pursuit as the series heads to Hockenheim in Germany.

Andy Priaulx BMW 320i 22m14.529s
Gabriele Tarquini Alfa Romeo 156 S2000 22m19.530s
Augusto Farfus Jr Alfa Romeo 156 S2000 22m20.765s
Jorg Muller BMW 320i 22m23.801s
Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo 156 S2000 22m24.679s
Dirk Muller BMW 320i 22m26.711s
Kurt Mollekens BMW 320i 22m29.020s
Tom Coronel BMW 320i 22m31.244s
Stefano d'Aste BMW 320i 22m32.422s
Alessandro Balzan Honda Accord 2.0i