Yvan Muller beats Rob Huff in first World Touring Car race at Donington Park

Muller started from pole and had enjoyed a relatively untroubled run for most of the race, but Huff was able to capitalise on some late traffic to close within range with a lap remaining.

What had been a one-second gap briefly shrunk to almost nothing, but Muller was able to pull away again as the pair drove around the circuit for the final time. An error by Huff at the Esses put the result beyond doubt, and Muller went on to beat the Briton by 1.136s. Alain Menu was 2.7s further behind Huff in third to complete another Chevrolet 1-2-3.

While the race was relatively uneventful up at the front, there was plenty going on in the midfield. Robert Dahlgren drove from the back of the field to eighth in his Volvo, despite almost behind launched off the rear of Kristian Poulsen's BMW along the way.

It was also a busy race for Colin Turkington, who recovered from an early trip along the grass to become immersed in a multi-car battle for the minor points places. Another trip across the gravel while scrapping with Michel Nykjaer for seventh cost the Briton some more time, but he still managed to finish 10th for Wiechers BMW.

Results - 13 laps:

Pos  Driver              Team/Car             Time/Gap
 1.  Yvan Muller         Chevrolet          21m21.521s
 2.  Rob Huff            Chevrolet            + 1.136s
 3.  Alain Menu          Chevrolet            + 3.903s
 4.  Tom Coronel         ROAL BMW             + 8.708s
 5.  Gabriele Tarquini   SUNRED SEAT          + 9.299s
 6.  Franz Engstler      Engstler BMW        + 14.186s
 7.  Michel Nykjaer      SUNRED SEAT         + 18.974s
 8.  Robert Dahlgren     Polestar Volvo      + 19.191s
 9.  Kristian Poulsen    Engstler BMW        + 20.536s
10.  Colin Turkington    Wiechers BMW        + 28.804s
11.  Darryl O'Young      Bamboo Chevrolet    + 29.831s
12.  Pepe Oriola         SUNRED SEAT         + 29.966s
13.  Fredy Barth         SUNRED SEAT         + 34.093s
14.  Mehdi Bennani       Proteam BMW         + 34.526s
15.  Aleksei Dudukalo    SUNRED SEAT         + 39.419s
16.  Yukinori Taniguchi  Bamboo Chevrolet  + 1m07.938s
17.  Fabio Fabiani       Proteam BMW           + 1 lap
18.  Javier Villa        Proteam BMW           + 1 lap

Retirements:

     Norbert Michelisz   Zengo BMW              7 laps
     Tiago Monteiro      SUNRED SEAT            4 laps