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Muller wins amid more last lap drama

Yvan Muller won Sunday's second World Touring Car race at Monza after misfortune once again befell a leading SEAT on the last lap

Michel Nykjaer started from the reverse grid pole and looked certain for victory after Gabriele Tarquini had to take a drive-through penalty for jumping the start.

Tarquini had passed Nykjaer early on, but the Dane reclaimed his lead on the road into the first chicane - the move coming after Tarquini had been given the penalty but before he had taken it.

Nykjaer, who dropped from fifth to eighth when he suffered a last lap puncture in race one along with Tarquini and Rob Huff, was leading comfortably onto the last lap this time. But he slowed dramatically at Curva Grande and pulled off the track at the second chicane with another deflated tyre.

That gave Yvan Muller the lead with just half a lap to go and a small but safe cap over Tom Coronel and Huff, who would complete the podium. The BMWs of Augusto Farfus and Andy Priaulx were next up, once again profitting on the final tour.

A lively scrap between the SEATs of Jordi Gene, Tiago Monteiro and Nortbert Michelisz filled sixth to eighth places, while Alain Menu and Leonel Pernia rounded out the top 10 for Chevrolet.

After serving his drive-through penalty, Tarquini returned to the pits on the following lap to retire.

Pos Driver                  Car                    Time/Gap
 1. Yvan Muller             Chevrolet            18m29.805s
 2. Tom Coronel             SEAT                     +0.512
 3. Rob Huff                Chevrolet                +0.822
 4. Augusto Farfus          BMW                      +1.001
 5. Andy Priaulx            BMW                      +1.742
 6. Jordi Gene              SEAT                     +3.495
 7. Tiago Monteiro          SEAT                     +4.197
 8. Norbert Michelisz       SEAT                     +4.580
 9. Alain Menu              Chevrolet                +5.099
10. Leonel Pernia           Chevrolet                +9.918
11. Stefano D'Aste          BMW                     +11.856
12. Darryl O'Young          Chevrolet               +13.499
13. Harry Vaulkhard         Chevrolet               +14.368
14. Fredy Barth             SEAT                    +14.506
15. Kristian Poulsen        BMW                     +14.836
16. Sergio Hernandez        BMW                     +15.266
17. Mehdi Bennani           BMW                     +33.557
18. Fabio Fabiani           BMW                     +49.454

Not classified

    Michel Nykjaer          SEAT                     8 laps
    Gabriele Tarquini       SEAT                     6 laps
    Andrey Romanov          BMW                      2 laps


Fastest lap, Priaulx 2m01.860s

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