Yvan Muller takes double WTCC win at Donington Park in chaotic race

Muller started 10th and took advantage of the standard reversed-grid race chaos to make quick progress through the field.

He claimed the lead from Gabriele Tarquini on lap five, but had gained a place along the way by tagging his Chevrolet team-mate Robb Huff into a half-spin at Goddard's. Huff survived and went on to finish second, but the clash is under investigation.

Independent BMW driver Franz Engstler took his maiden WTCC podium finish in third; his result being earned partly through a great drive and partly through avoiding the chaos around him.

Much of the drama tended to happen within the vicinity of Tarquini, who was involved in the accident that accounted for his SUNRED SEAT stablemates Michel Nykjaer and Tiago Monteiro early on, and then a later incident between Alain Menu's Chevrolet and Javier Villa's Proteam BMW. That clash, which left Villa with a puncture, is also being investigated.

Polesitter Tom Coronel (ROAL BMW) ended up fourth ahead of Menu, who spent the latter part of the race having to defend himself against the Polestar Volvo of Robert Dahlgren.

Former British Touring Car champion Colin Turkington finished 10th; the Wiechers-Sport BMW driver's progress having been interrupted by a spin at the Melbourne Hairpin on the second lap.

Results - 13 laps:

Pos  Driver              Team/Car             Time/Gap
 1.  Yvan Muller         Chevrolet          21m33.182s
 2.  Rob Huff            Chevrolet            + 0.957s
 3.  Franz Engstler      Engstler BMW         + 3.676s
 4.  Tom Coronel         ROAL BMW             + 4.826s
 5.  Alain Menu          Chevrolet            + 8.392s
 6.  Robert Dahlgren     Polestar Volvo       + 9.016s
 7.  Gabriele Tarquini   SUNRED SEAT         + 11.587s
 8.  Darryl O'Young      Bamboo Chevrolet    + 13.031s
 9.  Mehdi Bennani       Proteam BMW         + 13.959s
10.  Colin Turkington    Wiechers BMW        + 14.662s
11.  Fredy Barth         SUNRED SEAT         + 19.693s
12.  Norbert Michelisz   Zengo BMW           + 24.802s
13.  Yukinori Taniguchi  Bamboo Chevrolet    + 31.646s
14.  Aleksei Dudukalo    SUNRED SEAT         + 33.495s
15.  Pepe Oriola         SUNRED SEAT       + 1m26.671s
16.  Fabio Fabiani       Proteam BMW       + 1m43.775s
17.  Javier Villa        Proteam BMW           + 1 lap

Retirements:

     Kristian Poulsen    Engstler BMW           9 laps
     Tiago Monteiro      SUNRED SEAT             1 lap
     Michel Nykjaer      SUNRED SEAT            0 laps