Brno: Race two notes

RACE 2: MÜLLER WINS, FARFUS LEADS

Race 2 saw another all BMW podium as Jorg Muller came from seventh on the grid to claim the win. His BMW Team Germany colleague Augusto

Farfus followed him and winner of race one, Felix Porteiro completed the top three. Farfus now is back into the championship lead with 53 points, ahead of Muller with 49 and Andy Priaulx with 45. Yvan Muller, who should have lined up third, did not take the start due to problems with his gearbox.

Alain Menu got a great start from pole and went into turn one with a solid gap from the rest. Behind him, Alessandro Zanardi promoted himself to third and on lap two overtook Gabriele Tarquini for second. Zanardi and Menu were then involved in an incident that resulted in Menu ending up in the gravel. Zanardi, who had to pay a ten second stop-and-go penalty due to a breach of the rules of parc ferme before the race, came in and after leaving the stop-and-go bay he pitted to change a wheel damaged in the collision with the Chevrolet.

-credit: wtcc