Monza - Race 2: Huff makes a double

Rob Huff claimed his second victory of the day and the fourth for him out of the six races held so far this season.

Just like in Race 1 he had to defend himself from Chevrolet fellow drivers. In this case, with Alain Menu starting from the back of the grid after his incident in the previous race, Huff was put under huge pressure from Yvan Muller.

Lap after lap the two of them braked together at the end of the long straight, swapping the doors’ paint. Lap after lap they braked later and later at the Parabolica, trying to win the slightest advantage. The fight culminated in Muller’s car biting Huff’s rear bumper in a cloud of smoke on lap 6.

The fight behind them was not less thrilling, with Tiago Monteiro, Norbert Michelisz, Kristian Poulsen, Gabriele Tarquini and Darryl O’Young swapping positions at every lap.

When Poulsen was able to secure a small gap in third position, the others were joined by Franz Engstler, Javier Villa and a recovering Menu and eventually stormed on the finishing line in a close bunch.

Poulsen won the Yokohama Trophy, while Pepe Oriola secure victory in the Jay-Ten Trophy.

Key moments
Start – Monteiro has a poor start from the pole, Huff takes the lead
Lap 1 – Bennani cuts the first chicane, Villa cuts the Roggia chicane
Lap 1 – Muller overtakes Monteiro for second at the Parabolica
Lap 2 – Barth hits Bennani at the Roggia; Bennani hits the barrier and rejoins
Lap 3 – Menu climbs to eighth after starting from the back of the grid
Lap 5 – Monteiro, Michelisz and Poulsen come together at the first chicane
Lap 5 – Poulsen benefits from the collision and creates a gap, Michelisz drops from third to sixth
Lap 6 – Huff is pushed by Muller at the braking of the Parabolica
Lap 8 – Barth retires with a technical problem
Lap 9 – Monteiro beats Menu for fourth position by inches

Withdrawals
M. Nykjær: DNS, engine ; A. Dudukal race incident; F. Barth : fuel pressure