Valencia, race 2 - Muller benefits from BMW havoc

Yvan Muller won again in Valencia, thanks to a series of mistakes made by the BMW drivers.
With only four laps to go Tom Coronel, Javier Villa and Norbert Michelisz looked set to score a BMW 1-2-3, leaving the Chevrolet men out of the podium for the first time in the season.
And suddenly everything changed. Coronel and Villa clashed while fighting for the lead, Michelisz spun at the last corner and this presented Chevrolet another 1-2-3 finish.

A crucial result, because it gave Chevrolet the mathematical certainty of both the 2011 Drivers’ and Manufacturers’ World titles.

Now it’s just a matter of knowing who among Muller, Rob Huff and Alain Menu will be crowned champion. However, the Frenchman has moved an important step forward taking the lead in the standings.

Just like in the first race Kristian Poulsen won the Yokohama Trophy, and he also had to thank Michelisz for spinning out of the lead on the last lap.

Key moments
Start – polesitter Engstler stalls the engine, Coronel takes the lead from Villa and Michelisz
Lap 1 – Muller overtakes Nykjær for fourth
Lap 4 – Huff overtakes Nykjær for fifth
Lap 5 – Nykjær is given a drive through for jump start; Dudukalo goes off into the gravel trap
Lap 6 – D’Aste and Bennani swap positions fighting for 10th
Lap 7 – Villa is on the tail of Coronel’s car
Lap 8 – Dahlgren overtakes D’Aste for 10th
Lap 10 – Villa overtakes Coronel at Turn 2, but they come together at Turn 4; Villa retires, Coronel drops to fifth; Muller takes advantage from the situation and jumps into the lead ahead of Michelisz
Lap 11 – Engstler overtakes D’Aste for 10th
Lap 13 – Michelisz tries to steal the lead from Muller but spins at the last corner and drops to seventh

Withdrawals
A. Dudukalo: race incident; T. Monteiro: race incident; J. Villa: race incident