Donington - Race 2: Muller and Huff encore

Yvan Muller and Rob Huff encored their Race 1 result, finishing first and second again in today’s second race.

Chevrolet point men had to recover from their 10th and 9th positions on the starting grid and were given a big help by the competitors in front of them who were involved in a series of collisions during the first laps. These collisions eliminated Tiago Monteiro and Michel Nykjær and delayed Colin Turkington, Tom Coronel and Javier Villa.

Just like in Portugal, Muller and Huff were also involved in a controversial action that saw the Frenchman hitting the back of his rival’s car and taking advantage for moving ahead. An action that is currently investigated by the Stewards.

Franz Engstler claimed third position (and victory in the Yokohama Trophy), his best result ever in the championship. The German racer managed to stay off the incidents and rejected Coronel’s assaults in the final laps.

Key moments
Start – Coronel takes the lead, from Villa, Engstler and Turkington
Lap 1 – Nykjær, Monteiro and Tarquini come together into the Fogarty esses; Monteiro and Nykjær retire while Menu benefits from the incident and move up to fifth
Lap 2 - Villa takes the lead from Coronel, who drives wide at Mc Leans a drops to fifth
Lap 2 – Menu overtakes Turkington for third; Turkington drives onto the grass
Lap 2 – Muller hits Huff at Goddards and overtakes him for sixth
Lap 3 – Menu and Villa make contact at the Fogarty esses; Menu cuts the chicane, Villa pits for repairs, Tarquini, Muller and Huff are promoted to second, third and fourth
Lap 5 – Muller and Huff overtake Tarquini and climb to second and third
Lap 5 – Muller and Huff overtake Engstler and climb to first and second
Lap 6 – Coronel takes fourth from Tarquini
Lap 7 – Poulsen and Michelisz tangle at Goddards while fighting for eighth
Lap 9 – Menu overtakes Tarquini for fifth
Lap 10 - it starts to rain
Lap 11 – Coronel is on the tail of Engstler’s car
Lap 12 – Dahlgren overtakes Tarquini for sixth

Withdrawals
T. Monteiro: race incident; M. Nykjær: race incident.