Race 1: Gené Beats Farfus

The dream of winning on home soil was not to come true for Farfus in Race 1 but all was not lost as he crossed the line 3rd securing a place on the podium. The victor of the race was Jordi Gené for SEAT Sport and Peter Terting passed the chequered flag in second position.

Farfus and Gené both got a great start from the front row. The same could not be said for GR Asia driver, Ceresoli however, as his car ended up along the wall of the start straight. Lucas Molo who was making his WTCC debut also had troubles on the first lap and after spinning, his car was stranded on the track which resulted in the safety cat being dispatched for two laps.

At the re-start, Farfus got away brilliantly. Further down the field, Morbidelli made a move on the inside of Priaulx for 7th. They finished in these positions and therefore Priaulx began Race 2 from pole.

On lap 6 Gené was clearly closing on the lead man and reduced the gap to just 0.198 of a second over the following three laps. It was on lap 10 that Farfus and Gené came nose to tail. The Spaniard didn’t let the opportunity go to waste; squeezing through shortly followed by Terting.

Robert Huff got the best result out of the three Chevrolet drivers by finishing 18th overall. Ryan Sharp claimed the win from the independent category and crossed the line 12th beating Tom Coronel and Luca Rangoni by inches

Zanardi from BMW Italy-Spain had a spectacular race. Despite starting from 26th due to an accident in qualifying, he finished 10th after working his way through the pack.