Zandvoort race 2: Tarquini & Seat win
Gabriele Tarquini secured Seat’s first victory in a race that was declared wet after light rain fell just before the start.
After he and Andy Priaulx touched at Scheivlak bend on lap 2, the Italian took the lead for good.
Augusto Farfus came home 2nd ahead of his BMW Team Germany companion Jörg Müller. Luca Rangoni completed a brilliant day by winning again the independents’ race and finishing 6th just ahead of his closest competitor Roberto Colciago.
Nicola Larini was also on top form for Chevrolet as he came from 7th on the grid to finish 4th. Along the way he made stunning overtaking moves on Roberto Colciago who finished 7th, Priaulx who finished 5th and eventually Rangoni.
On lap 4 Alain Menu, who was lying 8th went off at the Audi Esses; exactly like his team-mate Rob Huff in race 1.
He did not rejoin. Huff started from the back of the grid along with Tom Coronel; they crossed the line 13th and 14th respectively.
Félix Porteiro had a successful race, claiming the final point position for BMW Team Italy-Spain. He and team-mate Alessandro Zanardi came very close to crashing at the Tarzan corner before Porteiro squeezed through on lap 5.
Three laps later the Spaniard overtook fellow countryman Jordi Gené for 9th. To obtain the final point he then had to make a move on Tiago Monteiro; he did so with two laps to go.
The Alfa Romeo N.technology team had a difficult time. James Thompson started from the pit lane and fought hard to finish 19th. Dutchman Olivier Tielemans faired slightly better crossing the chequered flag 17th.
