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WTCC: Race 1 - Muller Cruises to victory

Behind him Gabriele Tarquini and Tom Coronel had a close fight for second place, which left Muller to easily manage his leading margin. Muller's team-mates, Rob Huff and Alain Menu, had to settle with fourth and fifth, as they were not able to find a gap to attack the Tarquini-Coronel duo.

Pepe Oriola took the chequered flag in sixth place, winning the Yokohama Trophy from Norbert Michelisz. Franz Engstler, Tiago Monteiro and Darryl O'Young filled the remaining point-scoring positions, while Stefano D'Aste emerged victorious from the battle for 11^th that involved James Nash (12^th at the end - the best result so far for Ford) and Alberto Cerqui. Mehdi Bennani completed a brilliant recovery, climbing to 14^th after dropping to 24^th because of a first lap incident.

Key moments
Start - Muller keeps Tarquini at bay and leads into the first turn
Lap 1 - Huff overtakes Oriola for fourth
Lap 1 - Bennani is sent into a spin at Turn 5 and rejoins at the back of the field
Lap 2 - Menu overtakes Michelisz for sixth
Lap 4 - Muller increases his gap by six tenths a lap
Lap 5 - Menu overtakes Oriola for fifth
Lap 5 - Dudukalo pits with a broken suspension
Lap 6 - Nash struggles to defend 11^th position from Cerqui and D'Aste
Lap 7 - Monteiro overtakes O'Young for ninth
Lap 8 - Coronel knocks on Tarquini's rear bumper
Lap 9 - Coronel is shown a black-and-white warning flag
Lap 10 - D'Aste overtakes Cerqui for 12^th
Lap 11 - D'Aste overtakes Nash for 11^th

Withdrawals
A. Dudukalo: suspension

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