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The Word to The Winner

Yvan Muller (after Race 1): "I couldn't have started the season in a better way. I went straight on at the chicane so I let Gabriele (Tarquini) past again, but Lesmo helped me when Gabriele went wide and I could get past him. Of course, the SEAT engine is new but they have a good team and so I didn't expect that Gabriele would have any problems and I knew I had to push him. Monza is always hard on the brakes and the front left-hand tyre, so I took things a little easy on the last few laps; I had some vibrations so I backed off a little."

Yvan Muller (after Race 2): "It's far too early to be thinking of the title - we still have 22 races to go! The entire second race was a lot tougher than I was expecting, but it's been the perfect way to start the year. I was hit from behind at the chicane and I think I spun around 360 degrees, so I was worried that I'd stressed the tyres, but Yokohama clearly make fantastic tyres because, apart from some vibration, I was fine. The guys ahead of us were fighting each other and so they were losing time to us but Michelisz hit something just before the second chicane and so I was able to pass him."

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DRIVERS' CHAMPIONSHIP
1. Yvan Muller 54 pt.
2. Robert Huff 36 pt.
3. Alain Menu 26 pt.
4. Tom Coronel 22 pt.
5. Gabriele Tarquini 20 pt.
6. Rickard Rydell 14 pt.
7. Stefano D'Aste 10 pt.
8. Alex MacDowall 10 pt.
9. Pepe Oriola 8 pt.
9. Franz Engstler 8 pt.

MANUFACTURER' S CHAMPIONSHIP
1. Chevrolet 93 pt.
2. BMW Customer Racing Teams 49 pt.
3. SEAT Customer Technology 45 pt.

YOKOHAMA TROPHY
1. Stefano D'Aste 14 pt.
2. Pepe Oriola 14 pt.
3. Alex MacDowall 14 pt.