RACE 1

Robert Huff claimed his and Chevrolet's first victory of the season in the opening race as he charged from fourth position to the lead in the first five laps of the race.

The Briton was able to overtake all three SEAT cars of Yvan Muller, Gabriele Tarquini and Jordi Gené and then managed to pull out and create a comfortable margin.

Tarquini and Gené completed the podium (which propelled the Italian back into the championship lead), while Yvan Muller had to fight to save his fourth position under great pressure from Jörg Müller, Nicola Larini and Andy Priaulx.

Gené had a good start and led into turn one from Tarquini and Yvan Muller but Antonio Farfus went wide after a clash with Priaulx.

The first lap battle involved a few drivers as Félix Porteiro, Sergio Hernández and Ibrahim Okyay pitted for repairs and rejoined while Pierre-Yves Corthals and Jaap van Lagen retired.

On lap four, Gené went wide in corner one and slipped to third behind Tarquini and Huff. A few moments later Stefano D'Aste overtook Olivier Tielemans for the Independents' Trophy lead and Franz Engstler tried to do the same but clashed with Tielemans and spun off.

On lap five Huff moved into the lead and Tarquini, Gené, both Mullers and Larini increased the gap over the rest of the field as James Thompson was lying in sixth and blocking a train of cars led by Priaulx.

Farfus, who was chasing the world champion, spun off at turn one was overtaken by Rickard Rydell.

As Huff increased his pace, Priaulx and Alex Zanardi were able to get past Thompson when the Honda driver went wide in a corner. On lap nine, Larini stole fifth position from Jörg Müller, but in the final stages of the race the German retook it for good.

During the last lap Zanardi and Menu fought hard for the eighth position and the pole on the reverse grid for race two and eventually the Swiss got the better of his rival who outbraked himself at turn one and went wide.

D'Aste won the Indepedents' race from Tielemans and Andrey Romanov.

RACE 2

Alain Menu and Huff dominated the second race, giving Chevrolet a brilliant one-two finish.

The two men in blue managed to overcome the strong resistance of BMW's Priaulx and Jörg Müller, who came home in third and fourth respectively.

SEAT Sport drivers were involved in the battle for point positions and four of them – led by Tarquini – filled the spots between fifth and eighth; this enabled Tarquini to stretch his championship lead to eight points.

Hernández, of Proteam Motorsport, claimed his first WTCC victory on his home circuit, after a tough fight with Corthals.

Priaulx sprinted to the lead at the start, beating polesitter Menu in the run to the first corner. They were chased by Jörg Müller, Larini and Yvan Muller.

After starting eighth on the reverse grid, Huff began to recover positions and in three laps he got past Tarquini, Gené, Yvan Muller and Larini climbing up to fourth.

On lap three Menu was able to strike back and overtook Priaulx for the lead and the reigning world champion found himself chased closely by Jörg Müller.

The fighting became hotter and hotter with Yvan Muller, Larini, Gené and Tarquini clashing at every corner while Monteiro and Thompson had a couple of brutal collisions which led to the Portuguese getting a drive-through penalty.

While Menu was creating a gap, Huff overtook Jörg Müller for third on lap seven. Coming from the back of the field, Farfus jumped ahead of Rydell and Gené to claim seventh position.

However he and Yvan Muller collided while fighting for fifth place and that was the end of Farfus' charge while the Frenchman slipped down to eighth.

On lap nine, Huff squeezed past Priaulx and moved up to second. Porteiro provided one last thrill overtaking Thompson for tenth.