WTCC 2010 - Brno, Czech Republic, race report

02 Aug 10

Chevrolet’s Rob Huff claimed his first victory of the season in round 13 of the FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC), held in Brno, Czech Republic, on 1 August 2010.

During Saturday’s qualifying session the British driver claimed pole position for Chevrolet, after setting a fastest lap time of 2:10.198, followed by SEAT’s Gabriele Tarquini, who lapped the Czech circuit in 2:11.198. Colin Turkington qualified third for the first race of the weekend, setting a fastest lap time of 2:11.205.

After starting on pole for race one, Huff immediately took the lead and managed to pull away from the rest of the field to claim his first victory of the season. Tarquini crossed the finish line second, 0.796 seconds behind the winner. Huff’s team-mate Alain Menu completed the top-three, after a collision between Colin Turkington, who was currently running third, and Norbert Michelisz, allowed the Swiss driver to pass for third.

Race two was dominated by BMW’s Andy Priaulx, who, after starting third on the grid, had a strong start and managed to pass both pole-sitter Darryl O’Young and Turkington before the end of the second lap to claim BMW’s 50th WTCC victory. Turkington crossed the finished line second, followed by Menu, who claimed his second third-place finish of the weekend.

Yvan Muller still leads the Drivers’ Standing with 199 points, five points ahead of Gabriele Tarquini. Priaulx follows in third place with 183 points. In the Teams’ Standings Chevrolet leads the way with 445 points, followed by SEAT Customer Technology with 405 and BMW with 382.