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CHEVROLET
MAKE A DOUBLE WITH MENU-HUFF
Alain
Menu
and Robert
Huff dominated the second race in Valencia, giving
Chevrolet a brilliant one-two finish. The two men in blue managed to overcome
the strong resistance from BMW's Andy 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 Gabriele
Tarquini - filled the spots between fifth and eighth; this
enabled Tarquini to stretch his championship lead to 8
points.
Sergio
Hernández,
of Proteam Motorsport, claimed his first WTCC victory on his home circuit, after
a tough fight with Pierre-Yves Corthals.
Priaulx
sprinted to the lead at the start, beating pole sitter Menu in the run down to
the first corner. They were chased by J.
Müller,
Larini and Y. Muller. After starting eighth on the reverse grid, Huff began to
recover positions and within three laps he got past Tarquini, Gené,
Y. Muller and
Larini climbing up to fourth.
On
lap 3 Menu was able to strike back and overtook Priaulx for the lead and the
reigning world champion find himself chased closely by J.
Müller.
The
fighting became hotter and hotter. Y. Muller, Larini, Gené and Tarquini were bumping
into each other at every corner, Monteiro and Thompson had a couple of brutal
collisions and the Portuguese man was given a drive-through penalty as a
result.
While
Menu was creating a gap, Huff overtook J.
Müller
for third on lap 7. Coming from the back of the field, Farfus jumped ahead of
Rydell and Gené to claim seventh position; however he and Y. Muller collided while
fighting for the fifth place; this was the end of Farfus' race, while the
Frenchman slipped down to eighth.
On
lap 9, Huff squeezed past Priaulx and moved up to second. Porteiro provided one
last thrill overtaking Thompson for tenth.
The
championship will resume for rounds 7 and 8 in Pau, France, on May 31sr and
June 1st.
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