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to close the gap from Tarquini. From lap
3, the race was mostly processional and
Björk scored his third win of the season
from Guerrieri, Vervisch and Tarquini
who stretched his leading margin in the
standings to 9 points over Muller who
was seventh.
In the second race, Muller started better
than pole sitter Bennani who was
followed by Ehrlacher, Vervisch and
Dupont. Behind them, Huff, Guerrieri
and Björk delivered a fierce battle for
sixth.
As Muller pulled away from Bennani,
Vervisch and Ehrlacher had a tough
fight that ended in a contact that
dropped them both, promoting
Guerrieri, Dupont, Björk and Huff to
third, fourth, fifth and sixth
respectively. Later, in the attempt to
pass Oriola, Ma Qing Hua t-boned
Ehrlacher’s car; they both retired.
Muller won from Bennani, Guerrieri and
Dupont; with Tarquini and Ehrlacher
victims of race incidents, the
Frenchman took the lead in the
standings with a 14-point margin over
the Italian.
However, Muller retired from Race 3
after a collision with Vernay and this
propelled Tarquini on top of the
classification once again. The Italian
finished second behind Björk and built
a margin of eight points over the
Swede.
As Björk took the lead at the start,
Michelisz, Tarquini and Guerrieri had a
battle for second; the Hungarian and
the Argentine made contact, Michelisz
dropped out of the points and Guerrieri
retired. The final laps were enlivened by
the Tarquini-Dupont duel, with the
Italian being able to defend the
position.