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03 October 2005

RACE 2 – SOLO FLIGHT FOR J. MÜLLER

Jörg Müller was victorious in the second race of the day as he cruised across the finish line over seven seconds ahead of the rest. Behind him though was a spectacular fight. Fabrizio Giovanardi, Andy Priaulx and Dirk Müller all are in contention for the drivers’ title and caused nail biting moments for much of the race. They finished in the order with less than one second separating them.
Alessandro Zanardi began from pole with Nicola Larini also on the front row. Off the line Larini was passed by several drivers. Giovanardi overtook Priaulx, who was then involved in some contact with Dirk and dropped to 6th after loosing places to Terting and Larini. Jörg stormed through and by the end of lap 1 he had jumped from 4th to 1st where he remained. In lap 2 Dirk overtook Zanardi for 3rd. De Micheli was fighting among the works drivers in lap 3 as he challenged Priaulx for 5th but then the Italian independent was involved in two incidents with Terting and Gené.

De Micheli obtained a drive-through penalty for clashing with the German. On lap 5 action stepped up a gear as Giovanardi overtook Dirk for 2nd. While they battled, Priaulx had overtaken Zanardi and caught up on the pair. Furthermore, over the subsequent laps, García had also managed to latch on to the front pack. On lap 8 Dirk tapped Giovanardi and temporarily lost control of the rear of his car. This allowed Priaulx to slot into 3rd and the Briton then had Giovanardi in his sights. Priaulx made a move for 2nd but in fact lost out as Dirk slipped past him on the inside. The positions did not remain this way for long however. Lap 8 saw Dirk try to push past Giovanardi but this was not to be, he was out-braked by Priaulx and then passed by García. García was swiftly demoted back to 5th on the next lap though, as Dirk once again focused on overtaking the BMW Team UK car. The final two laps provided a spectacular show but the top four positions remained. Zanardi finished ahead of García in 5th. Marc Carol put in another impressive performance. The young Spaniard finished as the best SEAT driver as well as in the points after crossing the line 8th. Right behind him was Tomas Engström who claimed the independent win ahead of Cirò by 0.225 of a second. Huff and Menu did not start the race after damage obtained in race 1 and Larini was unable to finish the 2nd race for Chevrolet due to an electrical problem. Klenke’s Ford was also not repairable for the start of Race 2 but Funke finished 18th.

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