Yvan Muller claimed his fourth victory of the season, resisting the strong pressure from Tom Coronel who couldnt find a gap for an overtaking manoeuvre.

Muller was may be helped by the red flag that suspended the race on lap 4, following the incident that involved Charles Ng and Fredy Barth after the start. This cut the race in two legsof 4 and 11 lapswhich allowed Muller to save and cool down the front tyres.Norbert Michelisz obtained another podium results for Honda, while Rob Huff and James Thompson were classified in fourth and fifth respectively.This meant five different manufacturersChevrolet, BMW, Honda, SEAT and LADAin the top five and the best result ever for LADA in WTCC so far.

Michel Nykjaer finished seventh and won the Yokohama Trophy race. As a consequence of the incident at the start, Barth will not take part in Race 2 because of an injured wrist, while Ng lost his front row position on the reversed grid having asked for neutralization of the parc ferm for repairs. Key momentsStartMuller takes the lead from Coronel, Michelisz, Huff and ThompsonLap 1Ng and Bart crash at Turn 1; the safety car is deployedLap 1Karamyshev and OYoung limp to the pits after being involved in the incident at T1Lap 4the race is red-flagged to allow removing Ngs carLap 5the race resumes; OYoung and Karamyshev rejoinLap 6Basseng overtakes Bennani for 12th Lap 7Nash, Chilton and DAste fight for 9thLap 8Basseng slips from 12th to 15th behind Bennani, Monteiro and MacDowallLap 9Engstler pits and rejoinsLap 12Coronel puts the pressure on MullerLap 15Muller wins from Coronel and Michelisz