Michel Nykjr won an action-packed second race at the Moscow Raceway, chasing early leader Mehdi Bennani and eventually overtaking him to claim his third victory of the season.Nykjaer won an action-packed second race at the Moscow Raceway, chasing early leader Mehdi Bennani and eventually overtaking him to claim his third victory of the season.

Bennani then spun while trying to defend second position under strong pressure from Rob Huff and Yvan Muller. The latter benefited from the contact between Bennani and Huff to collect a second place that means another step towards a possible fourth World Champion crown.

The result of the race was affected by a pile up on lap 3 that eliminated Tom Coronel, Gabriele Tarquini and James Thompson while they were fighting for the third position. This incident is currently being investigated by the Stewards.

Key moments

StartBennani takes a perfect start and leads from Nykjaer

Lap 1Tarquini and Oriola make contact while fighting for third, Oriola drops to seventh

Lap 2Coronel overtakes Thompson for fourth

Lap 3Coronel, Tarquini, Thompson, Huff and Muller run abreast on the pit straight; at the braking Coronels car swerves to the right and collects Tarquinis and Thompsons

Lap 4Nykjaer makes a try, but Bennani resists

Lap 6Tarquini overtakes Chilton for seventh; DAste overtakes OYoung for 10th

Lap 7Nykjaer steals the lead from Bennani

Lap 8Chilton retakes seventh from Tarquini

Lap 9Huff and Muller chase Bennani who rejects their attack

Lap 10Bennani, Huff and Muller keep on fighting for second

Lap 11Huff and Bennani make contact, the latter spins and Muller moves up to second

Lap 13Nykjaer wins from Muller and Huff