Kurt Mollekens (BMW Team Belgium Luxembourg) was on pole, but as soon as the lights went out Andy Priaulx (BMW Team Great Britain) got a great start and led into the first corner.
Behind him there was a lot of action as there was a collision between Fabrizio Giovanardi’s Alfa Rome, Jordi Gené’s SEAT and Jörg Müller’s BMW 320i. Jörg’s explanation of what happened was: “I am very unhappy about what happened as I have not had an accident for two and a half years. There was enough space on the inside for Giovanardi to go through the corner, but I got hit by him and then we just went off the circuit and I went into Jordi, which I am sorry for.”
Sadly all three cars retired. However, for Andy there were no such problems as he was able to keep a constant pace and, despite having first Augusto Farfus Jr and then GabrieleTarquini behind him, was never in danger of letting an Alfa driver by.
Dirk Müller also made a great start, despite his 40 kilos, and was able to go from ninth to sixth at the end of lap one and then eventually up to fourth and claim fastest lap.
This time it was the turn of Tom Coronel to win the Independents Trophy class and also have a good close race with the SEAT of Rickard Rydell .
ETCC Race 12 - Donington POS.- DRIVER - CAR = TIME 1. Andy Priaulx BMW 320i 21:46.941 2. Gabriele Tarquini Alfa Romeo 156 S2000 +1.153 3. James Thompson Alfa Romeo 156 S2000 +2.991 4. Dirk Müller BMW 320i +4.283 5. Antonio García BMW 320i +8.229 6. Kurt Mollekens BMW 320i +9.967 7. Alessandro Zanardi BMW 320i +10.594 8. Tom Coronel BMW 320i +12.081 9. Rickard Rydell SEAT Toledo Cupra +13.040 10. Salvatore Tavano Alfa Romeo 156 Gta +16,973 11. Alessandro Balzan Honda Accord 2.0i +17.877 12. Michele Bartyan Alfa Romeo 156 Gta +24.879 13. Jason Watt Peugeot 307 Gti +31.327 14. Carl Rosenblad BMW 320i +36.938 15. Simon Harrison Honda Civic Type-R +41.452 16. Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo 156 S2000 +1 lap 17. Toni Ruokonen Honda Civic Type-R +1 lap 18. Augusto Farfus Jr Alfa Romeo 156 S2000 DNF 19. Jan Magnussen Peugeot 307 Gti DNF 20. Klaas Zwart BMW 320i DNF 21. Stefano D´Aste BMW 320i DNF 22. Jörg Müller BMW 320i DNF 23. Frank Diefenbacher SEAT Toledo Cupra DNF 24. Jordi Gené SEAT Toledo Cupra DNF
