Alan Menu 1st in 2nd race at Brands Hatch

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RACE 2 – VICTORY FOR MENU AND CHEVROLET

Alain Menu was welcomed back to the pits as a hero by the Chevrolet garage at the end of Race 2 as he achieved the team's first race victory on an extremely wet Brands Hatch circuit. Rickard Rydell finished 2nd with fellow SEAT driver James Thompson obtaining his second 3rd place result of the day.

Andy Priaulx had a good start from pole but his dreams of a race win were dashed on lap 6. A safety car was issued for 3 laps while the car of Rob Huff was recovered from the gravel trap at Druids, but on the restart Priaulx made a mistake and ran wide into the gravel at Paddock Hill.

The Briton managed to keep control of his BMW 320si and rejoined 11th. He eventually crossed the line 8th, salvaging a single championship point but had to defend hard to keep Alex Zanardi at bay. Dirk Müller of BMW Team Germany and new championship leader Yvan Muller were fighting for 5th but the Yvan squeezed through on lap 9.

The next lap saw two spins. The first to suffer was BMW Team Italy-Spain man, Marcel Costa, who was lying 7th lost control of his car at the soaked Surtees corner. Moments later Pierre-Yves Corthals' fight was over when he went off at Druids and re-joined at the back. Corthals team-mate, Ryan Sharp had a better result as he won the independents race, 13th overall, ahead of Tom Coronel.

Gianni Morbidelli again headed the Alfa pack and managed to score points with a 7th position finish. The Italian had Dirk Müller and 6th place in his sight but couldn't make a successful move. His team-mates Farfus and Tavano crossed the line 11th and 16th

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