Rob Huff encored, claiming a second dominant victory, but he lost the world title to Yvan Muller by three points only.
The Briton tried his best to recover the 13-point gap and managed to overtake Michel Nikyær and Tom Coronel (who had taken a fantastic start from the second row) on his way to another race win. However, Muller was in a position to control without taking too many risks.
For six laps, two of them behind the safety car, Huff and Muller were equal for points and the number of victories (eight each); and yet the Frenchman would have been champion because of the second places (eight against six). Eventually Muller settled the situation by moving up to third, ahead of Nikyær.
The latter won again the Yokohama Trophy race, beating Mehdi Bennani who obtained his best result ever - sixth - in WTCC, while Joe Rosa-Merszei claimed his second victory in the Jay-Ten Trophy.
Key moments
O’Young takes the start from the pit lane
Start – Coronel takes the lead from Nikyær and Huff; Muller overtakes Tarquini for sixth
Lap 1 – Huff overtakes Nikyær for second; Muller overtakes Engstler for fifth
Lap 2 – Tarquini and Michelisz overtake Engstler for sixth and seventh
Lap 3 – Huff takes the lead overtaking Coronel at Lisboa; Muller overtakes Bennani for fourth
Lap 3 – Kwok crashes at Mandarin, the safety car is deployed
Lap 6 – the race resumes
Lap 7 – de Souza and Mak Ka Lo make contact at Lisboa
Lap 9 – Muller overtakes Nikyær for third
Lap 10 – Tarquini overtakes Bennani for fifth
Lap 11 – Tarquini overtakes Nikyær for fourth
Withdrawals
A. Menu: DNS; A. Dudukalo: DNS; A. Couto engine; G. Kwok: race incident; F. de Souza: race incident; Mak Ka Lok: race incident
| Pos. | Driver | Car | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | R. Huff | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T | 11 laps - 33m23.773s |
| 02 | T. Coronel | BMW 320 TC | +4.680s |
| 03 | Y. Muller | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T | +8.695s |
| 04 | G. Tarquini | SR Leon 1.6T | +9.047s |
| 05 | M. Nykjaer | SR Leon 1.6T | +10.718s |
| 06 | M. Bennani | BMW 320 TC | +11.066s |
| 07 | F. Engstler | BMW 320 TC | +12.241s |
| 08 | T. Monteiro | SR Leon 1.6T | +15.126s |
| 09 | N. Michelisz | BMW 320 TC | +16.686s |
| 10 | J. Villa | BMW 320 TC | +16.950s |
| 11 | P. Oriola | SR Leon 1.6T | +19.640s |
| 12 | D. O’Young | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T | +20.088s |
| 13 | K. Poulsen | BMW 320 TC | +22.457s |
| 14 | C. Ng | BMW 320 TC | +39.267s |
| 15 | J. Merszei | BMW 320 si | +1m02.249s |
| 16 | P. Ma | BMW 320 si | +3 laps |
| 17 | Mak Ka Lok | BMW 320 si | DNF |
| 18 | F. Desouza | Chevrolet Lacetti | DNF |
| 19 | G. Kwok | BMW 320 TC | DNF |
| 20 | A. Couto | SR Leon 1.6T | DNF |
| 21 | A. Dudukalo | SR Leon 1.6T | DNS |
| 22 | A. Menu | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T | DNS |
| Best lap | R. Huff | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T | 2:32.173 |