Sébastien Loeb scored win number two of the 2015 FIA World Touring Car Championship season by hunting down and passing Gabriele Tarquini for victory in the second WTCC Race of Slovakia.
Loeb, who hasn’t won in the WTCC since the opening weekend of the season in Argentina, was eighth on the grid in his factory Citroën but a strong start meant he was challenging Honda driver Tarquini before the end of the opening lap.
Tarquini held on for the next tour but was unable to prevent Loeb from passing at the second turn on lap three to claim his second win in Slovakia in as many seasons. And it would get worse for Tarquini when championship leader José María López and race one winner Yvan Muller also moved ahead, demoting the former champion to fourth.
While Loeb was able to pull clear out front, López and Muller battled for second with López taking the runner-up spot.
Hugo Valente made it back-to-back Yokohama Drivers’ Trophy wins in fifth behind Tarquini with Jaap van Lagen, who started the reverse grid race from pole, in sixth for LADA.
| Pos. | Driver | Team | Car | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastien Loeb | Citroen Total WTCC | Citroen | 11 laps |
| 2 | Jose Maria Lopez | Citroen Total WTCC | Citroen | +3.188 |
| 3 | Yvan Muller | Citroen Total WTCC | Citroen | +7.626 |
| 4 | Gabriele Tarquini | Honda Racing Team JAS | Honda | +12.144 |
| 5 | Hugo Valente | Campos Racing | Chevrolet | +16.266 |
| 6 | Jaap van Lagen | LADA Sport Rosneft | Lada | +16.634 |
| 7 | Mehdi Bennani | Sebastien Loeb Racing | Citroen | +18.793 |
| 8 | Norbert Michelisz | Zengo Motorsport | Honda | +30.442 |
| 9 | Tiago Monteiro | Honda Racing Team JAS | Honda | +30.691 |
| 10 | Tom Coronel | ROAL Motorsport | Chevrolet | +31.666 |
| 11 | Nestor Girolami | Nika International | Honda | +32.150 |
| 12 | Stefano D’Aste | Munnich Motorsport | Chevrolet | +40.429 |
| 13 | Grégoire Demoustier | Craft-Bamboo Racing | Chevrolet | +42.916 |
| 14 | John Filippi | Campos Racing | Chevrolet | +45.517 |
| 15 | Mato Homola | Campos Racing | Chevrolet | +45.690 |
| 16 | Tom Chilton | ROAL Motorsport | Chevrolet | DNF |
| 17 | Nicky Catsburg | LADA Sport Rosneft | Lada | DNF |
| 18 | Robert Huff | LADA Sport Rosneft | Lada | DNF |
| 19 | Ma Qing Hua | Citroen Total WTCC | Citroen | DNF |