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Priaulx wins race 1

Andy Priaulx charged to his first victory of the season from 14th on the grid in today's first World Touring Car race at Oschersleben.
Predictably, there was an incident at the tight first chicane as the field tried to funnel through the narrow left-right. Alex Zanardi's BMW was spun around and then hit by Augusto Farfus. Priaulx, though, managed to avoid the trouble and came out of the first lap in fourth place. He then picked off the SEATs of Tom Coronel and Rickard Rydellbefore passing pole-sitter Gabriele Tarquini for the lead.

1. Andy Priaulx BMW 22m52.547s
2. Gabriele Tarquini SEAT +3.939
3. Rickard Rydell SEAT +6.350
4. Tom Coronel SEAT +15.398
5. Nicola Larini Chevrolet +22.502
6. Augusto Farfus BMW +22.553
7. Stefano D'Aste BMW +22.749
8. Franz Engstler BMW +23.044
9. Sergio Hernandez BMW +23.392
10. Tom Boardman SEAT +31.979
11. Jaap van Lagen Lada +32.059
12. Marin Colak SEAT +33.376
13. Kristian Poulsen BMW +33.596
14. Philip Geipel BMW +36.101
15. Jean-Marie Clairet SEAT +36.557
16. Kirill Ladygin Lada 1:19.407
17. Alex Zanardi BMW +1 lap
18. Alain Menu Chevrolet +2 laps
19. Tiago Monteiro SEAT +3 laps