Alessandro Zanardi and Sergio Hernandez took the spoils in a BMW clean-sweep at WTCC Brno.
Zanardi followed up last year’s victory in the Czech Republic with another win in an event-filled first race before Hernandez claimed a maiden win in Race Two.
Starting from third on the grid, Zanardi managed to avoid a massive accident involving some of his fellow BMW drivers at the start of Race One, while Joerg Mueller stormed through the field to take second ahead of Gabriele Tarquini.
The safety car came out for two laps, at which point Zanardi was lying second. Moments after the restart, the BMW man took the lead and soon pulled away.
Yvan Muller crossed the line eighth and took pole for Race Two, but he was unable to make that advantage count as he was pipped to victory by Hernandez, who claimed his first WTCC victory.
Hernandez got off to a good start, as did Porteiro, who led the race early on with Muller dropping to third.
Spaniard Hernandez waited until the third lap to make his move on Porteiro, taking the lead while his compatriot was also overtaken by Muller.
Despite the double win for BMW, the final outcome was not as rewarding as the German manufacturer had hoped in terms of championship points.
As a partial consolation BMW cut the gap from SEAT to eight points in the Manufacturers’ Championship.
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