BMW have completed their dominance of the 2007 World Touring Car Championship opening round at Curitiba by recording another 1-2-3 finish, albeit with Augusto Farfus this time leading Andy Priaulx and Jorg Muller.
Triumphing on his debut with
BMW, Curitiba-born Farfus made the most of a seemingly clear advantage for the 320si over the rest of the field to battle his way to the front of the field by lap three despite starting in sixth place thanks to the reverse grid system.
Priaulx and Muller ensured the Munich marque would complete a whitewash of the podium positions for the second race in succession, with Yvan Muller and Gabriele Tarquini leading the best of the rest in fourth and fifth on a day that is unlikely to dampen SEAT's claims the rules are now too much in BMW's favour.
With the field reverting back to a standing start for the second race, Yvan Muller got a fine getaway from pole position, Alex Zanardi unusually producing a tardy start in his BMW Team Italy-Spain car, so much so that fourth place starting Rob Huff found a gap down the inside. However, Huff seemingly misjudged the length of his Lacetti as he went past and when he attempted to come back across in front of the BMW for a better line into turn one, instead found himself wrapped round the front of Zanardi's car, the Brit spinning away into retirement.
Despite Huff's off, the opening lap avoided the dramas of the first race, Muller holding onto the lead from Farfus, the Brazilian getting a magnificent start and making the most of a cautious first few corners for his rivals to be second by the end of the first lap.
Priaulx and Jorg Muller on the other hand were rather more delayed by Huff's off, getting ahead of Zanardi by the end of the first lap but being bottled up by Tom Coronel, the Dutchman enjoying being able to race his rivals having spent 2006 protecting an Independent's lead.
![Augusto Farfus Jr. - BMW Team Germany 320si [pic credit: FIA WTCC]](http://pix.crash.net/thumbs/297352.jpg)
