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After Zanardi’s win in Race 1, BMW Team Italy-Spain were cheering again as Sergio Hernández brought home victory in Race 2. SEAT Sport took second and third with Yvan Muller and Tiago Monteiro.
Independent driver Féix Porteiro got a good start off the line, as did Hernández who overtook Muller for second. The Spanish rivals battled until lap three when Hernández went ahead. On the next lap Muller and Monteiro passed Porteiro who crossed the line, Independents’ winner and fourth overall.
A nail biting duel for fifth place involved Jörg Müller, Gabriele Tarquini, Rickard Rydell and Andy Priaulx (who worked his way up from 16^th on the grid). After bumper-to-bumper action the SEATs eventually led the BMWs with Tarquini taking fifth, Rydell sixth, Müller seventh and Priaulx eighth.

Man of the race
Sergio Hernández took his first WTCC victory to make it double-success for his team. He got a good start but had to wait for the right time in lap three to overtake tricky competitor Porteiro, while all the while being pressured by Muller. Great work from Hernández and BMW Team Italy-Spain who stole the Brno show.

Key moment
On lap five the battle between BMW men Andy Priaulx and Jörg Müller came to a peak. Priaulx was piling the pressure on the German but behind them were two SEATs in waiting. As the BMW cars fought between themselves for fifth, Tarquini and Rydell capitalised on the situation and overtook the pair. The battle ensued and the BMWs had the better pace but the SEATs worked together to defend successfully to the end.

Withdrawals
A. Farfus: race incident; A. Zanardi: race incident.