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Rob Huff scored Chevrolet’s first points with a fifth place in the first race in Curitiba, Brazil, yesterday. It was the high point of the weekend, as both other Chevrolet drivers, Alain Menu and Nicola Larini, were victim of race incidents in the first race, while Rob suffered the same bad luck in the second race.
In the drivers’ championship, Huff is seventh with four points, while Chevrolet is third in the manufacturer’s standings with nine points. The next race of the 2007 World Touring Car Championship takes place in Zandvoort, the Netherlands, on May 6.

“The first race went fine, except for some serious understeer going into Turn 6, as well as accelerating out of that turn. So I had to solve that by lifting, turning in, smoothly going through the corner and then accelerating out again later than normal. For race two we changed the camber, which improved things. In race two, I had a brilliant start, running in third up to Turn 1, but then the car got away from me under braking as the pedal unexpectedly went long. I got hit by another car and that was it,” said Rob Huff.

CURITIBA RACE 1 RESULTS

1. J Müller BMW 320si 16 laps in 25m38s208 (138.360kph)
2. A Priaulx BMW 320si + 0s421
3. A Farfus BMW 320si + 1s234
4. G Tarquini SEAT Leon + 8s876
5. R Huff Chevrolet Lacetti + 9s701
DNF N Larini Chevrolet Lacetti Accident (0 laps)
DNF A Menu Chevrolet Lacetti Accident (0 laps)

CURITIBA RACE 2 RESULTS

1. A Farfus BMW 320si 14 laps in 20m20s148 (152.620kph)
2. A Priaulx BMW 320si + 4s378
3. J Müller BMW 320si + 5s691
4. Y Muller SEAT Leon + 6s963
5. G Tarquini SEAT Leon + 7s479
10. N Larini Chevrolet Lacetti + 18s425
DNF A Menu Chevrolet Lacetti Accident damage (3 laps)
DNF R Huff Chevrolet Lacetti Accident (0 laps)

DRIVERS POINTS STANDINGS AFTER RACE 2 OF 22

1ex. J Müller (BMW), A Farfus (BMW) and A Priaulx (BMW) 16pts; 4. G Tarquini (SEAT) 9; 5. Y Müller (SEAT) 6;… 7. R Huff (Chevrolet) and T Coronel (SEAT) 4;…

MANUFACTURERS STANDINGS AFTER RACE 2 OF 22

1. BMW, 36pts; 2. SEAT, 21; 3. Chevrolet, 9; 4. Alfa Romeo, 5.

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