The first visit by WTCC to the Hungaroring saw huge crowds flocking to the track, cheering for home boy Norbert Michelisz.
Alain Menu took a flag to win in Race 1 while Yvan Muller and Rob Huff scored a 1-2 in the second race. With these results, both Chevrolet and Rob Huff stay firmly in command of the Manufacturers' and Drivers' overall standings.
Race 2 was much more chaotic. Because of a torrential downpour the Race Director red flagged the race for half an hour.
At the re-start, Yvan Muller took the lead to record his first win of the season while Rob Huff drive to a sensational second place. Menu recorded a DNF due to a collision with Tom Coronel on lap 4 after looking good for another good haul of points.
Other drivers who shone included Gabriele Tarquini who finished third in Race 2, but would have deserved more as he lost a podium in Race 1 after a contact with Villa and was leading the second race when the rain intensified and forced the red flag out.
Norbert Michelisz ended as runner up in the first race. Javier Villa claimed his first WTCC podium and proved once again he is one of the championship's best prospects for the future.
Robert Dahlgren was probably the day's most disappointed man. For the whole weekend his Volvo C30 had proved to be competitive on this trace, but he crashed at the beginning of the first race and then received a penalty in the second for hitting Oriola. This wasted a great opportunity for the Swedish team of achieving their best result ever in WTCC.
The championship resumes at Brno in the Czech Republic on 19th June for rounds 9 and 10.
