Tom's twin brother Tim Coronel joined SUNRED Engineering for the event to make his WTCC debut.

SEAT cars filled the next five places, led by Gabriele Tarquini while the fastest Chevrolet was Robert Huff in tenth.

Out in Q1 were SEAT Sport drivers Tiago Monteiro, Jordi Gené and points leader Yvan Muller.

[5] Farfus moved to the left at the start, collecting Priaulx, Huff, Larini and Gené before beaching himself in the gravel trap.

Zanardi took victory at Brno for the second consecutive year while Jörg Müller had climbed up from eleventh to second ahead of Tarquini.

Porteiro was the winning Yokohama Independent driver and Yvan Muller finished eighth to secure pole position for race two.