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The Chevrolet cars showed just as much pace in Marrakech's third round of the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) season as they did in round one and two.

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Alain Menu took the win in the weekend's first race, followed by his teammates Rob Huff and Yvan Muller.

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Spaniard Pepe Oriola bested Tom Coronel in the best of the rest, while Tom Chilton - in seventh - scored Ford's first WTCC points.

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The Chevrolet 1-2-3 scenario was the same in race two, except the order was change. Muller won from Huff and Menu, the trio having started seventh, nine and tenth.

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Tom Coronel took fourth behind the "Muller-Huff-Menu express", while James Nash scored some more points for Ford - even leading the race at one point.

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Race 1 results - Marrakech (WTCC)

1 - Alain Menu - Chevrolet Cruze - RML - 12 tours en 22min28.931s
2 - Robert Huff - Chevrolet Cruze - RML - 1.074s
3 - Yvan Muller - Chevrolet Cruze - RML - 1.554s

4 - Pepe Oriola - Seat Leon WTCC - Tuenti - 2.268s
5 - Stefano D'Aste - BMW 320TC - Wiechers - 5.713s

6 - Franz Engstler - BMW 320 TC - Engstler - 8.075s

7 - Tom Chilton - Ford Focus S2000 - Arena - 9.290s

8 - Tom Coronel - BMW 320TC - Roal - 16.069s
9 - Norbert Michelisz - BMW 320 TC - Zengo - 17.696s

10 - Darryl O'Young - Seat Leon WTCC - STR - 19.284s

11 - Gabriele Tarquini - Seat Leon WTCC - Sunred - 26.413s

12 - Alex Macdowall - Chevrolet Cruze - Bamboo - 38.647s

13 - Andrea Barlesi - Seat Leon 1.6 T - Sunred - 44.139s

14 - Tom Boardman - Seat Leon TDI - STR - 48.598s

15 - Alberto Cerqui - BMW 320 TC - Roal - 50.097s
16 - Aleksei Dudukalo - Seat Leon WTCC - Sunred - 50.377s



Fastest lap by Pepe Oriola 1min44.617s



Retirements

Nash (lap 1)
Bennani (lap 2)
Tutumlu (lap 3)

Ng (lap 6)

Monteiro (lap 7)
Di Sabatino (lap 8)

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Race 2 results - Marrakech (WTCC)

1 - Yvan Muller - Chevrolet Cruze - RML - 11 laps in 19min36.636s

2 - Robert Huff - Chevrolet Cruze - RML - 0.381s
3 - Alain Menu - Chevrolet Cruze - RML - 0.970s

4 - Tom Coronel - BMW 320 TC - Roal - 2.153s

5 - Stefano D'Aste - BMW 320 TC - Wiechers - 2.641s
6 - James Nash - Ford Focus S2000 - Arena - 5.052s

7 - Pepe Oriola - Seat Leon WTCC - Tuenti - 5.589s

8 - Franz Engstler - BMW 320 TC - Engstler - 5.610s
9 - Tiago Monteiro - Seat Leon 1.6T - Tuenti - 7.374s
10 - Darryl O'Young - Seat Leon WTCC - STR - 12.861s

11 - Aleksei Dudukalo - Seat Leon WTCC - Sunred - 13.587s

12 - Pasquale Di Sabatino - Chevrolet Cruze - Bamboo - 14.273s

13 - Mehdi Bennani - BMW 320 TC - Proteam - 14.273s

14 - Charles Ng - BMW 320 TC - Engstler - 29.173s

15 - Andrea Barlesi - Seat Leon 1.6 T - Sunred - 31.619s



Fastest lap by Alain Menu 1min45.161s



Retirements
Gabriele Tarquini (lap 1)
Alex Macdowall (lap 1)

Alberto Cerqui (lap 2)

Norbert Michelisz (lap 6)

Tom Chilton (lap 9)



Drivers' standings
1.Yvan Muller 130; 2.Menu 107; 3.Huff 97; 4.Coronel 77; 5.D'Aste 45; 6.Tarquini 44; 7.Oriola 43; 8.Engstler 34; 9.Michelisz 26; 10.Rydell 14.

Source: ItaliaRacing.net

Photo: WTCC.com