Farfus’ ruined his chance to lead the championship after he veered left at the start and collected Andy Priaulx, Robert Huff, Nicola Larini and Jordi Gené on his way to the gravel trap.
Alessandro Zanardi took victory, for the second consecutive year in Brno, in an event-filled first race. Starting from third on the grid, the Italian managed to avoid a massive accident involving some of his BMW fellow drivers at the start. Jörg Müller stormed through the field to take second ahead of Gabriele Tarquini.
1. Alex Zanardi BMW 29m26.496s
2. Jorg Muller BMW +1.848
3. Gabriele Tarquini SEAT +4.831
4. Rickard Rydell SEAT +5.105
5. Sergio Hernandez BMW +5.303
6. Tiago Monteiro SEAT +7.250
7. Felix Porteiro BMW +7.847
8. Yvan Muller SEAT +9.915
9. Tom Coronel SEAT +10.814
10. Vito Postiglione BMW +11.022
11. Franz Engstler BMW +12.916
12. Tim Coronel SEAT +14.150
13. Tom Boardman SEAT +17.692
14. Jaap van Lagen Lada +20.200
15. Kirill Ladygin Lada +22.342
16. Viktor Shapovalov Lada +24.607
17. Stefano D'Aste BMW +36.126
18. Andy Priaulx BMW +6 laps