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Briton Robert Huff won the second race in Macau to seal third position in the World Touring Car Championship standings.

Huff survived a carnage-strewn final two laps which eliminated the three drivers in front of him to inherit the win.

At the start James Thompson took the lead from pole position, while Augusto Farfus came out of Lisboa in second. Nicola Larini jumped from ninth on the grid to third but was soon given a drive-through penalty for a clear jump start.

Farfus was close behind Thompson, with Gabriele Tarquini - who lost his chances of the WTCC title in race one - in tow. Jordi Gene, Huff, new champion Yvan Muller, Andy Priaulx and Alain Menu fought over fourth position.

On lap two Couto crashed at Lisboa and collected Joerg Mueller, while Franz Engstler, Sergio Hernandez and George Tanev swapped positions at the top of the independents' race.

On lap five Huff overtook Gene for fourth and moments later the Spaniard went off at the Maternity bend, soon followed by Tanev; on the same lap Hernandez retired with engine problems and handed the lead to Engstler.

The fight at the top intensified, with Farfus on Thompson's tail. On lap eight the Briton hit a wall at Solitude Esses and the Brazilian took command, but his moment of glory did not last long as he lost a wheel on the last lap.

Tarquini hit Farfus's wandering wheel and also retired, while seconds later Menu crashed at Moorish Hill from fourth spot.

Huff inherited victory and crossed the line in front of Muller and Priaulx, with Rickard Rydell and Alessandro Zanardi in fourth and fifth respectively.

Engstler finished sixth and claimed his first victory in the independents' trophy, while Manabu Orido and Matthew Marsh scored their first championship points, with the Hong Kong man finishing runner-up among the independents.

Eurosport