Race three polesitter Thed Björk converted his second pole position of the weekend into a win ahead of Frédéric Vervisch in race three of the FIA World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) at the Nürburgring Nordschleife.
The Swede fended off pressure on the final lap from Vervisch, who almost got past his Hyundai i30 N TCR on the GP loop of the Nurburgring.
The pair made contact on the exit of the first chicane, and Björk was able to hold on for the win, while Vervisch scored his second podium of the weekend in his Comtoyou Racing Audi.
New championship leader Yvan Muller continued a successful weekend at the Nordschleife, with another podium in third position.
Muller was under increasing pressure from Yann Ehrlacher before the latter stopped out on track at the start of the final lap.
Race two winner Esteban Guerrieri finished fourth on track, but is classified in ninth position as he received a ten-second time penalty for a move on Norbert Michelisz at Aremberg on lap one.
Michelisz would not finish the three-lap thriller, as he attempted an ambitious move on a struggling Rob Huff at the Ex-Mühle section of the Nordschleife.
Huff was running strongly but reported a loss of power and was losing places hand over fist before he made contact with Michelisz and hit the barrier hard on the exit, putting both drivers out of the race.
Guerrieri’s penalty gave fourth position to Benjamin Lessennes, who made an impressive move on a slowing Rob Huff at the Flugplatz.
Next was Nathanäel Berthon, making it two Comtoyou Racing Audi’s in the top five.
Race two podium finisher Pepe Oriola scored another consistent points haul with sixth, ahead of Jean-Karl Vernay.
Another impressive finish was Medhi Bennani’s VW Golf GTI TCR, in front of Guerrieri with Tom Coronel finishing tenth after avoiding the spinning Michelisz on the final lap.
Race result
| POS | NO | DRIVER | NAT | ENTRANT | CAR | LAPS | TIME | BEST | GD |
| 1 | 11 | Thed BJÖRK |  |
YMR | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 3 | 26:59.737 | 9:00.049 | 1 |
| 2 | 22 | Frédéric VERVISCH |  |
Audi Sport Team Comtoyou | Audi RS3 LMS | 3 | 0.793 | 8:59.076 | 2 |
| 3 | 48 | Yvan MULLER |  |
YMR | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 3 | 8.947 | 9:02.880 | 4 |
| 4 | 63 | Benjamin LESSENNES | |
Boutsen Ginion Racing | Honda Civic Type R TCR | 3 | 13.088 | 9:01.989 | 6 |
| 5 | 23 | Nathanaël BERTHON | |
Comtoyou Racing | Audi RS3 LMS | 3 | 15.900 | 9:03.836 | 12 |
| 6 | 74 | Pepe ORIOLA |  |
Team Oscaro by Campos Racing | CUPRA TCR | 3 | 18.077 | 9:04.416 | 10 |
| 7 | 69 | Jean-Karl VERNAY | |
Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team | Audi RS3 LMS | 3 | 18.858 | 9:04.233 | 11 |
| 8 | 25 | Mehdi BENNANI |  |
Sébastien Loeb Racing | Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR | 3 | 19.548 | 9:03.806 | 16 |
| 9 | 86 | Esteban GUERRIERI |  |
ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | Honda Civic Type R TCR | 3 | 20.472 | 9:02.050 | 8 |
| 10 | 9 | Tom CORONEL |  |
Boutsen Ginion Racing | Honda Civic Type R TCR | 3 | 24.614 | 9:05.019 | 13 |
| 11 | 21 | Aurélien PANIS | |
Comtoyou Racing | Audi RS3 LMS | 3 | 25.054 | 9:05.016 | 18 |
| 12 | 70 | Mat’o HOMOLA |  |
DG Sport Compétition | Peugeot 308 TCR | 3 | 28.639 | 9:07.239 | 19 |
| 13 | 20 | Denis DUPONT | |
Comtoyou Racing | Audi RS3 LMS | 3 | 30.123 | 9:06.755 | 21 |
| 14 | 52 | Gordon SHEDDEN |  |
Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team | Audi RS3 LMS | 3 | 30.584 | 9:09.974 | 15 |
| 15 | 88 | Fabrizio GIOVANARDI |  |
Team Mulsanne | Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR | 3 | 31.004 | 9:07.505 | 24 |
| 16 | 15 | James THOMPSON | |
ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | Honda Civic Type R TCR | 3 | 33.162 | 9:09.092 | 20 |
| 17 | 7 | Aurélien COMTE | |
DG Sport Compétition | Peugeot 308 TCR | 3 | 33.476 | 9:08.541 | 22 |
| 18 | 8 | Norbert NAGY |  |
Zengő Motorsport | CUPRA TCR | 3 | 36.231 | 9:08.381 | 25 |
| 19 | 94 | Kris RICHARD |  |
KCMG | Honda Civic Type R TCR | 3 | 36.453 | 9:08.122 | 27 |
| 20 | 27 | John FILIPPI | |
Team Oscaro by Campos Racing | CUPRA TCR | 3 | 1:14.658 | 9:03.632 | 17 |
| R | 68 | Yann EHRLACHER | |
ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport | Honda Civic Type R TCR | 2 | DNF | 9:02.968 | 5 |
| R | 12 | Rob HUFF | |
Sébastien Loeb Racing | Volkswagen Golf GTi TCR | 2 | DNF | 9:02.626 | 7 |
| R | 5 | Norbert MICHELISZ | |
BRC Racing Team | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 2 | DNF | 9:04.105 | 3 |
| R | 10 | Gianni MORBIDELLI | |
Team Mulsanne | Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR | 2 | DNF | 9:08.374 | 23 |
| NS | 66 | Zsolt Dávid SZABÓ | |
Zengő Motorsport | CUPRA TCR | – | DNS | N/A | 26 |
| NS | 30 | Gabriele TARQUINI | |
BRC Racing Team | Hyundai i30 N TCR | – | DNS | N/A | 14 |
| NS | 33 | René RAST |  |
Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team | Audi RS3 LMS | – | DNS | N/A | 9 |