Yvan Muller, who had won the WTCC championship for three times, left Austria with an 80 point lead in the Championship after scoring 38 points at the Salzburgring. The closest rival of the champion, Gabriele Tarquini was able to pick only four.

Although the driver from France has set a limit position, he would have to start the in the mid-field after he and 11 other drivers supplied with penalties for driving infringements by the FIA.

On the day of the race, the main focus was on having most of the races with Muller. Presently, he is staring 13th and 10th in both of the races.

In the first race, Muller, head forward on his way, firstly following the progress of the rival Chevrolet of Alex MacDowall, before passing MacDowall and then Fredy Barth and Mehdi Bennani's BMWs and finally took the final spot on the podium behind the dueling Chevrolet of Nash and Nykjaer.

Two of the Muller's charges were equally aggressive in the race. He completed just 1.4 seconds behind race winner James Nash and banged the second highest points haul of the weekend in spite of his starting position.

Muller said that he was benefitted as he completed twice ahead of Gabriele in the championship. He said that he is very pleased and appreciated his team for doing a perfect job.