The British round has been the regular fixture of the World Touring Car Championship since its inaugural season in 2005. However, the host circuit has changed twice from then on, as the first venue of the U.K. round, Silverstone, had given place to Brands Hatch from the second year and then it has moved to Donington Park for 2011.

Unfortunately, the weather was uncertain throughout the race weekend and the track surfaces were damp on Saturday morning. During the two free practice session of the day, Robert Huff stayed on the top of time sheets, as he was so eager to secure his first WTCC victory on his home soil.

The qualifying sessions took place on Saturday afternoon. The top three of Q1 were all from the Chevrolet line up in which Yvan Muller led and then Huff and Alan Menu followed. The fourth fastest was a YOKOHAMA Trophy contender, Darryl O'Young, driving the same car with the top three drivers, which was another proof of the dominance of Chevrolet Cruzes on the British race track.

In Q2 session which decided the starting grids for Race 1, the same Chevrolet drivers swept the top three slots in the same order. Another star of the session was Colin Turkington who qualified in fifth as the fastest YOKOHAMA Trophy contender. The reigning British touring car champion made a one-off appearance in his home country this time but his ability was very well known because he got on the overall podium for both races in the last year's British round at Brands Hatch.

On Sunday, Race 1 - the championship's thirteenth race - was declared as a wet race. But all cars were waiting for the rolling start because the rain was clearly easing off when they sat on their grids. The leading three Chevrolets went through Turn 1 of the opening lap easily, with Muller building a small gap with the other two. Behind them, Turkington went off the track on a down slope at Craner Curves and found himself running in tenth when he managed to come back on the track at Starkey's Brigge.

The top three drivers in their Chevrolets were totally indifferent to what was happening behind them and didn't give the rest of the field even the smallest chance. As it became clear that they were in a class by themselves again in this early stage of the race, the attention went on to the local star Huff and how he would attack the leading teammate, Muller, to attain his much awaited first home victory.

By the end of Lap 10 of the 13 lap race, the Frenchman had a 1.135 second gap with Huff who was looking for an opportunity to reverse the situation. However, when they entered in Lap 11, the rain began to fall. It soon became strong enough to require the use of windscreen wipers and virtually took away the Briton's chance to get ahead of his teammate. As a result, Muller secured his third win of the season.

Meanwhile, the battle for the YOKOHAMA Trophy was especially intense. After the fallback of Turkington and O'Young on the opening lap, Franz Engstler in a BMW 320 TC led the class. From Lap 2, Michel Nykjaer began to put heavy pressure on him but the German veteran skillfully fended off the SEAT driver's attack and kept his position. In a pack of few cars including some of factory cars, the fight between them continued until the final lap but Engstler managed to finish the race ahead of Nykjaer to secure his second YOKOHAMA Trophy win of the season since the second race of Hungarian round.

After the finish of a supporting race, the time to start Race 2 came. As usual, the BMW drivers had an advantage in the standing start and the pole sitting Tom Coronel went through Turn 1 as the race leader. He was followed by Javier Villa and Engstler, so the top three positions in the opening lap were swept by the German manufacturer.

However, Menu already moved up to fifth, after starting from the eighth grid, which meant the blue storm was closing to the early leaders. On the other hand, Coronel made a costly mistake in the approach for Turn 7, McLean's, on Lap 2 and went off the track. This gave the top slot to Villa and the Dutch rejoined the field in fifth.

Behind Menu, Huff and Muller were also closing the gap with the leaders rapidly. But, on Lap 2, they made contact at the final corner when the Frenchman tried to overtake the local hero from the inside. Huff momentarily lost the control of his car by the contact and allowed Muller to pass by but the Briton managed to stay on the track and went on. Eventually, they just swapped the positions between them and were running in sixth and seventh at that time.

At the front, Engstler made an attack on the race leading Villa on Lap 3. While the German won the battle, Villa was hit hard by Menu who tried to exploit the opportunity and pass the Spaniard by following to Engstler. The damage on the Villa's BMW was so heavy that he was forced to come into the pit. Menu also went off the track in the aftermath of the contact and lost some ground. Consequently, the second place was now handed to Gabriele Tarquini.

From Engstler's point of view, Tarquini in second could work as a barrier to stop the remaining two Chevrolet drivers. The German was actually able to build a certain gap with the Italian, while Muller and Huff were skillfully blocked by the SEAT's veteran.

On Lap 4, however, Muller dove to the inside of Tarquini at the final corner and went through the corner and the next straightaway side-by-side with him, before finally overtaking him at the approach to Turn 1 on the next lap. Then Huff followed his teammate's path on the same lap, so now the two Chevrolet drivers were ready to attack on the race leading Engstler.

The gap between them shrunk quickly and, before the end of the same lap, Muller overtook the German at the Esses chicane at the end of the Starkey's Straight and Huff also made a successful move on him at the Melbourne Hairpin, which saw Engstler falling back to third.

The race went on in the status quo until the checkered flag fell. Muller achieved his first 'double' in one day. Huff finished in second and Engstler kept the third place until the finish to secure his double in the YOKOHAMA Trophy class and to taste his first overall podium in WTCC.

After the race, the race official announced that Muller was given a three-place grid penalty for the contact with Huff, although this is suspended for two races.