Norbert Nagy, starting from pole, finished second in Race 1 with ETCC rookie José Rodrigues pleasing the home fans in third until he was handed a 30-second penalty following a clash with Igor Stefanovski, which dropped him to fourth and promoted Stefanovski one position.
Petr Fulín and Zsolt Dávid Szabó were the winners as the FIA European Touring Car Cup delivered two action-packed races on the challenging streets of Vila Real live on Eurosport and TVI in Portugal.
Szabó’s victory in the shortened second race was his first in the series, while there was also a maiden ETCC podium for Plamen Kralev.
Stefanovski completed the Race 2 podium to move ahead of Christjohannes Schreiber and into second behind newleader Fulín in the standings after the erstwhile title pacesetter suffered his second double non-score of the season during a frustrating afternoon for the Rikli Motorsport Honda team.
