James Thompson has spoken of his disappointment at having a victory in the final round of the World Touring Car Champio꧂ns🍸hip snatched away from him when he came off worse in a tangle with Augusto Farfus just over a lap from the finish.

Thompson was eyeing a perfect end to a troublesome🍸 maiden season with the new Honda Accord Euro R when he established a good lead from his reverse grid pole positi🏅on.

However, having resisted Farfus's efforts in the early stages of the race, the Brꦕazilian's determination to get past Thompson resulted in contact with just over a lap to go, forcing him into the barriers.

Heavily damaging the front and rear-end of th🌃e Honda, Thompson was devastated to miss out on the🔯 chance of a second win due to the actions of another driver.

"It has been a disappointing end to the season for the team; we did everything we could today," he lamented. "To have Augu💞sto [Farfus] hit us so close to the finish and take🤪 it away is gutting.

"The team worked long and hard to get into this position. The car was extremely fast all weekend and we had the race pace; to have the result stolen from us is a terrible disappointment🐎."

Team manager Andrea Muller was also frustrated with the outcome, but was nonetheless encouraged with the performance of the🍃 car.

"It is a shame to have to end the season in this way. James has driven exceptional🐈ly well considering the difficult track and the car was very fast. We had a great first race to move from 11th into 8th and get pole position for race two.

"To do well and go home knowing that a win was so close is very disheartening for the team. Thanks to all of them for their hard work and effort; ꦅthey have𓆏 done a fantastic job this year."