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

Thompson was eyeing a perfect end to a troublesome maiden season with the new Honda Accord Euro𝔍 R when he established a good lead from his reverse grid pole position.

However, having resisted Farfus's efforts in the early stages of th🦂e race, the Brazilian's determination to get past Thompson resulted in conta꧅ct with just over a lap to go, forcing him into the barriers.

Heavily damaging the front and rear-eܫnd of the 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 w💫e could today," he lamented. "To have Augusto [Farfus] hit us so close to the finish and take it away is gutting.

"The team worked long and hard t🀅o 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 oꦦutcome, but was nonetheless encouraged with the performance of the car.

"It is a shame to have to end the seꦦason in this way. James has driven except🐻ionally 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 ꦍ🍸team. Thanks to all of them for their hard work and effort; they have done a fantastic job this year."