Augusto Farfus has hit out at Alain Menu after having 𒀰his weekend ruined by a crash in the opening stages of the first World Touring Car race at Brands Hatch.

Having arg🍒uably been the fastest driver overall this weekend, Farfus had made the most of a relatively ligh🅷t BMW to place it on pole position for the first race.

However, after rounding Paddock Hill Bend with no problems, Farfus was hit by Menu on the run up to Druids, knocking h꧃im wide. Then as Farfus attempted to get back on line, he was tagged by Nicola Larini and sent careering into the barriღers.

Although Farfus was p🍷hilosophical about the hit from Larini due to the fact he was still recovering from the first contact, he was livid with the drivi🐟ng of Menu that led to his eventual retirement from the race.

"Menu hit me without reason and suddenly everything was gone," he told mahbx.com Radio. "I don't understand why these t🐻hings happen in a race of 14 laps. Why do we ha🐻ve to throw away a whole weekend in just a second corner? It hurts a bit.

"You can see that my car is stra𝄹ight and he just hits me. I got hit by Larini, but it was all sta🍎rted at the start of the corner, not the end of it."

It is not the first time Menu and Farfus have come together, with the Swiss driver disqualified from last year's race at Br🐷ands Hatch for spinning the BMW on the home straight.

Interest💎ingly, when asked after qualifying whether he was worried about having Menu alongside him, Farfus claims he had plenty of respect for him because he apologised straight away on that occasion. However, with both races ෴over with, Farfus claims he had not been approached by Menu as of yet.

"He should come to me. I expect that he comes to me and we should talk, but maybe he hasn't seen the image. I have seen the ima🐬ge a million times and it is clear to me.

Farfus did salvage something from the weekend though, scythin✱g his way up the order in the second race from 24th on the grid to cross the line sixth. However, while he was delighted with the result, it merely makes him think of what would have been possible from the ꦉfront.

"Race two was fantastic. We showed our performance, but that was no𒀰 surprise toౠ us. The problem was race one."